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Blast kills 3 Shi’ite Muslim pilgrims in Iraq: police
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Blast kills 3 Shi’ite Muslim pilgrims in Iraq: police

  BAQUBA, Iraq (Reuters) – Three Shi’ite Muslim pilgrims were killed by a roadside bomb as they walked to a…
‘Walk to heaven’: Shiite pilgrims trek to Iraq’s Karbala
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‘Walk to heaven’: Shiite pilgrims trek to Iraq’s Karbala

  KARBALA, Iraq (AP) — Millions of Shiite Muslims from around the world are making their way this week to…
Millions of Shi’ites express suffering in Ashura ritual in Iraq
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Millions of Shi’ites express suffering in Ashura ritual in Iraq

  KERBALA, Iraq (Reuters) – Millions of Shi’ites Muslims gathered at shrines and mosques in Kerbala and other parts of…
Populist cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s coalition wins Iraq’s election
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Populist cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s coalition wins Iraq’s election

  Anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s political coalition has won Iraq’s parliamentary election, the election commission announced late Friday. The Saeroon…
Six killed in suicide attack near Afghan spy agency
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Six killed in suicide attack near Afghan spy agency

A suicide attacker on foot blew himself up near a compound belonging to the Afghan intelligence agency in Kabul on…
Bahrain’s Shia spiritual leader undergoes surgery, activists say
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Bahrain’s Shia spiritual leader undergoes surgery, activists say

Bahrain’s top Shia Muslim cleric underwent surgery on Friday, activists said, after he was hospitalised following months under virtual house…
Bahrain’s top Shi’ite cleric’s health deteriorates: activists
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Bahrain’s top Shi’ite cleric’s health deteriorates: activists

The health of Bahrain’s top Shi‘ite Muslim cleric has deteriorated, activists said on Monday, after months under virtual house arrest…
IS claims responsibility for Afghan mosque attack
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IS claims responsibility for Afghan mosque attack

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at a Shia mosque in the capital as Afghan officials…
Death toll rises to 24 in Pakistan shrine suicide bombing
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Death toll rises to 24 in Pakistan shrine suicide bombing

 The death toll from a suicide bombing at a Shia shrine in the country’s southwest increased to 24 after four…
Afghan official: 2 people killed by roadside bombs
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Afghan official: 2 people killed by roadside bombs

At least two people including a police officer were killed by roadside bombs in Afghanistan’s western Herat province, a provincial…
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