A Turkish charity agency handed out some 51,000 copies of Quran, Muslim holy book, in 10 countries and regions in 2018, the aid group said on Thursday.

Today morning the most influential Iranian Sunni leader, Mawlana Abdol-Hamid arrived in Muscat where he was welcomed and received by different classes of people.

Khateeb of Sunnis in Zahedan alluded to the wildfire took lives of four students at a primary school in Zahedan city and described it “very bitter, sorrowful and shocking”. He called on the related officials to equip schools with all necessary facilities.

At least 168 people have been killed and over 700 injured after a volcano-triggered tsunami hit both sides of Indonesia’s Sunda Strait on Saturday, sending a wall of water crashing some 20 metres inland and sweeping away hundreds of homes and hotels, officials and witnesses have said.

Three Palestinians were killed and dozens others injured on Friday when the Israeli occupation forces violently quelled the Great March of Return on Gaza border.

Afghan officials on Friday played down the consequences of the possible withdrawal of some 7,000 American troops from the country.

Shaikh Abdol-Hamid urged on open-mindness and taking benefit from viewpoints of opponents and supporters to save the country from ongoing crises.

An Afghan peace negotiations team has arrived in Abu Dhabi, an official said Tuesday, a day after talks attended by US and Taliban representatives were held in the city aimed at ending the 17-year conflict.

The eminent Iranian Sunni scholar pointed out to the economic sanctions on the country and new economic problems of people and termed closure of borders “unjustified” in the current situation.

A four-year-old Palestinian boy has died after being injured by Israeli gunfire at a routine protest near the fence with Israel, Gaza’s health authorities said.