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FIFA, football’s world governing body, authorized Saturday the wearing of head covers for religious purposes during matches after a two-year testing period proved they do not pose a significant risk of injury. The decision by FIFA will allow female players to wear the veil during games and will be extended ...

Pakistani media sources on Saturday reported that the country’s security forces have freed the five Iranian border guards abducted along Iran-Pakistan border on February 6. “Eleven foreign nationals kidnapped by the terrorists were released today in operations conducted by the security forces in Torbat region in (Pakistan’s) Balouchistan province,” Spokesman ...

The United Nations says a total of 703 people were killed in Iraq in February, as the country faces its worst violence in years. The UN mission to Iraq issued the figure on Saturday, which is close to that of January’s death toll of 733.   The figure excluded deaths ...

Yesterday, Hujjat al-Islam Hussaini Qazwini, founder of Velayat TV, addressing a group of scholars going for propagation in the days of Fatimiyyah, spoke about the spread of Wahabiism. He stated: “The wide spread propagation which is being created by the enemies of the Ahlulbayt (a) and Wahabiism against the Shia ...

Imam of the Friday Prayers in Tehran, Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, says the policy of the “resistance economy” initiated by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei will defeat sanctions imposed against Iran. “The resistance economy will render all sanctions ineffective,” Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami said in his sermon to ...

Religious scholar Allama Taqi Hadi Naqvi was shot dead near board office located in North Nazimabad area in an apparent incident of target killing here Thursday. According to police, the incident took place when four unidentified armed men riding motorbikes opened fire at the rickshaw Allama Naqvi was riding in, ...

In a major boost for Pakistan government, Sunni and Shia religious parties in Pakistan have backed military action against Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants and would observe February 28 as the “Anti-Taliban day”. Islamabad, Feb 27 – The Sunni and Shia religious parties in Pakistan have backed military action against Tehreek-e-Taliban ...

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called on the three branches of the Iranian government to seriously pursue and implement the general policies of the “resistance economy.” “With the endorsement of these policies, people are now waiting for their implementation and the positive effects of the ...

Russia on Tuesday warned Saudi Arabia against supplying Syrian rebels with shoulder-launched missile launchers, saying such a move would endanger security across the Middle East and beyond. The Russian foreign ministry said in a statement that it was “deeply concerned” by news reports that Saudi Arabia was planning to buy ...

In a meeting with a delegation of professors and researchers of different academic institutions from North America, Ayatollah Jawadi Amoli spoke about the importance of understanding the true meaning of justice and peace. He stated: “The process of peace and justice is compounded of three elements and as long as ...