Shiite-majority

Terrorists on Monday unleashed a series of attacks in Shiite-majority neighborhoods in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killing at least 15 civilians.

Thirty Saudis from a Shiite-majority region of the kingdom have gone on trial for allegedly spying for Iran, local media reported on Monday.

The United States warned Saudi Arabia, which has a Sunni Muslim majority, that its execution on Saturday of a prominent Shiite cleric behind anti-government protests "risks exacerbating sectarian tensions."

A blast ripped through a Shiite mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia on Friday, authorities said, in what an activist said was a deadly suicide bombing.

A car bombing in the Shiite-majority Sadr City area of north Baghdad killed eight people and wounded more than 20 today, Iraqi security and medical officials said.

A car bomb exploded in the Shiite-majority district of Karrada in central Baghdad on Friday, killing at least five people and wounding 21, security and medical officials said.

Ten bombings mainly targeting Shiite-majority areas of Baghdad province killed at least 41 people today, while 20 died in bombings and shootings elsewhere in Iraq, officials said.

A wave of car bombings and other attacks in Iraq killed at least 58 people in mostly Shiite-majority cities on Sunday, another bloody reminder of the government's failure to stem the surge of violence that is feeding sectarian tensions.

Four people were wounded on Sunday when two rockets exploded in the Shiite-majority Hezbollah heartland of south Beirut, a Lebanese security source said.

Terrorists on Monday unleashed a series of attacks in Shiite-majority neighborhoods in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killing at least 15 civilians.

Thirty Saudis from a Shiite-majority region of the kingdom have gone on trial for allegedly spying for Iran, local media reported on Monday.

The United States warned Saudi Arabia, which has a Sunni Muslim majority, that its execution on Saturday of a prominent Shiite cleric behind anti-government protests "risks exacerbating sectarian tensions."

A blast ripped through a Shiite mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia on Friday, authorities said, in what an activist said was a deadly suicide bombing.

A car bombing in the Shiite-majority Sadr City area of north Baghdad killed eight people and wounded more than 20 today, Iraqi security and medical officials said.

A car bomb exploded in the Shiite-majority district of Karrada in central Baghdad on Friday, killing at least five people and wounding 21, security and medical officials said.

Ten bombings mainly targeting Shiite-majority areas of Baghdad province killed at least 41 people today, while 20 died in bombings and shootings elsewhere in Iraq, officials said.

A wave of car bombings and other attacks in Iraq killed at least 58 people in mostly Shiite-majority cities on Sunday, another bloody reminder of the government's failure to stem the surge of violence that is feeding sectarian tensions.

Four people were wounded on Sunday when two rockets exploded in the Shiite-majority Hezbollah heartland of south Beirut, a Lebanese security source said.