KERBALA, Iraq (Reuters) - Chanting and flailing themselves in mourning for Imam Hussein, hundreds of thousands of Shi'ite Muslims from around the world gathered in the Iraqi city of Kerbala on Friday ...

Over 2 million people are expected to make their way to the Holy City by Tuesday. The circulation of vehicles is banned to avoid possible car bombs. Check points, body checks and house by house ...

At least 31 pilgrims have been killed after part of a walkway collapsed as tens of thousands of Shi'ite Muslims celebrated Ashoura in Iraq's Kerbala. Around 100 others were injured as a stampede broke ...

The Iraqi government is struggling to overcome opposition at home and abroad as more than one million Shia pilgrims brave sniper fire to converge on the holy city of Kerbala for a religious festival.

Iraq security forces fire tear gas to disperse anti-government protesters during a demonstration in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. Protests have resumed in Iraq after a wave of demonstrations ...

Kerbala, the holiest site of all Shia cities, was crowded and surprisingly calm today as thousands of people, including hundreds of pilgrims from around the world, attended Friday midday prayers. I ...

In the history of humankind, many battles have been fought and continue to be fought. The ones that are written in the history books are the ones that leave some sort of lasting impression. One such ...

KERBALA, Iraq (REUTERS) - A motorcycle gunman shot dead an Iraqi novelist close to his house in the holy Shi'ite Muslim city of Kerbala on Saturday, police and witnesses said. Alaa Mashzoub, 50, was ...

In the southern Iraqi city of Kerbala, U.S. soldiers are still welcomed by the locals, a rare example of things going right in America's troubled occupation of Iraq. But even in Karbala, anti-American ...