Iraq's Shiites Mark Holy Day of AshuraAn apparent suicide bomb tore through a Shiite religious procession in Pakistan Thursday, killing more than a dozen people and wounding many more. The attack ...

It is a significant period of mourning for Shiite Muslims, marking the seventh-century Battle of Karbala.

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Iraq deployed tens of thousands of soldiers to protect Shi'ite pilgrims on Saturday, part of intensified security measures the government hopes will prevent bloodshed that has marred past ...

BAGHDAD -- -- BAGHDAD -- Violence escalated in Iraq on Thursday in advance of the Shiite religious festival of Ashura, with five attacks killing at least 19 people and wounding more than 100 ...

Thousands of tearful Shiite pilgrims wearing gloves and face masks flooded Iraq's holy city of Karbala Sunday to mark Ashura, one of the largest Muslim gatherings since the Covid-19 pandemic started.

Millions of Shi’ites Muslims gathered at shrines and mosques in Kerbala and other parts of Iraq on Thursday to mark the climax of the annual ritual of Ashura with expressions of suffering. Huge ...

Bombs hit Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad and a central Iraqi city Thursday, killing at least 27 people and wounding scores more, in the latest attack in the lead-up to Ashura, the sect's most solemn ...

Iraq's parliament passed a law criminalising same-sex relationships with a maximum 15-year prison sentence on Saturday, in a move it said aimed to uphold religious values but was condemned by ...

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Iraq’s official media regulator on Tuesday ordered all media and social media companies operating in the Arab state not to use the term “homosexuality” and instead to say “sexual deviance ...