People await word at a hospital where victims of a bomb explosion were brought in Quetta, Pakistan, Friday, ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—A bombing of a religious procession in western Pakistan killed at least 25 people Friday, officials said. Some 2,000 people had gathered outside a mosque in the remote town of Mastung when the blast ripped through the crowd. Police said it was likely to have been a suicide bomber. The crowd had gathered to mark the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad in the western province of Balochistan. The toll is expected...

At least 52 people were killed in an explosion near a mosque in Pakistan on Friday, in what appears to be the latest in a series of terror attacks that have afflicted the western part of the country since this year. Around 50 people were also injured in the blast which local officials believe was a suicide bombing attack, the Pakistani daily Dawn reported. The incident took place outside a mosque in Mastung district in the southwestern province of Balochistan, where people had gathered to celebrate the birth of Prophet...

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A powerful bomb exploded near a mosque at a rally celebrating the birthday of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad in southwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 52 people and injuring nearly 70 others, police and a government official said. The bombing occurred in Mastung, a district in Baluchistan province, where around 500 people had gathered for a procession to celebrate the birth anniversary of the prophet. Muslims hold rallies and distribute free meals to people on the occasion, which is known as Mawlid an-Nabi. TV footage and...

At least 25 people were killed and dozens more wounded Friday by a suicide bomber targeting a procession marking the birthday of Islam's Prophet Mohammed in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province. While the celebration of the Prophet's birthday is accepted by the majority of Islamic sects in Pakistan, certain denominations view it as an unwarranted innovation. "A procession of hundreds of people came out of the Madina mosque and as it reached Al Falah road a suicide bomber targeted it," said Abdul Razzaq Sasoli, deputy commissioner of Mastung district. "At least...