Baghdad: A wave of bombings targeting Shiites in Iraq killed 72 people on Thursday, deepening sectarian tensions that exploded just after the last American troops left the country in mid-December. The coordinated attacks targeting Shiites bore the hallmarks of Sunni insurgents linked to al-Qaida, although there was no immediate claim of responsibility. The bombings began early in the morning when explosions struck two Shiite neighborhoods in Baghdad, killing at least...
12:29 AM, Jan 06, 2012
Kabul: In Afghanistan's first major sectarian assault since the fall of the Taliban regime a decade ago, a suicide bomber slaughtered 56 Shiite worshippers and wounded more than 160 others on Tuesday outside a Shiite shrine in the capital. The body of a woman, clutching a dead child in each arm, was sprawled along a dirt road littered with shoes, bloodstained clothing, hats and body parts after the blast, which...
02:21 AM, Dec 07, 2011
Baghdad: A string of explosions targeting security officials and people who rushed to the scene to help the injured - killed at least 10 people in western Baghdad on Monday evening, officials said. The first explosion came from a roadside bomb in a Shiite neighborhood, targeting an Iraqi army patrol, a police official said. Minutes later, a second bomb exploded nearby, targeting a passing police patrol. As firefighters arrived on...
02:01 AM, Oct 11, 2011
Islamabad: Gunmen opened fire on minority Shiite Muslim pilgrims traveling through southwest Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 26 people in an apparent sectarian attack, officials and survivors said. The pilgrims were traveling by bus through Mastung district in Baluchistan province on their way to the Iranian border when the attack occurred, said Khushhal Khan, the driver of the vehicle, which was carrying at least 40 people. A pickup truck blocked the...
08:57 PM, Sep 20, 2011
Manama, Bahrain: A security court sentenced eight Shiite activists to life in prison on Wednesday and issued long jail terms for 13 others in the latest blow by authorities waging a crackdown against protesters seeking greater rights in the Gulf kingdom. Shiite crowds blocked roads with sand piles and called for protest marches " suggesting that the court decision could spark another round of unrest after months of lockdown-level security...
05:40 PM, Jun 22, 2011
Sanaa: Three army commanders, including a top general, defected today to the opposition calling for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down as army tanks and armoured vehicles deployed in the streets of the Yemeni capital. The most senior of the three officers is Maj Gen Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, a longtime confidante of Saleh and commander of the army's powerful 1st Armoured Division. Units of the division deployed today in...
04:34 PM, Mar 21, 2011
Baghdad: Saddam Hussein's foreign minister Tariq Aziz was on Tuesday sentenced to death by hanging for persecuting members of Shiite religious parties under the former regime. Iraq's high criminal court spokesman Mohammed Abdul Sahib did not say when Aziz, 74, would be put to death. The death sentence was for a conviction on charges of taking part in a Saddam-led campaign that hunted and executed members of the Shiite Dawa...
05:05 PM, Oct 26, 2010
Quetta, Pakistan: The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed at least 43 Shiite Muslims in southwest Pakistan on Friday. Pakistani Taliban commander Qari Hussain Mehsud said that though they were fighting the United States and the Pakistani government, "Shiites are also our target". The attack in the south western city of Quetta at a Shiite rally calling for solidarity with Palestinians, sharply drove up the...
11:31 AM, Sep 04, 2010
The twin bombing came on the final day of an annual Shiite religious observance. ...
03:02 AM, Feb 06, 2010
Witnesses described a chaotic scene in the minutes following the blast. ...
05:18 PM, Feb 01, 2010
The statement was posted by the group on a website. ...
11:55 AM, Oct 27, 2009
The suicide attack was the most recent in a series in less than a week. ...
12:19 AM, Jan 05, 2009
Dubai: Leg-spinner Shahid Afridi capped an excellent return to international cricket with three wickets as Pakistan thumped Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the first day-night one-dayer on Friday. Afridi took 3-27 in his first match since returning from a six-month exile, helping Pakistan dismiss Sri Lanka for a paltry 131 in 40.3 overs, before Younis Khan and Imran Farhat hit fluent fifties to anchor the chase at Dubai stadium....
11:19 AM, Mar 18, 2008
The Number of American soldiers killed in Iraq since Friday has risen to 15. ...
04:06 PM, May 21, 2007
Suicide bombers struck a crowd of Shiite pilgrims in Hilla, Iraq on Tuesday, killing over 120 people. ...
11:16 PM, Mar 06, 2007
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