The Imam Hussain Holy Shrine sent a 55-vehicle relief convoy to Iran today, including 23 ambulances and heavy machinery for ...

Some 20 million worshippers visit the holy city of Karbala each year, but the US-Israeli offensive is drastically reducing ...

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 ...

MEHRAN: A 15-minute walk from the Iraqi border in the west Iranian town of Mehran, three young clerics are hard at work polishing the shoes of pilgrims. Farther down the road another cleric stands on ...

The escalating rhetoric between United States President Donald Trump and Iran has not only heightened geopolitical tensions ...

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 ...

KARACHI: Out in the distance, the alam faltered. But Abbas, the alamdaar (standard-bearer), would ensure that his body hit the ground before the alam did. But it never came crashing down. That defiant ...

Karbala governor Nassif al-Khattabi on Tuesday denied reports about deaths among Iraqi protesters in the southern province. Media reports earlier said at least 20 people had been killed and hundreds ...

Reporting from Karbala, Iraq — When millions of Shiite Muslim pilgrims descended last month on the shrine with twin gold domes in this holy city, many Iraqis expected sectarian fighting to erupt.