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Dozens of charitable centers and organizations affiliated with the office of Grand Ayatollah Shirazi in Iraq and other world countries contributed to distributing Ramadan food baskets to poor families, the needy, and orphaned families. The centers conducted these initiatives to…

At least 38 migrants and refugees, including children, have lost their lives after their boat sank off the coast of Djibouti, the United Nations migration agency has confirmed, after their bodies were recovered. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said…

The World Shirazi Foundation has extended its congratulations to the Islamic nation and the world on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, urging leaders of nations and Islamic peoples to adopt a set of important demands aimed at promoting stability and…

The office of the Supreme Religious Authority Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, has published a notice to announce the amount of Zakat al-Fitr for Ramadan 1445 AH – 2024 for each individual. According to the announcement, the amount of…

The study, which examined rare genetic variants in over 350,000 individuals, has revealed that tubulins, unique proteins responsible for building the internal skeletons of cells, play a significant role in determining hand dominance. These findings challenge common assumptions about the…

Two senior U.N. officials have completed their assessment of Zambia’s severe drought, which has affected 8 million people and put 6 million at risk of food insecurity, VOA reported yesterday. The U.N. representatives have emphasized the urgent need for humanitarian…

Over 10,400 residential houses have been flooded in Russia’s western Siberia, the Volga region, and Urals, Xinhua reported yesterday. In the Orenburg region, more than 6,100 people have been evacuated, with 33 temporary accommodation centers set up for 33,000 people,…

At least 38 more Palestinians were killed and 71 others injured over the last 24 hours, as Israel continues its onslaught on the besieged Gaza Strip, the territory’s Health Ministry said on Sunday. “The Israeli forces committed four massacres against…

The Muslim community in Utrecht, the Netherlands, organized a Ramadan Iftar banquet to honor this blessed month and to share its blessings and values with with non-Muslims. Dutch media outlets reported that “around 1500 people, Muslims and others, participated in…

In the past three months, Somalia has seen a significant rise in cholera cases, with 4,956 new cases and 60 deaths reported, Xinhua news agency cited a UNICEF statement on Sunday. Following uninterrupted transmission of the disease since 2017, this…