At least one person was killed after a shooting incident at a Shiite Muslim shrine in Iran’s central city of Shiraz, on Sunday (August 13), a local official told state TV, as per Reuters.

At least one killed, several injured after attack on Shiite Muslim shrine in Iran: Reports

Taliban have been struggling to bring stability in the country. Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan on August 15, locals have been complaining about increasing poverty in the country.

Eight children die of starvation in Kabul as Taliban fails to stabilise country

A blast has taken place in a Shiite mosque in southern Afghan city of Kandahar. It has taken place on the day of weekly Friday prayers. Cause of the blast at the Imam Bargah Fatemiya Mosque was not immediately clear but a Taliban official claimed that this was a suicide bombing.

Afghanistan: At least 41 dead in Kandahar mosque blast, Taliban allege suicide bombing

Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's party as per initial results in Iraq's parliamentary polls is being seen as the greatest winner, Sadrists claim largest bloc in Iraq.

Iraq parliamentary polls: Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's party leads

Pope Francis will meet top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani during first-ever papal visit to Iraq, as per a senior Catholic cleric. Louis Sako, patriarch of Iraq's Chaldean Catholic Church, said it would be a "private visit" between the two religious figures.

Pope Francis to meet top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani during Iraq visit

Thousands of anti-Shiite protesters including demonstrators linked to Sunni extremists rallied in Pakistan’s Karachi, sparking fears that rising tensions between the religious groups may unleash a new round of sectarian violence.

Karachi witness anti-Shiite protests: Shiite leaders accused of blasphemy

A global watchdogs comprising of eminent jurists from across the world has pulled up Pakistan in the issue of enforced disappearances. Over the year hundreds of activists & dissidents have gone missing in Pakistan.

International commission of jurists pulls up Pak govt over enforced disappearances

Tears, gloves, masks: Thousands Shiite pilgrims come out to mark Ashura in city of Karbala

At least 32 people died Saturday after a fuel tanker crashed into two buses and several other vehicles on a road connecting the Syrian capital to Homs province, state media reported.

Syria road crash kills 32, including Iraqis

Iraq's bitterly divided parliament postponed a vote of confidence in prime minister-designate Mohammad Allawi's government for a second time Saturday, as political wrangling continued ahead of a looming deadline.

Iraq parliament postpones confidence vote as deadline looms

A war monitor said Monday that air raids in Syria the previous night, blamed on Israel, killed at least three foreign pro-regime fighters south of the war-torn country's capital.

Israeli strike on Syria killed 3 regime loyalists: Sources

Iraq's rival parties were negotiating the contours of a new government on Monday, after the previous cabinet was brought down by a two-month protest movement demanding more deep-rooted change.

Iraq parties in talks over new PM amid unrelenting protests

Iraq's revered Shiite spiritual leader Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani on Friday endorsed the protests engulfing the country, and called on the government to heed them "before it's too late.

Top Shiite cleric urges Iraq government to heed protesters

A young man from Saudi Arabia`s minority Shi`ite Muslim community who was arrested at the age of 13 will not be executed and could be released by 2022, a Saudi official told Reuters on Saturday following reports of his pending execution.

Saudis say Shi'ite man arrested as juvenile will not be executed

Buses carrying residents left the majority Shi'ite towns of al-Foua and Kefraya, Monitor said

Buses evacuate hundreds from four besieged Syria towns under evacuation deal

A group identifying itself as Ghost Squad Hackers, which is sympathetic to minority Shiite Hazara protesters, has claimed responsibility

Afghan chief executive's Twitter account hacked

Five Kuwaiti nationals, including a policeman and woman, were arrested after they apparently confessed to being members IS

Kuwait busts 3 IS cells plotting attacks

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