Several explosions rocked major Shiite shrines in Karbala and in Baghdad Tuesday morning where thousands of pilgrims were gathered for a religious festival, killing more than 140 people and ...

Iran was integral in persuading Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to halt attacks by his militia on Iraqi security forces, an Iraqi lawmaker said Monday. Haidar al-Abadi, a member of Prime Minister Nuri ...

A top aide to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr was released from jail Wednesday, a source in Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's office and a senior U.S. military official told CNN. Coalition ...

Iraq wants to diversify its economy away from oil and toward tourism. Although Western travelers have made headlines in ...

Nearly simultaneous attacks in the capital Baghdad and in the holy city of Karbala apparently targeted Iraqi Shi'a worshipers observing the holy day of Ashura. Ashura, which commemorates the ...

Baghdad has been trying to balance its relationship ... During his trip, Pezeshkian is also due to visit Shiite shrines in the cities of Karbala and Najaf, a railroad project in southern Iraq ...

BAGHDAD: Iran's reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian ... is also due to visit Shiite shrines in the cities of Karbala and Najaf, a railroad project to link the southern city of Basra to Iran ...