Many Shiite Muslims across the Middle East commemorated Ashura on Tuesday. In the Omani capital of Muscat, a shooting at a Shiite mosquekilled four people and wounded dozens on Tuesday.

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Ashura sees more blood donated than at any other ... This tradition, known as tatbir, has often been divisive. In 1994, Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei issued a decree against self-mutilation ...

This model, named Shahed-238 by Iran’s Ashura Aerospace Technology University, was introduced as a jet engine variant, ...