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A bomb ripped through a bus full of Shi’ite pilgrims in western Pakistan and killed at least 22 people on Tuesday, police said, extending a spate of sectarian attacks that have shaken the South Asian nation. The bomb exploded near a bus carrying pilgrims returning from neighbouring Iran to their home city of Quetta …

At the 27th conference for Islamic unity, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned about the dangers of takfiri groups and said that the countries that support them will eventually face trouble with them as well. “Today, the most important issue in the Muslim world is unity,” said Ayatollah Khamenei …