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Heavy flooding from seasonal rains in Afghanistan has claimed the lives of at least 33 people and injured 27 others in three days, VOA reported yesterday citing a Taliban spokesman. According to the official, flash floods hit the capital, Kabul,…

The Iraqi Ministry of Education announced today, Sunday, that its teams, in cooperation with the Minister of Health, have launched a 10-day campaign to vaccinate more than 7M school children against measles. According to an official statement released by the…

10 Afghan workers were injured on Friday in an explosion at a brick kiln in Fars province of Iran, Khamma press reported. According to Iranian emergency service officials, the explosion happened because of gas leakage, in which six individuals suffered…

Gunmen have killed 11 people and injured 4 others in two separate attacks in the Balochistan province in southwestern Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan and Iran, Anadolu Agency reported. The incident happened at around 7:00 p.m. local time on Friday when the…

The United Nations Security Council has confirmed the cooperation of the Taliban with terrorist groups active in the region. A confidential document that has recently been made available to the Shia Waves also reveals the behind-the-scenes agreement between the American…

The recent detection of poliovirus in sewage water samples collected across 30 districts in Pakistan has sparked new concerns about a potential surge in polio cases, VOA reported yesterday. Pakistani Health officials have set out to eradicate imported strains of…

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday submitted a report on violence against Afghan women to the United Nations Special Rapporteur, Afghanistan International reported today. According to the article, the report also highlights violence against women in Mali and Haiti, exploitation…

The historic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar, Kashmir, was once again prohibited from hosting congregational Eid prayers, and its head cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was placed under house detention on Eid day, Kashmir Media Service reported. The Indian authorities locked the…

A deadly truck accident in Balochistan’s Hub district late Wednesday night has claimed at least 18 lives and injured more than 50 after a vehicle fell in a ditch, local news reported. “The truck was overspeeding and it went out…

Egypt’s Administrative Court of the State Council ruled to accept a lawsuit to suspend the ban on wearing the niqab in schools in form, while rejecting it in substance. Two Egyptian citizens, Haitham Abdel Mageed and Ashraf Abdel Ghani, filed…