Supporters of the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah beat their chests as they march during a religious mourning procession on Ashura, in a suburb of Beirut (AFP Photo/ANWAR AMRO)/ Beirut (AFP) - Anti-Israeli chants rang through the streets of a Hezbollah bastion in the Lebanese capital on ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ Actors dressed as ancient warriors re-enact battle scenes as part of the Ashura commemorations 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 ...
Hundreds of thousands of Shia Muslims have been marking the holy day of Ashura in the Iraqi city of Karbala. Officials said at least 31 people were killed on Thursday in a stampede during a ritual commemorating the martyrdom in battle of the Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, in ...
26PM [Updated: Tue Sep 10, 2019 04:26PM ]/ The streets which would otherwise be flooded by mourners on the occasion of Ashura and echoing the name of Hussein are empty and silent. Barbed wires, blockades, and fleets of security forces are maintaining the clampdown in Muslim-majority ...
Shia Muslims across the world, including Iran, mark the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad in Karbala, Iraq. In the ten days leading to Tasu’a and Ashura, cities take on a different look and various ceremonies are held at mosques or special gathering ...
Shia Muslims take part in a mourning procession on the 10th day of the lunar month of Muharram, which marks the day of Ashura, in the holy city of Karbala, Iraq, on September 10, 2019. (Photo by AFP)/ At least 31 pilgrims lost their lives and dozens more sustained injuries in a stampede during ...
45PM [Updated: Tue Sep 10, 2019 01:51PM ]/ Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi addresses the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, on September 10, 2019. (Photo by AFP)/ Pakistan has demanded that the United Nations (UN) launch a probe into the situation in ...
48PM [Updated: Tue Sep 10, 2019 01:48PM ]/ Today is the 10th day of Muharram, called Ashura. This day belongs to Imam Hussein, the third Shia Imam, as he sacrificed not only his own life, but also everything he had to resist against the tyrannical government of the time. Now, his followers say ...
46PM [Updated: Tue Sep 10, 2019 01:46PM ]/ Indian government forces stop Kashmiri civilians at a checkpoint during heavy restrictions on movements in Srinagar on September 10, 2019, on the 10th day of the holy Islamic month of Muharram. (Photo b AFP)/ India has imposed tighter restrictions on ...
03AM [Updated: Tue Sep 10, 2019 10:06AM ]/ Secretary General of the Hezbollah resistance movement, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, gestures as he addresses his supporters via a screen during the religious procession to mark Ashura, in Beirut, Lebanon, September 10, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)/ The head of ...
57AM [Updated: Tue Sep 10, 2019 06:58AM ]/ People from all walks of life dressed in black and attended the Tasu’a mourning ceremonies in the Lebanese capital Beirut to mark the eve of the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein. Mourners paid tribute to the third Shia Imam and the grandson of ...
56AM [Updated: Tue Sep 10, 2019 10:07AM ]/ Government forces in Nigeria have attacked mourners marking the the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (PBUH) on Ashura, killing at least three people and injuring many others.
Secretary General of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, delivers a speech on September 9, 2019, the eve of Ashura, which marks the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (PBUH) - the third Shia Imam and the grandson of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH)./ The head of ...
26AM [Updated: Tue Sep 10, 2019 04:26AM ]/ Iranians attend a mourning procession in the capital, Tehran, to commemorate the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (PBUH), the third Shia Imam, on September 9, 2019. (Photo by Tasnim News Agency)/ Millions of Iranians are observing Ashura, which ...
56PM [Updated: Tue Sep 10, 2019 02:56PM ]/ Shia Muslims march during a procession on the tenth day of Muharram, which marks the day of Ashura, in Karachi, on September 10, 2019. (Photo by AFP)/ Thousands of miles away from the city of Karbala, Pakistani lovers of Hussein Ibn-e-Ali have gathered ...
01PM [Updated: Mon Sep 9, 2019 05:06PM ]/ Millions of Iranians have taken part in nationwide processions on Tasu'a, the 9th day of the Muslim month of Muharram, a day before the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussain, the third Shia imam. Shia Muslims hold mourning ceremonies during the first 10 ...
Thousands attend Muhrram processions on September 8, 2019 in the Iranian city of Zanjan to honor Abbas ibn Ali, Imam Hussein's half-brother, who made great sacrifices during the Battle of Karbala to protect the imam and his family. (Photo by Fars News)/ Millions of Iranians are partaking in ...
04PM [Updated: Mon Sep 9, 2019 04:04PM ]/ Iraqi Shiites in costumes re-enact events of Ashura in the central city of Karbala on September 8, 2019. (Photo by AFP)/ Tens of thousands of Shia pilgrims gathered amongst heightened security on Monday (September 9) in Karbala to commemorate Ashura. ...
for Israel’s current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has triggered a furious response from leading Israelis across the political spectrum. By contrast it has been welcomed by Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and ordinary citizens in Gaza. Leading ...
Benjamin Netanyahu (L), Yoav Gallant (C) and Mohammed Deif (R)/ Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have issued arrest warrants for Israel’s prime minister and former defence minister, as well as the military commander of Hamas. A statement said a pre-trial chamber had rejected ...
At least 22 people were reportedly killed in a strike in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City/ Dozens of people are reported to have been killed in overnight Israeli air strikes in northern Gaza. Paramedics and Hamas-affiliated media said at least 66 were killed, including women and ...
The US has blocked a Gaza ceasefire draft resolution at the United Nations Security Council - the fourth time it has used its veto power during the conflict to shield its ally, Israel. Fourteen of the 15 Council members voted in favour of the draft, which demanded that the war in Gaza "must end ...
Israel’s military says its offensive in Beit Lahia and other areas of northern Gaza targets regrouping Hamas fighters/ Palestinians are "facing diminishing conditions for survival" in parts of northern Gaza under siege by Israeli forces because virtually no aid has been delivered in 40 days, the ...
based monitoring group posted a video that it said showed the aftermath of the strikes in Palmyria/ At least 36 people have been killed and 50 others injured in Israeli air strikes on residential buildings and an industrial area in the central Syrian town of Palmyra, Syrian state media report. ...
Hanan Abu Salameh, 59, was shot and killed by an Israeli soldier while she harvested olives/ On a Thursday afternoon towards the end of last month, a 59-year-old Palestinian woman set out to gather olives on her family’s land near the village of Faqqua, in the north of the occupied West Bank. It ...
A senior Palestinian official said Khalil al-Hayya (R) was likely to be in Turkey (file photo)/ The most senior Hamas leader outside Gaza and other key figures in its negotiating team are no longer in Doha, Qatar’s government and a senior Palestinian official have said. Qatar’s foreign ministry ...
A video showed the woman sitting in her underwear on steps at Islamic Azad University before walking down a nearby street/ An Iranian woman will not face charges after she stripped to her underwear in an apparent anti-hijab protest at a university in Tehran, Iranian authorities say. Earlier in ...
Axios reported last week that a “nuclear weapons research facility“ at Parchin was hit in late October/ Israel’s prime minister says it hit part of Iran’s nuclear programme last month, despite pleas from the US not to do so during the strikes it carried out in response to a missile attack. “It’s ...