Karaj, Tehran prov, Aug 31, IRNA An Iranian runner from the city of Karaj, some 40 km west of Tehran, traversed the Tehran-Karbala route (1,400 kilometers) with the motto of 'Peace, Friendship and Islamic Unity' in 12...
A man who forced two boys to beat themselves with a blade-tipped flail as part of a Muslim religious ritual was convicted of child cruelty Wednesday. British prosecutors said it was the first time anyone in England had...
Iraqis have bought about $US69 million worth of silver from Swiss dealers to refurbish a shrine to a revered imam in the holy Shiite city of Karbala, an official said. "We received on Tuesday the 1,450 kilograms of silver...
NAJAF, Iraq, July 20, 2008 (AFP) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki flew down to the Shiite holy city of Najaf on Sunday, marking opening of a new airport for civilian flights at a former military airfield. "It is a historic...
A Shia imam in Saudi Arabia has declared his support for Iran and called on supporters to send money to the country to help it fight against the United States and Israel. "We stand by Iran and we will do everything to support...
Freed terrorist vows to continue legacy of Hizbullah leader Imad Mughniyeh; Lebanese residents report Israeli sortie over South, threatening phone calls The five Lebanese prisoners by Israel in the framework of the exchange...
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Civilian flights will start next month at a former military airport in the central Iraqi Shiite holy city of Najaf, the provincial government said on Sunday. Al-Hamza airfield will be inaugurated as a civilian...
BY YUSUF JAMEEL Srinagar It was people's power, a series of mass street demonstrations and shutdowns in the Kashmir Valley that occurred the whole week but the outburst over the diversion of about 40 hectares of forest land to...
Today on 21st June hundreds of protesters gathered at Lahore Press Club to denounce the Dr. Israr Ahmed's blasphemous remarks against Imam Ali (a) during a religious program aired on ARY's QTV. This is not the first time this...