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Israel, US goals 'identical'; prepared for any scenario: Benjamin NetanyahuPrime Minister Netanyahu stated Israel and the US share identical goals regarding Iran, including removing enriched material and halting en...
Who is Ayatollah Alireza Arafi? Meet the cleric helping steer Iran through war after Khamenei’s deathAyatollah Alireza Arafi now leads Iran's interim council. He guides the nation through a war crisis and succession. Arafi, a hardline cleri...
How succession works in Iran and who could be the country's next supreme leaderFollowing the assassination of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran is navigating a delicate succession. A temporary leadership trio...
US has set 'red line' that Hezbollah not join Lebanese govt, envoy saysThe U.S. has set a 'red line' against Hezbollah being part of Lebanon's next government after their military defeat by Israel. U.S. Deputy ...
Hassan Nasrallah dead. Here's who could succeed him as new Hezbollah leader?Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah's leader for 32 years, has reportedly been killed in an Israeli airstrike. His death is seen as a significant b...
Army to be deployed across Pakistan during MuharramThe Pakistan government has deployed the Army nationwide to maintain law and order during Muharram due to concerns of attacks on Shiite ral...
Gunmen attack major Shiite holy site in Iran, killing 15State TV blamed the attack on "takfiris," a term that refers to Sunni Muslim extremists who have targeted the country's Shiite majority in ...
Clashes kill 10 as Iraq's Moqtada al-Sadr quits politics, loyalists storm complexIn July, Al-Sadr's supporters broke into the parliament to deter his rivals in the Coordination Framework, an alliance of mostly Iran-align...
Iraq's election: How it works, main playersA new single-member constituency system is supposed to boost independents and reduce traditional political blocs, largely centred on religi...
A growing challenge for Iraq: Iran-aligned Shiite militiasIt is a tightrope for al-Kadhimi, who has said bringing armed groups under state control is a goal of his administration but finds himself ...
Indian think-tank sends petition to UN Secy Gen & other global bodies on Pakistan govt atrocities against ShiasOn September 24 Usanas Foundation sent another petition to the UN Secretary-General and all the other entities mentioned above, in which it...
IS-claimed bomb attack on Shia procession in Bangladesh, 1 deadA 12-year-old boy was killed and about 90 others injured today in blasts targeting a Shia procession in front of the community's main shrin...
- Suicide bombing at Shiite procession kill 20 in Pakistan
The bomber targeted a Shiite procession being taken out as part of Muharram festival in Jacobabad.
Pakistan police kill four militants in a raidThe militants were targeted in Musa Pak area of Muzaffargarh in the south of Lahore after a tip-off about their presence in a building.
Iraq's divisions will delay counter-offensive on Islamic StateAmericans' training mission aims to prepare Iraqi troops for a spring offensive to retake territory, incl Mosul and Islamic State's powerba...
- 76 killed in suicide attack on Shia rally in Pakistan
The rally was being held to mark Al-Quds day, an international event staged every year by the Shiite community, opposing Israel’s control o...
- Blast in Pakistan during Shiite mourning ceremony
An explosion went off during a large procession of Shiite Muslim worshippers in the Pakistani city of Karachi on Monday, witnesses said, wh...
- '26 killed in bombing attacks in Baghdad'
Three suicide bombers and a roadside bomb struck Shiite pilgrims taking part in a massive religious procession in Baghdad today, killing at...
- Pakistan boost security after mosque blast kills 10
Pakistan boosted security on Friday after a suspected Sunni extremist opened fire in a Shiite mosque then blew himself up, killing 10 peopl...
- CPM stocks up its ammo over Saddam verdict
CPI-M would put pressure on the Congress-led UPA government to protest against and condemn the death sentence handed out to former Iraq pre...