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At least 43 million child displacements were linked to extreme weather events over the past six years, the equivalent of 20,000 children being forced to abandon their homes and school every single day, new research has found. Floods and storms…

The Shia devotees of AhlulBayt, peace be upon them, in Germany have celebrated the blessed birth anniversary of the Honorable Prophet and his grandson Imam Jafar Al-Sadiq, peace be upon them. The husseiniyya of Ahlulbayt, peace be upon them, in…

On June 15, 2007, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously declared October 2 — the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, leader of India’s independence movement — as the International Day of Non-Violence. The UN resolution is intended to promote the culture…

A suicide bomber blew himself up on Friday at a tea shop in Somalia’s capital, killing at least seven people, Al Jazeera reported. The Sunni-extremist al-Shabab terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement on its Arabic media…

The World Resources Institute announced in its recent report that the lack of clean water will threaten about six billion people in the world by 2050. According to WRI, the countries of sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East are particularly…

Security forces have rescued 14 of at least 20 students abducted from a university in northwestern Nigeria and are searching for the remaining captives, school authorities say. Gunmen attacked the school in Zamfara state’s Bungudu district last week and fled…

At least 70 members of the Sunni extremist group al-Shabaab were killed Sunday in a military operation conducted by the Somali National Army backed by local militias in north-central Mudug province. The joint force raided al-Shabaab terrorist hideouts and gathering…

The Secretary General of the United Nations has called for complete destruction of nuclear weapons in the world as the only way to “eliminate the nuclear risk”. When “geopolitical mistrust and competition” has pushed the nuclear risk to Cold War…

A mosque in South-East Sweden has been damaged by a suspected arson attack. The Anas Denche the communication director of the Grand  Mosque told news outlets that they do not intend to give up and the mosque will be rebuilt.…

The death toll in a truck bomb explosion that targeted a security checkpoint in a residential area in the central Somali town of Beledweyne has risen to 18, a top regional official said on Saturday. According to the director-general of…