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. ...
Israel's military struck the Syrian defence ministry in Damascus and government forces in southern Syria on Wednesday, as deadly sectarian fighting in the mostly Druze province of Suweida continued for a fourth day. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said its forces were "working to save ...
Casualties from the incident were brought to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis/ Twenty people trying to get food have been killed "amid a chaotic and dangerous surge" at an aid distribution centre in southern Gaza, the US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) says. Nineteen were ...
Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem addressed supporters in Beirut on 6 July/ At least 12 people have been killed in Israeli air strikes in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley, a regional governor says. Seven Syrians, including a family of five, and three Lebanese were killed when the Wadi Faara area ...
Nimisha Priya is currently lodged in the central jail of Yemen's capital Sanaa/ Authorities in Yemen have postponed the execution of an Indian nurse who is on death row after being found guilty of murder, Indian foreign ministry sources say. for killing a local man, was set to be executed on 16 ...
Syria's defence minister announced a ceasefire as government forces entered Suweida city on Tuesday/ Israel says it has bombed Syrian government forces around Suweida, as they entered the predominantly Druze city following two days of deadly sectarian clashes. About 100 people have reportedly ...
Ten people were killed as they gathered near a water distribution point in Nuseirat refugee camp/ Mahmoud Abdul Rahman Ahmed says his son, Abdullah, was "searching for a sip of water" when he took the family's jerrycans on Sunday morning and headed as usual to one of the water distribution ...
A BBC documentary about Gaza breached editorial guidelines on accuracy by failing to disclose the narrator was the son of a Hamas official, the corporation's review has found. BBC director general Tim Davie commissioned the review into Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone, after it was in February ...
Syria's interior ministry said security forces were deployed to try to restore calm/ At least 30 people have been killed in armed clashes between Sunni Bedouin tribal fighters and Druze militias in southern Syria, the country's interior ministry says. The violence erupted in the predominantly ...
Last week, President Pezeshkian accused Israel of trying to kill him - a claim denied by Israel/ Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was reportedly slightly injured during one of Israel's attacks on Iran last month. Iran's state Fars news agency, close to the revolutionary guard, says that on 16 ...
Relatives mourn Palestinian child Saraj Ibrahim. In other photos and video, the man in grey is seen carrying the child's body after a strike hit a water distribution point/ Ten people, including six children, have been killed in an Israeli air strike while waiting to fill water containers in ...