A man in a wheelchair blew himself up Monday in a northern Iraqi police station, killing three National Police officers, including a commander, police said. The attack also wounded nine officers on ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Tens of thousands of pilgrims are in the Iraqi city of Karbala for Ashoura, the holy day on which Shiite Muslims commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet ...

Iraq said Sunday that it had foiled a plot by the Daesh/ISIS terrorist group to target Shia pilgrims in the central city of Karbala. In a statement carried by the state news agency INA, the Karbala ...

I walked from Najaf to Karbala to experience Arba’een, joining millions of pilgrims on one of the world’s greatest journeys ...

Pakistan, July 6 -- Islamic history contains numerous events that exemplify the highest levels of sacrifice, patience, perseverance, and selflessness. However, the Tragedy of Karbala holds a unique ...

The tragedy of Karbala starkly represents the timeless struggle between good and evil, virtue and wickedness, truth and falsehood, depicted by Hussain ibn Ali (RA) and Yazid ibn Muawiyah, respectively ...

A local news source in the province of Karbala reported that a massive fire broke out in a commercial center in Bab Al Khan Area, the holy shrine city of Karbala. Civil defense teams were dispatched ...

(RNS) Shiite Muslims from across the world are descending on Iraq to mark Arbaeen, the world’s largest annual pilgrimage, attracting upward of 20 million people. The pilgrimage, mostly on foot, ...

Hundreds of thousands of Shiite pilgrims marched to this city's holy shrine Tuesday to mark the death of one of their most revered saints, chanting, swaying, even cutting their bodies in an emotional ...