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New UN rights chief urges Saudi accountability on civilian deaths in Yemen

New UN rights chief urges Saudi accountability on civilian deaths in Yemen

The United Nations human rights boss Michelle Bachelet has called on Saudi Arabia to hold to account the perpetrators of deadly airstrikes on civilians in Yemen.      The United Nations human rights boss Michelle Bachelet has called on Saudi…
Mortar attack leaves 12 members of a family dead, wounded in Helmand

Mortar attack leaves 12 members of a family dead, wounded in Helmand

At least twelve civilians, all members of a single family, were killed or wounded in a mortar attack in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan.   At least twelve civilians, all members of a single family, were killed or wounded in…
Iraqi security forces bust five-strong terrorist cell in southern Kirkuk

Iraqi security forces bust five-strong terrorist cell in southern Kirkuk

Iraqi security forces have disbanded a terrorist group in the southern part of the country’s oil-rich northern province of Kirkuk as government troops, backed by allied fighters from Popular Mobilization Units, are trying to purge the war-ravaged Arab country of…
Saudi Shia cleric urges cooperation with security forces for Ashura mourning rituals

Saudi Shia cleric urges cooperation with security forces for Ashura mourning rituals

A Shia cleric in Saudi Arabia has called for Shia citizens’ cooperation with security forces for the mourning rituals on the day of Ashura, marking the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him.   A Shia cleric in Saudi…
Big handwritten Quran unveiled in Pakistan’s Faisalabad

Big handwritten Quran unveiled in Pakistan’s Faisalabad

A man in Pakistan’s Faisalabad, Pakistan, has claimed to have written the world’s biggest copy of the Quran.     A man in Pakistan’s Faisalabad, Pakistan, has claimed to have written the world’s biggest copy of the Quran. The Quran,…
1000-year-old mosque discovered in UAE

1000-year-old mosque discovered in UAE

Archaeologists uncovered a 1,000-year-old mosque close to the construction site of the Sheikh Khalifa mosque in Al Ain – making it the earliest yet discovered in the UAE.     Archaeologists uncovered a 1,000-year-old mosque close to the construction site…
Iran’s Arbaeen committee ready to serve more pilgrims this year

Iran’s Arbaeen committee ready to serve more pilgrims this year

Iran’s Arbaeen Headquarters has made necessary preparations for serving more Iranian pilgrims visiting Iraq’s holy sites during Arbaeen this year than the previous year, an official said.     Iran’s Arbaeen Headquarters has made necessary preparations for serving more Iranian…
Taliban militants kill 8 policemen with insider help in Takhar province

Taliban militants kill 8 policemen with insider help in Takhar province

The Taliban militants have set on fire the dead bodies of at least eight policemen who were killed in an attack on a check post in northeastern Takhar province.     The Taliban militants have set on fire the dead…
Minister meets Shia pilgrims at Taftan border on Pm directive

Minister meets Shia pilgrims at Taftan border on Pm directive

Minister of State for Interior Sheharyar Afridi on Friday reached Taftan town on border with Iran and met Shia pilgrims on the special directives of Prime Minister Imran Khan and assured the pilgrims that PTI-led federal government would take concrete…
Death toll of Iraqi protests rises to 10 amid an angry protests that continued for days

Death toll of Iraqi protests rises to 10 amid an angry protests that continued for days

A source said that “the death toll has risen to 10 protesters killed by the authorities after angry protests had begun in Basra due to the lack of the basic services needed by human beings, and the constant corruption of…
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