Pakistan official: 19 killed in attack on Shiites
December 31, 2012 - 5:50am
A car bomb targeting a bus carrying Shiite Muslim pilgrims killed 19 people in southwest Pakistan on yesterday, officials and eyewitnesses said.
Pakistan official: 19 killed in attack on Shiites
December 30, 2012 - 4:25pm
A suicide bomber driving a vehicle packed with explosives rammed into a bus carrying Shiite Muslim pilgrims in southwest Pakistan on Sunday, killing 19 people, a government official and eyewitnesses said.
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Pakistan: 13 die after drinking cough syrup
November 27, 2012 - 3:10am
Thirteen people have died in a main Pakistani city after drinking cough syrup suspected of being toxic, police said yesterday.
Bomb at Pakistan Shiite procession kills 3
November 24, 2012 - 3:18pm
Police say a bomb blast has killed three children and wounded 18 people at a Shiite Muslim procession in northwestern Pakistan.
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Pakistan Shiites face rising militant attacks
September 12, 2012 - 5:27am
In the Shiite Muslim graveyard of this provincial Pakistani capital, entire sections are dedicated to the hundreds killed by Sunni militants over the past two years, their portraits line the cobblestone entrance,...
Plan for Catholic church makes waves in Bahrain
September 4, 2012 - 5:40am
The building of the largest Roman Catholic church in the Gulf was supposed to be a chance for the tiny island kingdom of Bahrain to showcase its traditions of religious tolerance in a conservative Muslim region...
Wave of car bombs kills 63 during Iraq pilgrimage
June 13, 2012 - 8:07pm
Coordinated car bombs struck mainly Shiite pilgrims in several Iraqi cities Wednesday, killing at least 63 people and wounding dozens more in one of the deadliest attacks since U.S. troops withdrew from the ...
Bahrain hosts warplane drills with US, Arab allies
April 8, 2012 - 5:59pm
Bahrain's military says the U.S. and eight other countries are taking part in the Gulf nation's largest air force exercises in more than two decades.
Toll from Pakistan suicide blast reaches 32
February 18, 2012 - 2:56pm
A local official says the death toll from a suicide attack in a majority-Shiite Pakistan town close to the Afghan border has reached 32.
Bahrain king promises to expand parliament powers
January 15, 2012 - 6:55pm
Bahrain's king promised Sunday that the strife-wracked Gulf nation will move ahead with political reforms that widen the powers of the elected parliament to oversee governments selected by the ruling monarchy...
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