pilgrims

BAGHDAD (AP) — Gunmen forced their way onto a bus of traveling Shiite pilgrims Monday and shot all 22 men onboard as they traveled through western Iraq's remote desert on a trip to a holy shrine, security officials said. The bodies were discovered late Monday night, hours after the gang of...

BAGHDAD – Two car bombs struck Shiite pilgrims Monday in an Iraqi holy city, killing at least 18 people as crowds massed for religious rituals marking the end of a 40-day mourning period for the Islamic sect's most beloved saint. The blasts in Karbala were the latest in nearly a week of attacks...

Baghdad -- At least four people were killed and 17 were wounded in a suicide bombing north of Baghdad on Monday, according to Iraq's Interior Ministry. The suicide bomber struck a group of Shiites in the town of Balad Ruz, just east of Baquba, said Maj. Ghaleb al-Atiya, police spokesman in...

A car bombing on a crowded street killed at least 10 people and wounded 38 others in the Iraqi city of Karbala on Monday, the interior ministry said. The blast in the predominantly Shiite city targeted pilgrims, the ministry said. The bomb went off at one of the main entrances to the city...

Truck crash kills 23 pilgrims in India DEHRADUN, India, Officials in India say 23 people were killed when a truck crashed into a gorge on the Rishikesh-Gangotri national highway. The victims were identified as religious pilgrims from Haryana who were making their way to Gangotri along roads...

Dozens die in Iraqi bombings BAGHDAD, (UPI) -- Insurgents detonated a string of bombs in Iraq Wednesday, killing at least 41 people and injuring 181 others, most of them religious pilgrims, authorities said. McClatchy Newspapers reported the deadliest attack was carried out by a suicide...