Mourning ceremonies for the ninth of Muharram held in the holy city of Karbala, Iraq. The ceremonies commemorate martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS), third Shia Imam and grandson of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), martyred with his 72 companions in the battle of Karbala back in 61 AH.

Saudi Arabian prosecutors are seeking death sentence for 16 people over alleged “terrorist” charges in the Shia-dominated Qatif region of the country’s Eastern Province, reports say.

The United Nations deputy chief has blamed the Israeli regime for the escalation of violence across the occupied Palestinian territories.

Senior Bahraini Shia clerics have censured the Al Khalifa regime for removing flags and other religious symbols used for commemorating the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS), the third Shia Imam.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has warned about the “dire” humanitarian situation in the southwestern Yemeni city of Ta'izz as Saudi Arabia keeps bombarding its neighboring Arab country.

Palestinian Resistance group Hamas called for a “Friday of Rage”, urging Palestinian protesters to join new confrontations with the occupation forces across Palestine tomorrow.

A seminar on “pronunciation of ‘w’ in Quran recitations and scripts of Mushafs” will be held today, October 21 in the holy city of Medina. According to tafsir.net, the program will be organized by the Quran Faculty of the Islamic University of Medina in cooperation with “Tibyan” Quran Scientific Association of ...

Iran and Russia on Thursday signed an agreement to promote trade cooperation in the area of infrastructure projects. The agreement was signed by Mahmoud Vaezi, Iran’s minister of communications and information technology, and the visiting Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak. It was signed at the end of Novak’s two-day stay in the ...

The Iranian speaker of parliament (Majlis) says Russia’s military intervention in Syria against terrorist groups was well timed and considered.

Iran said on Thursday that it has devised a package of joint projects with Russia, adding that the total value of the projects stands at $25 billion to $30 billion.  Mahmoud Vaezi, Iran’s minister of communications and information technology, told reporters after a meeting with the visiting Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak that ...

A senior member of the Central Council of Islamic Scholars of Bahrain referred to recent events in the country and attacks on mourners and announced that the country has become the largest base for the activities of Takfiri terrorist groups.

Hundreds of thousands have attended a mourning ceremony in the northwestern Iranian city of Zanjan, marking the martyrdom of Abbas ibn Ali, the half-brother of Imam Hussein, the third Imam in Shia Islam.