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More than 29,000 people have died on migration trips to Europe since 2014, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The organization said in a report issued, that “5,000 people have died during the past two years.” The organization’s…

An estimated 1 million people die from lead poisoning annually and millions more, many of them children, are exposed to low levels of lead, causing lifelong health problems, the World Health Organization said on Monday. The health effects from lead…

October 24 is World Polio Day. Polio is a serious and contagious disease of the central nervous system that primarily affects motor neurons in the spinal cord. Those most at risk are children under the age of 5. Despite the existence…

About 40 people gathered over the weekend to plant a set of Magnolia trees on a vacant 80-acre plot of land in a City of Horn Lake neighborhood. The site will eventually be transformed into a mosque and Muslim cemetery…

Over recent months, funding shortfalls have forced UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, to make cuts to its lifesaving aid to refugees and other forcibly displaced people in a number of operations across the world. UNHCR is particularly concerned about the…

Community leaders say Fargo’s Islamic Cemetery is the target of a vandalism spree. The area in North Dakota, USA, is usually a quiet, peaceful area, and operating the one-acre cemetery is largely a grassroots effort for the Islamic Society of…

The Imam Shirazi World Foundation has called for reforming the prison conditions in the Middle East, stressing the need to pay serious attention to the conditions of those who are imprisoned or arrested on any charge. In a statement received…

A Somali official said on Sunday October 23rd, that 9 people were killed and dozens wounded in a car bomb attack and shooting on a hotel in Kismayo, before the security forces were able to kill the perpetrators, media reported.…

On Tuesday, the world will see a partial eclipse of the sun, covering large areas of the northern hemisphere, in a phenomenon that lasts for two hours that will not lead to complete darkness, but those who wish to observe…

As many as 74 percent of Bangladeshi citizens think that the Chinese government is repressive towards Uyghur Muslims while 24 per cent think that they are being persecuted just because of their religious identity, according to a survey. This survey…