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Collection of shia news, found 19 news.

Prabowo meets Blinken in Amman, discusses ceasefire in Gaza

Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto met with United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Amman, Jordan, ...

Sadrs bloc slams presence of US troops in Baghdad

Firebrand Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr?s parliamentary bloc has reiterated rejection of the presence of U.S. troops in ...

News Focus - Syrian conflict caused by geopolitical factors

The Indonesian Ambassador to the Syrian Arab Republic, Djoko Harjanto, speaking at a seminar held by the Indonesian ...

Soekarno-Hatta Airport immigration debars two Moroccan women

Immigration personnel at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (SHIA) debarred two Moroccan women, identified as ...

Indonesia to ramp up development of infrastructure projects

Indonesia is boosting its infrastructure development in an effort to provide economic benefits to its people and ...

President calls for peaceful solution to Sampang case

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called for a peaceful solution for the resolution of the violent acts that took ...

UN Chief urges OIC to help mend rifts between Muslim communities

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to try its best to mend rifts ...

About 200 Russians are fighting for Syrian rebels

There are about 200 Russians currently fighting alongside rebels battling the Syrian regime, the head of Russia's ...

New wave of kidnappings hit Lebanon

A wave of tit-for-tat sectarian kidnappings took place in a sensitive area of northeast Lebanon on Sunday, a security ...

Females dominate UK film's "rising star" shortlist

Actresses dominated the shortlist for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts' Rising Star Awards on Monday, ...

Indonesia should apply international human rights standards: UN

The United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem Pillay, said that the Indonesian government ...

Clerics hold key to settle Sampang conflicts

An influential Islamic leader said clerics hold the key to settle the conflicts between Sunni and Shia Muslims in ...

Iran congratulates Libyans on full liberation of their country

IRI Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi in a message addressed to Head of Libyan Transitional Council Mustafa Abdul ...

Bahraini woman elected as second female MP

Bahraini female candidate Sawsan Taqawi on Sunday became the second female to win a parliament seat after her rival ...

Bahrain King pardons protest abusers

King Hamad of Bahrain said Sunday he was pardoning all those who insulted him during a month of Shiite-led ...