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A powerful earthquake jolted the capital of Afghanistan, Kabul, last night, local sources reported. According to the initial reports, no information is available about possible losses and casualties, and the Taliban has not commented on the incident so far. Previously,…

As the EU Ministerial Brussels Conference on “Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region” convenes, Amnesty International is calling on donor governments to ensure that funding pledged to support Syrian refugees in Lebanon does not contribute to human rights…

Afghanistan continues to grapple with a severe hunger crisis that is gravely impacting millions of children across the country, Khaama Press reported yesterday in an article. New figures from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) project that by October,…

The World Bank has reported that more than a quarter of Syrians are living in extreme poverty, after 13 years of conflict in the country, which has led to successive economic crises and left millions of people unable to secure…

A militant attack on a Pakistani security outpost near the Afghanistan border has left 5 soldiers and 5 assailants dead, with another 6 soldiers injured, VOA reported today. The attack occurred in the Tirah valley of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a…

The sky of Makkah is to witnesses the sun shining perpendicularly to the Kaaba at noon today, Monday, May 27, corresponding to 19 Dhul-Qa’da 1445 AH. According to the Astronomical Society of Jeddah, the phenomenon occurs at the time of…

The lower part of the Kaaba’s kiswa – the black cloth that covers the holy site – has been raised in a traditional ritual ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage. The Kaaba, at the centre of the Grand Mosque in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, is draped in…

An army captain and a soldier were killed during an intelligence-based operation against terrorists in the Peshawar district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, Aaj News reported today. According to the military’s statement, Captain Hussain Jahangir, 25, and Havildar Shafiq Ullah, 36,…

A series of deadly floods that struck the Afghan provinces of Baghlan, Badakhshan, and Takhar earlier this month have taken a heavy toll, Khaama Press reported yesterday citing the World Health Organization (WHO). According to the UN health agency, the…

A journalist in Pakistan’s Sindh province has died from gunshot wounds sustained in an attack earlier this week, the fifth media worker reported killed nationwide in 2024, VOA reported yesterday. Nasrullah Gadani, who was critical of powerful feudal lords in…