Topic: Imam Hussein

Iran and Israel exchanged targeted airstrikes Sunday after President Donald Trump ordered the bombing of nuclear sites in Iran, leaving his administration and lawmakers divided over U.S. involvement.

At least 28 Pakistani Shia pilgrims died in Iran when their bus overturned and caught fire Tuesday night.

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah warned Sunday that Israel's government is "leading your nation to destruction."

A suicide bomb explosion in Kabul's Baqir ul Olum Shiite mosque killed at least 27 people and injured another 35, a police chief said.

Gunmen walked into a Shiite mosque in the Afghan capital on Tuesday and opened fire, killing more than a dozen people and wounding many others inside.

An explosion outside a Shiite mosque in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, killed four people Friday, the second attack in a week in the Sunni-majority kingdom.

Three gunmen opened fire in a Dalwa, Saudi Arabia, Shiite shrine, killing five people and injuring nine, witnesses and the state news agency said.

A series of deadly attacks targeting Shiites in Iraq on Monday killed 40 people and wounded 84 others.

Iraqi officials say they have increased security in southern parts of the country as millions of Shiite Muslims began a pilgrimage to the holy city of Karbala.

The Iraqi government is seeking to restore calm in the southern province of Basra, the country's main oil production center, after hundreds of foreign oilmen were hastily evacuated amid violent protests by Iraqi oil workers.