Millions of Shiite Muslims packed the streets of the Iraqi city of Karbala Saturday ... 113-kilometer (70-mile) road from Iraq's capital, Baghdad, to Karbala, offering food to weary pilgrims.

At least three people were shot dead when protesters attacked the Iranian consulate in the Iraqi holy city ... Karbala on Sunday night. The protesters, who demanded that Iran stop interfering in ...

At least 31 people have been killed in a stampede during commemorations for the Shia holy day of Ashura in the Iraqi city of Karbala, officials say. A health ministry spokesman said another 100 ...

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Even as the authorities prevented mourning processions in some parts of Srinagar, the capital city of Indian administered ... in the deserts of Karbala in presently Iraq in 681 AD.

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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - At least four pilgrims were killed and 42 injured when a bus overturned in Iran’s western Kurdistan ...