In the cities of Najaf and Karbala, home to two of Shiite Islam’s holiest sites, hundreds of thousands attended commemorations for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who extended Iran’s influence in Iraq.

The body of Iran's slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei arrived Wednesday in the Iraqi city of Karbala. Iraqi media reported that large crowds gathered in Karbala after Khamenei's coffin arrived from the city of Najaf,

Iran held a large funeral for Ayatollah Khamenei in Karbala. Mojtaba Khamenei seen in public by July 31 at 5.5% YES.

BAGHDAD (AP) — A bus carrying pilgrims to the Iraqi city of Karbala overturned north of Baghdad on Saturday, killing 18 people, medical officials said. Millions of believers converge on the city each year for the Shiite pilgrimage of Arbaeen, regarded as ...

Shiite Muslims across the world marked Ashoura on Thursday, a holy day symbolizing sacrifice and martyrdom.Ashoura commemorates the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, at the Battle of Karbala in A.

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 palm has been held aloft, pointed skywards, for ...

US forces have handed control of the mainly Shia province of Karbala in central Iraq to local authorities in a tightly-guarded ceremony. Karbala is the eighth of 18 provinces to be transferred to local control since the US-led invasion in 2003. The ...

KARACHI: “If there is a calling, it doesn’t see your religion, but your love and your bond,” says Ravi Shankar, a Hindu devotee of Imam Hussain (ra). Despite the difference of faith, Shankar is a staunch follower of the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh