Gunmen opened fire on mourners returning from a funeral near a Muslim shrine on the outskirts of the Pakistani capital Islamabad today, killing two people and injuring two others.

At least 59 people died and more than 200 were injured today when a fire blazed through a central Tehran mosque during evening prayers, Iran’s official news agency reported.

Armed men opened fire on Shiite Muslim worshippers during a religious procession in southwestern Pakistan, killing at least four people and wounding up to 25 others.

Security was tightened in major Pakistani cities today after a suicide attack outside a mosque amid fears of sectarian violence as the Islamic country’s Shiite minority marked the religious holiday of Muharram.

Pakistani paramilitary troops today killed 11 people on a minibus after it failed to stop at a checkpoint in a remote tribal area that authorities have identified as a possible hideout for Osama bin Laden, an army spokesman said.