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Iraq’s top officials and the UN Mission marked the Islamic Day for Combating Violence Against Women on Saturday by calling for comprehensive action against gender-based violence, According to Shafaq News, President Abdul Latif Rashid highlighted the persistent marginalization of Iraqi…

Nine killed in courthouse raid in Iran’s Sistan-Baluchistan province, Iranian media report ———————————- At least nine people were killed in an armed attack on a courthouse in Zahedan, Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan province, Arab News reported. The attackers, from the Jaish Al-Adl…

Iraq’s Babylon Holds Muharram Quranic Gatherings ——————————- The Scientific Quran Assembly of the Custodianship of Abal-Fazl al-Abbas’s (peace be upon him) holy Shrine has organized a series of Muharram Quranic gatherings across several districts in Iraq’s Babylon Governorate, Iqna.ir reported.…

US Army Eliminates Senior ISIS Leader in Syria ———————————- The United States military announced on Friday that it conducted a raid in Aleppo province, northern Syria, resulting in the death of a senior Islamic State (ISIS) leader and two of…

UNDP Reports Solar Power Installation in 153 Afghan Schools —————————————- The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) announced that since 2023, a total of 153 schools across Afghanistan have been equipped with solar energy systems, Hasht-e-Subh Daily reported. These installations provide…

UN experts urge Pakistan to repeal blasphemy laws, protect religious minorities —————————————– UN human rights experts have urged Pakistan to repeal its blasphemy laws and enhance protection for religious minorities from escalating violence and discrimination, Jurist News reported. They called…

Kurdish Female Fighters Rescue Yazidi Woman Held Captive by ISIS for 11 Years ———————————- A 21-year-old Yazidi woman, Riham H., has been rescued after 11 years in captivity by the all-female Kurdish force, the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ), in northeast…

Afghan Girls Turn to Religious Schools After Ban on Education Beyond 6th Grade: AP ———————————– Three years after the Taliban banned girls from attending secondary and higher education in Afghanistan, many teenage girls are turning to religious madrasas as their…

3.5 Million People in Afghanistan Face Deadly Cold Wave Risks This Winter, New Report Warns ————————— A recent report by REACH, a humanitarian data initiative, warns that nearly 3.5 million people across 289 communities in Afghanistan are at the highest…

Hospitals in Syria’s Sweida Overwhelmed Following Sectarian Clashes, WHO Reports ———————————– The main hospital in the southern Syrian city of Sweida is struggling to cope with a surge of trauma patients and is operating without sufficient electricity or water after…