Hundreds of thousands of Shiite Muslims on Tuesday marked the festival of Ashura in Iraq's holy city of Karbala, the burial place of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Mohammed. The emotional event ...

Huge crowds of black-clad Shiite Muslim pilgrims thronged the Iraqi shrine city of Karbala Wednesday, weeping and beating their chests in mourning for the seventh-century killing of the prophet's ...

There was an outbreak of violence in Iraq this week surrounding Ashura, a major Shiite commemoration. For Shiite Muslims, Ashura marks the martyrdom of Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.

KERBALA, Iraq (Reuters) - The Shi'ite Muslim religious festival of Ashura passed without major violence in Iraq on Sunday, after tight security was deployed to safeguard millions from the bloody ...

An apparent suicide bomb tore through a Shiite religious procession in Pakistan Thursday, killing more than a dozen people and wounding many more. The attack came on Ashura, one of the holiest days in ...

Insurgents targeted Shiite Muslims in a series of suicide strikes and bombings across Baghdad onSaturday, killing 30 people and wounding around 130 on the holiest day of the Shiite religiouscalendar.

* Heavy security at Shi'ite rite insurgents often target * Stopping bloodshed especially important ahead of polls By Sami al-Jumaili KERBALA, Iraq, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Iraq deployed tens of thousands ...

Shiite Muslims marching during Ashura rituals in the Iraqi shrine city of Karbala on Saturday mixed mourning the death of Imam Hussein over 1,300 years ago with chants condemning modern politicians.

A bomb killed six people and wounded scores on Thursday when it exploded near the Sayeda Zeinab mausoleum in Damascus, Syria's most visited Shiite pilgrimage site, the authorities said. The deadly ...

Shiite Muslims brandish knives during the Tatbir processions as they mark Ashura, a 10-day period commemorating the seventh century killing of Prophet Mohammed's grandson Imam Hussein, in Iraq's holy ...