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The Mesbah Al-Hussein Foundation for Relief and Development has discussed the issue of electricity in Holy Karbala, as part of its large developmental project for the Arba’een Pilgrimage. The director of the Karbala-based Foundation, Abdul Sahib Al-Kishwan stated to Shia…

British Afghan designer Marina Khan has taken on the challenge to employ more of the country’s artisans as extreme restrictions on women working and the record unemployment make it exceedingly difficult to create opportunities in Afghanistan. Less than two weeks…

Local sources revealed that the officials of the Saudi government have made it impossible for women to perform Ziyarah of the graves of the Imams of Baqi, peace be upon them, by building a wall around the Baqi cemetery. Prior…

An explosion took place inside a mosque in Northern Afghanistan earlier today during the funeral of the provincial deputy governor who was killed in an attack this week, a provincial official said. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for a car…

The recent surge in violence by the Taliban in Panjshir province has unleashed a wave of terror specifically aimed at the Shia population. These attacks, driven by religious sectarianism, represent a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law. The Taliban’s deliberate…

The first modern art gallery in the Arab world reopened its doors three years after the explosion which damaged 57 artworks but, they have now been restored by a team of Lebanese and foreign artists. All the pieces in the…

The Iraqi Council of Ministers has issued a decision to restore a motorway linking Baghdad to Holy Karbala before the coming Arbaeen Pilgrimage. In a statement received by Shia Waves Agency, the Council said that, “New decisions made to restore…

Karbala-based Fatima al-Zahra Cultural-Charitable Institute, a center affiliated to the Office of Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Sadiq Shirazi (may Allah prolong his life), provided dozens of young couples with household appliances in continuation of its charitable activities. This action was carried…

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has said the human rights conditions in Afghanistan and Syria are still dangerous and that repatriation of citizens should not be carried out without their consent. Turk’s statement came during…

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the foreign minister of Pakistan, who is on a trip to Iraq, had his picture released after visiting the Holy Shrine of Imam Kazim and Imam Jawad (peace be upon them). He expressed his satisfaction with his…