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. ...
Feras Kilani stands in front of Syrian security forces in Damascus, two days before he was detained by Israeli forces to the south/ On the morning of 9 May, I was part of a BBC Arabic team which left the Syrian capital, Damascus, for the southern province of Deraa. From there we planned to go to ...
Judi Weinstein Haggai and her husband Gadi Haggai were killed during the attack on Kibbutz Nir Oz/ Israeli forces have recovered the bodies of two Israeli Americans taken back to Gaza as hostages during the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on 7 October 2023, the Israeli military says. Judi ...
US Ambassador to the UN Dorothy Shea said the vote would "undermine"/ The US has vetoed the UN Security Council's draft resolution calling for an "unconditional and permanent" ceasefire in Gaza. The other 14 members voted in favour of the document, which also demanded the release of all hostages ...
World leaders 'obligated' to save lives in Gaza, says head of ICRC/ Gaza has become worse than hell on earth, the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross has told the BBC. In an interview at the ICRC's headquarters in Geneva, the organisation's president Mirjana Spoljaric said ...
Gaza has become worse than hell on Earth, according to the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mirjana Spoljaric. Speaking to the BBC's international editor Jeremy Bowen at the ICRC headquarters in Geneva, Spoljaric says what is happening in Gaza surpasses any ...
16 fighter jets at an airbase in southern Israel/ Israel said it had launched strikes on weapons belonging to Syria, hours after reports that two projectiles had been fired from Syria into Israel on Tuesday. The Israeli strikes on southern Syria caused "significant human and material losses", ...
Aid distribution centres in Gaza will be closed for a day on Wednesday, as the Israeli military warned roads leading to the sites will be considered "combat zones". The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a controversial US and Israel-backed aid network which began operating last week, said it ...
Witnesses and international medical teams report terrible scenes of killing as Israeli troops opened fire in the hours of Tuesday before dawn on Palestinians who were converging on the new aid distribution site in southern Gaza. It was "total carnage" according to a foreign witness. An official ...
In Gaza, for most women pregnancy and childbirth are now times of heightened stress and fear/ Amid a deadly war in Gaza, new lives begin. But newborn babies and those still in the womb are among the worst hit by the harsh conditions. With acute shortages of food, the UN says that one in 10 new ...
At least 27 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire as they attempted to collect aid near a distribution site in Gaza, local officials say. Civilians were fired upon by tanks, quadcopter drones, and helicopters near the al-Alam roundabout, about 1km (0.6 miles) from the aid distribution ...