The annual Arbaeen pilgrimage, one of the most monumental religious congregations throughout the world, has this year ...

Iraq’s Ministry of Interior says more than four million foreign pilgrims participated in this year’s Arbaeen pilgrimage.

Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Friday rejected what he called the “militarization of shrines” after videos showed pilgrims ...

KARBALA, Iraq - Majid al-Kareem is poorly equipped for his 500 km pilgrimage by foot through the scorching deserts of ...

There’s a lingering fear, whispered in homes and cafés: will Iraq once again become a battleground for someone else’s war?

Increasing around 10 percent in comparison with last year’s figures, 22 to 25 million pilgrims have flocked into the Holy ...

Millions of Muslims from across the world have converged in holy Iraqi city of Karbala to mark Arbaeen, the 40th day after ...

At least 4.1 million people took part in the 2025 Arbaeen pilgrimage, marking it as the largest gathering of its kind in the ...

By AFP, Karbala More than 600 pilgrims in Iraq were briefly hospitalized with respiratory problems after inhaling chlorine as ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - At least 40 Arbaeen pilgrims were injured, and several others killed in a devastating traffic ...

One of the world’s biggest religious gatherings unfolded in near-total blackout on Monday when Iraq’s power grid buckled under the strain. As millions of Shiite pilgrims flooded Karbala for the ...