Toll in Baghdad suicide bombs up to 31 dead: officials
Agence France-Presse | Tuesday June 18, 2013
Twin suicide bombings killed 31 people after midday prayers at a Shiite Muslim religious centre in Baghdad on Tuesday, the latest in violence sparking fears of a revival of full-blown sectarian bloodshed.
Death toll in Pakistan twin blasts reaches 25, Sunni Muslims claim responsibility
Agence France-Presse | Sunday June 16, 2013
A Pakistani militant group behind a series of bloody assaults on minority Shiite Muslims has said it carried out attacks on a bus carrying women students and a hospital that killed at least 25.
30 dead in Lebanon Sunni-Alawite clashes
Agence France-Presse | Sunday May 26, 2013
Firefights in northern Lebanon between Sunni Muslims and Alawites -- the Shiite offshoot sect to which Syrian President Bashar al-Assad belongs -- have killed 30 people, a security source said on Saturday.
Why minorities in Pakistan have no faith in democracy
Associated Press | Tuesday May 7, 2013
In majority Muslim Pakistan, religious minorities say democracy is killing them. Intolerance has been on the rise for the past five years under Pakistan's democratically elected government because of the growing violence of Islamic radicals, who are...
13 injured in blast near Pakistan Shiite mosque: police
Agence France-Presse | Wednesday April 24, 2013
A bomb attached to a bicycle exploded, injuring at least 13 people near a Shiite Muslim mosque in Pakistan's southwestern city of Quetta on Wednesday, police said.
Kuwait hangs three convicts in first executions since 2007
Agence France-Presse | Monday April 1, 2013
Authorities in Kuwait on Monday hanged three convicted murderers in the first executions in the Gulf state since May 2007, the ministry of justice said.
Roadside bomb kills three Pakistan troops: officials
Agence France-Presse | Monday March 11, 2013
A roadside bomb attack on Monday in northwest Pakistan's restive tribal region killed three soldiers and wounded two others, officials said.
Karachi shuts down to bury 45 bomb dead
Agence France-Presse | Monday March 4, 2013
Pakistan's largest city Karachi shut down on Monday to mourn 45 people killed by a car bomb in a Shiite Muslim neighbourhood, the latest in a series of devastating attacks as Pakistan prepares for elections.
Anger, scuffles as Pakistan Shiites buried 89 people
Agence France-Presse | Wednesday February 20, 2013
Scuffles broke out Wednesday as Pakistani Shiite Muslims buried the 89 victims of a second major bomb attack in five weeks, which has highlighted the government's inability to stem sectarian violence.
Bomb rips through market near Quetta in Pakistan, police say 79 killed
Agence France-Presse | Sunday February 17, 2013
A bomb targeting Shiite Muslims in a busy market in Pakistan's insurgency-hit southwest killed 79 people including women and children and wounded 180 others, officials said Sunday.
Bomb rips through market near Quetta in Pakistan, 63 killed
Agence France-Presse | Sunday February 17, 2013
A bomb targeting Shiite Muslims in a busy market in Pakistan's insurgency-hit southwest killed 63 people on Saturday and wounded 180 others, police and officials said.
Suicide bomber kills 21 at Pakistan mosques
Agence France Presse | Friday February 1, 2013
A suicide bomber targeted a Shiite Muslim mosque in northwest Pakistan on Friday, killing 21 people and wounding up to 50 as worshippers poured out of weekly prayers, officials said.
Pakistan Shi'ites to bury bomb victims after meeting PM
Agence France-Presse | Monday January 14, 2013
Embattled Shiite Muslims Monday buried victims of the deadliest single attack on their community in Pakistan, ending a four-day protest to demand protection after the provincial government was sacked.
Pakistan sacks provincial government after attack
Associated Press | Monday January 14, 2013
Pakistani leaders dismissed the government of southwest Baluchistan province early on Monday in response to the demands of protesters angry about an attack on minority Shiite Muslims there that killed 86 people.
Bomb hits convoy of buses in Pakistan, 19 people killed: officials
Agence France-Presse | Sunday December 30, 2012
A car bomb attack on buses carrying Shiite Muslim pilgrims to Iran killed 19 people and injured 25 in Pakistan's insurgency-hit southwest on Sunday, officials said.
