IS claims deadly suicide attack on Shiite mosque in Afghanistan
The group, a bitter rival of fellow Sunni Islamist movement the Taliban, which swept back to power in Afghanistan in August, regards Shiite Muslims as heretics.
Deadly blasts hit Shiite mosque in Afghanistan’s Kandahar
This comes a week after a suicide attack on Shiite worshippers at a mosque in the northern city of Kunduz that was claimed by the Islamic State group.
Saudi Arabia beheads man for crimes committed when a minor
Anti-death penalty charity Reprieve and Amnesty International says Mustafa Hashem al-Darwish's family received no advance notice of his fate and only found out he had been executed by reading the news online.
Islamic State claims attack on Pakistan Shia miners that killed 11
Hazaras are frequently targeted by Sunni Muslim militant groups in both Pakistan and Afghanistan.
