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In conjunction with the blessed birth anniversary of Sayyeda Fatima al-Zahra, peace be upon her, more than 1,500 girls have been honored with the hijab in special ceremony held in the holy shrine of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him.…

A bomb blast ripped through a minibus in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, Saturday evening, killing at least two civilians and wounding 14 others. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack, which occurred in the city’s western Dasht-e-Barchi Shiite Muslim…

Four people, including two security personnel, were killed and three others were wounded in firing on a passenger coach and a vehicle near Sadda Bazaar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Kurram district of Pakistan on Sunday, Dawn reported. The newspaper quoted District…

The Iraqi Ministry of Commerce announced today, Sunday, the launching date of the the activities of the Baghdad International Fair, in its new session. Director General of Planning and Supervision at the Ministry, Talib Hassan Nama, said in a statement…

One month ahead of the painful martyrdom anniversary of Imam Musa Al-Kadhim, peace be upon him, large crowds of Shia followers of Ahlulbayt, peace be upon them, began walking from southern Iraq to the capital, Baghdad. The pilgrims have begun…

Amnesty International demanded the Taliban immediately cease their crackdown on women in Afghanistan, including “the detention of those not complying with stringent dress codes requiring only their eyes to be visible”. The global rights group condemned these actions as severe…

Sunni Ulema Council Pakistan Deputy Secretary General Masood-ur-Rehman Usmani was gunned down while his driver was injured in an attack in Ghauri Town on Friday, police said. According to Pakistani media reports, Usmani, one of the prominent figures of the…

As part of its humanitarian activities, the Orphans House —one of the centres affiliated to Sayyeda Fatima al-Zahra Complex in the Afghan capital Kabul—has distributed heaters to tens of disadvantaged families recorded on its list. The humanitarian campaign was carried…

In the afternoon of Thursday, January 4th, the extremist Sunni group ISIS claimed responsibility for Wednesday’s explosions in Kerman in a post on its Telegram page. The ISIS statement revealed the names of two members of the group, two brothers…

Two online universities in the UK and the US say the ban on women’s education has led tens of thousands of Afghan girls to turn to their online educational programs. According to them, business and English language courses are among…