Abdul Majeed Al-Sebea, a former MP in Al-Wefaq bloc, stressed that torture in Bahrain is systematic and commanded by high ranking officials.

Director of the Iranian-Egyptian Chamber of Commerce Sabah Zangana has dismissed Egyptian fears that a spike in tourism collaboration would lead to a spread in Shi'ite influence in Sunni-majority Egypt.

At least 34 people have been killed in series of bomb attacks across Iraq, several of which targeted mainly Shia districts of Baghdad, officials say.

Every year on May 15, Palestinians all over the world hold demonstrations to commemorate Nakba Day, which marks the anniversary of the forcible eviction of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their homeland by Israelis and the creation of Israel in 1948. On May 15, 1948, Israeli forces displaced some 700,000 Palestinians, forcing them to flee to different neighboring countries. Israeli soldiers also wiped nearly 500 Palestinian villages and towns off the map, leaving an estimated total of 4.7 million Palestinian refugees and their descendants dreaming of an eventual return to their ancestral homeland more than six decades later.

Britain police have arrested a Bahraini activist for disrupting Britain’s annual Royal Windsor Horse Show, attended by Bahraini ruler Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah to protest his regime’s crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.

Rescuers have been searching for dozens of Rohingya Muslims who went missing in waters after their boat capsized off western Myanmar.

A court in Bahrain has sentenced six tweeters to one year in jail on charges of insulting Bahrain’s monarch, King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.

Grand Shia source of emulation Ayatollah Sayyed Ezzeddin Hosseini-Zanjani passed away Tuesday morning.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei addresses thousands of people from the Iranian provinces of Mazandaran, Gilan, Golestan and Kohkilouyeh Boyer-Ahmad, Wednesday, May 15, 2013.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei addresses thousands of people from the Iranian provinces of Mazandaran, Gilan, Golestan and Kohkilouyeh Boyer-Ahmad, Wednesday, May 15, 2013.

The administrative body of the Imam Hussein holy shrine granted the Secretary-General of the Imam Hussein holy shrine Shaikh Abdul Mahdi al-Kerbalai a shield of creativity and excellence for sparing no efforts within the last ten years serving the Imam Hussein (p.b.u.h).

Takfiri (Excommunicator) terrorist group of Sipah-e-Sahaba has threatened Pakistanis with terrorist attacks after humiliating defeat of their leaders in the elections.

Several detainees were refused access to toilet facilities for prolonged periods, as a result of which they were forced to urinate on themselves.

Members of the country’s Shia community met with leaders of the House of Representatives on Tuesday to air their grievances over the plight of Shiites in Sampang, East Java, who have been in limbo for nearly a year after being evicted by the majority Sunni community there.

A Bahraini blogger and human rights activist said he had been granted asylum in Britain after being in hiding for two years.

“Hopefully we will slaughter all of them [Alawites]. I have another video clip that I will send to them. In the clip, I am sawing another shabiha [progovernment militiaman] with a saw" said Al-Hamad.

“Hopefully we will slaughter all of them [Alawites]. I have another video clip that I will send to them. In the clip, I am sawing another shabiha [progovernment militiaman] with a saw. The saw we use to cut trees. I sawed him into small pieces and large ones.” Al-Hamad said.

Hundreds of people commemorated martyrdom of Imam Hadi at holy shrine of Imam Ali in Najaf - Iraq yesterday 14.5.2013.

KADHMIYA, Iraq- Thousands of Ahlul Bayt followers commemorated martyrdom of Imam Hadi, at holy shrines of Imam Javad and Imam Kadhim on Tuesday 14.5.2013.