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A total of 275,000 people have been displaced by drought in western Afghanistan — 52,000 more than the number uprooted by conflict this year — with over two million threatened by the effects of water shortages, the United Nations said. …

Bahraini forces have arrested five children during raids across the besieged Shia village of Diraz..   Bahraini forces have arrested five children during raids across the besieged Shia village of Diraz.. Troops raided the village outside the capital Manama in…

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…

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 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…

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…

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,…

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 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…

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…