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Iraqi interior minister in Karbala to oversee efforts to ensure Arbaeen security
October 22, 2018
Iraqi interior minister in Karbala to oversee efforts to ensure Arbaeen security
Iraq’s Interior Minister Qasim al-Araji has traveled to the southern holy city of Karbala to oversee measures taken to ensure security for Arbaeen pilgrims. Iraq’s Interior Minister Qasim al-Araji has traveled to the southern holy city of Karbala to…
23 trains to transport Arbaeen pilgrims
October 22, 2018
23 trains to transport Arbaeen pilgrims
The Iraqi Ministry of Transportation has stated that more than 24trains have been prepared to participate in the upcoming Arbaeen pilgrimage by transporting pilgrims from different Iraqi cities to the holy city of Karbala. The Iraqi Ministry of Transportation…
Multiple blasts rock Kabul as Afghans vote in elections
October 21, 2018
Multiple blasts rock Kabul as Afghans vote in elections
Multiple blasts rock polling stations in the capital Kabul as people in Afghanistan go to polls in parliamentary elections overshadowed by assassination of candidates. Multiple blasts rock polling stations in the capital Kabul as people in Afghanistan go to…
Bahrain’s authorities perpetrated 2,165 human rights violations in 2017: Rights group
October 21, 2018
Bahrain’s authorities perpetrated 2,165 human rights violations in 2017: Rights group
An independent human rights group says it documented 2,165 cases of grave human rights violations in Bahrain last year as the ruling Al Khalifah regime relentlessly continues with its crackdown on human rights activists and pro-democracy campaigners in the kingdom.…
Clashes reported among Afghan forces, militants in Balkh, Sari Pul provinces
October 18, 2018
Clashes reported among Afghan forces, militants in Balkh, Sari Pul provinces
The Afghan Military in the North says at least twenty five militants have been killed or wounded during separate clashes in northern Balkh and Sari Pul provinces. The Afghan Military in the North says at least twenty five militants…
Shia woman injured amid Saudi regime forces’ raid on Qatif
October 18, 2018
Shia woman injured amid Saudi regime forces’ raid on Qatif
A young woman has been shot and injured after Saudi regime forces stormed the kingdom’s oil-rich and Shia-populated Eastern Province as the Riyadh regime presses ahead with its brutal clampdown against pro-democracy campaigners and political dissidents. A young woman…
Female inmates go on hunger strike at Bahraini jail over ill-treatment
October 18, 2018
Female inmates go on hunger strike at Bahraini jail over ill-treatment
Three female Shia activists have launched an open-ended hunger strike at a detention center in Bahrain to protest their dire situation and mistreatment by prison authorities as the ruling Al Khalifah regime presses ahead with its heavy-handed clampdown on human…
No security threat for Arbaeen pilgrims
October 18, 2018
No security threat for Arbaeen pilgrims
An official in Iraq’s province of Karbala there are no security threats for pilgrims during the Arbaeen season. An official in Iraq’s province of Karbala there are no security threats for pilgrims during the Arbaeen season. Sindis Omran, member…
Taliban attacks kill, wound dozens of Afghan forces
October 18, 2018
Taliban attacks kill, wound dozens of Afghan forces
Taliban militants in Afghanistan have killed and wounded dozens of Afghan police forces, including a provincial police chief, in heavy fighting in the northern and central parts of the country, just ahead of parliamentary polls that the militants have vowed…
Female Shia pilgrim crushed to death by a policeman in Drunkard, Pakistan
October 18, 2018
Female Shia pilgrim crushed to death by a policeman in Drunkard, Pakistan
A policeman hit a woman Shia pilgrim who was part of a convoy of pilgrims due to which she died on the spot in Drunkard, Pakistan. A policeman hit a woman Shia pilgrim who was part of a convoy…