BAGHDAD, Sept 10 (Reuters) - At least 31 people died and another 100 were wounded on Tuesday during the Shi'ite Muslim religious rituals of Ashura in the Iraqi city of Kerbala, a Health Ministry ...

KERBALA, Iraq (Reuters) - 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 ...

Iraqi Shi'ite Muslims burn a tent as they re-enact a scene from the 7th century battle of Kerbala during a ceremony marking Ashura in the holy city of Kerbala BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 31 people ...

Thousands of Shi’ite Muslims gathered in Karbala, Iraq on Sunday to mark Ashura — the most sacred day in the Shi’ite Islamic calendar — amid strict security measures across the city. Worshippers from ...

Ashura, the most important day in the Shi’ite calendar, guarded by a heavy police and army presence three days after a suicide bomber killed 35 pilgrims outside a Baghdad shrine. Shi’ites in Iraq ...

Ashura, the 10th day of the Islamic month of Muharram, is among the holiest days on the Shi'ite calendar. It is a day of mourning marked by dramatic displays of passion and faith by Shi'a -- including ...

The large crowd of men congregated at the center of a mosque in the central city of Yazd, Iran, clad in black and beating their chests rhythmically in unison. They were commemorating Ashura, Shiite ...

Thousands of Shiites marched in Karbala, Iraq, on Tuesday to mark the Muslim holiday of Ashura. According to a report in Reuters, men “cut their scalps with daggers and whipped their backs with chains ...

The mourning ceremony was attended by a large gathering of people from various walks of life and senior officials, including the Parliament speaker, Judiciary chief and first vice president. The ...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 31 people died and another 102 were wounded on Tuesday during the Shi'ite Muslim religious rituals of Ashura in Iraq's southern holy city of Kerbala, in what officials at ...