Multiple bomb explosions have killed at least 34 Shia pilgrims in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, amid the violence that continues to plague the country.

Iraqi Peshmerga forces have joined fellow Syrian Kurds in their battle against the ISIL Takfiri militants operating to seize the Arab country’s northern border town of Kobani.

Israeli forces have detained more than 111 Palestinians in East al-Quds (Jerusalem) in recent days amid tensions over the al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Millions of Shia Muslims around the world annually commemorate the great tragedy of Karbala with various forms of traditional ceremonies.

Palestinians have staged a rally in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah to protest Israel’s decision to close the al-Aqsa Mosque, Press TV reports.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says any final nuclear agreement with the P5+1 group should recognize the Islamic Republic’s right to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.

Shia Muslims in Iran and many other countries have begun mourning ceremonies to commemorate Tasua, the ninth day of the lunar month of Muharram.