A roadside bomb struck a minibus packed with pilgrims bound for Iraq's holy Shi'ite city of Kerbala on Friday as authorities deployed more than 40,000 police and soldiers to avert new violence in ...

* Iraqi authorities tighten security for Shi'ite pilgrimage * Bomb strikes minibus carrying pilgrims * Suicide bombing kills 19 overnight By Sami al-Jumaili KERBALA, Iraq, Aug 15 (Reuters) - A ...

Iraqi authorities banned motorcycles from Baghdad's streets and dispatched tens of thousands of security forces to guard a Shiite pilgrimage Thursday after coordinated car bombings targeted proc ...

Pakistan plans to overhaul its pilgrimage travel policy to Iraq, Iran and Syria after authorities confirmed that around ...

Iraqi officials stepped up security Monday ahead of a major Shiite pilgrimage after a mortar attack on a religious procession in Baghdad killed seven people and wounded dozens.

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi authorities banned motorcycles from Baghdad's streets and dispatched tens of thousands of security forces to guard a Shiite pilgrimage Thursday after coordinated car ...

Tens of thousands of pilgrims gathered in Karbala for Ashoura, a major Shiite religious event commemorating Imam Hussein's ...

The Shi'ite Muslim religious festival of Ashura passed without major violence in Iraq yesterday, after tight security was deployed to safeguard millions fr... Monday, 27 May 2024 ePaper ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials stepped up security Monday ahead of a major Shiite pilgrimage after a mortar attack on a religious procession in Baghdad killed seven people and wounded dozens.

Millions of Shiite Muslim pilgrims thronged the Iraqi city of Karbala Friday for one of the world's largest religious gatherings, in defiance of the ...

He died in Kufa, Iraq, in 661 CE and was buried in the nearby city of Najaf. Over time, a huge shrine complex has built up around his tomb that has become one of the biggest pilgrimage sites in ...

Founded 7,000 years ago, Iraq's archaeological site of Nippur was once the heart of one of the earliest recorded religions.Today, visitors to these weather-beaten ruins about 200km south of ...