Shiite Muslims are commemorating Ashoura, marking the 7th-century death of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Hussein, that gave birth to their faith. The rift between Islam’s two main sects deepened after ...

Human Rights Watch criticised Iraq's amendment of the personal status law, saying it restricts women's rights and makes them "second class citizens".

Six car bombings in four hours killed 48 people and wounded 81 in various Baghdad neighborhoods Wednesday, according to Iraq's Interior Ministry. In a separate incident, five people were killed and ...

The clashes overnight between Sunni and Shiite tribes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province came a day after gunmen ambushed a convoy of vehicles in the area. By Zia ur-Rehman The attack was one of the ...

Over the past two days, police in Baghdad have found the bodies of more than 70 men — some shot, some strangled, most with their hands bound — raising fears that Shiite militias are running death ...

At least 62 people were killed and 150 wounded Wednesday when a bomb ripped through an outdoor market area in eastern Baghdad, an Interior Ministry official said. The bombing occurred in Sadr City, ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Thousands of pilgrims arrived on foot Saturday at a Shiite shrine in Baghdad to start a major religious commemoration as private vehicles were banned from the streets to prevent car ...

SAYYIDA ZEINAB, Syria (AP) — At the Sayyida Zeinab shrine, rituals of faith unfold: worshippers kneel in prayer, visitors raise their palms skyward or fervently murmur invocations as they press their ...

Shiite Muslims across the globe on Tuesday observed Ashura, an annual commemoration mourning the seventh-century martyrdom of a grandson of the Prophet Mohammed. Imam Hussein bin Ali’s death in the ...

A suicide bomber killed at least 59 people in a busy market in the Shiite-dominated city of Kufa on Tuesday. Christian Science Monitor reporter Dan Murphy, reporting from Baghdad, talks with Alex ...

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Iran’s designs have defined the region for decades. With the country weakened, the puzzle is what comes next. By Neil MacFarquhar The long absence of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ...