Targets Shiite Muslims

Gunmen Monday killed five people including three Shiite Muslims in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province in the latest sectarian attack on the religious minority, police said.

Two bombings killed at least 27 people and wounded more than 115 in Baghdad, officials said Tuesday, as Iraqi forces fight to retake the last ISIS held areas of Mosul.

At least 27 people were killed and more than 100 wounded in two bombings in Baghdad, security and medical officials said on Tuesday.

A suicide bombing at a popular Baghdad ice cream shop killed at least 16 people, officials said Tuesday, an attack claimed by the ISIS.

Powerful Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr instructed his followers on Sunday to target US troops deploying to Iraq as part of the military campaign against ISIS.

A bomb attack targeting Shiite worshippers at a mosque in Yemen's capital today killed at least 25 people and wounded dozens more during prayers for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, medics said.

The United Nations began evacuating international staff from Sanaa today due to the security situation in the Yemeni capital, where a Saudi-led air campaign has been targeting Shi'ite Muslim Houthi forces, a UN source said.

IS has no compunction about killing both Sunni and Shiite Muslims, but it has specifically targeted members of minorities in areas it controls, in some cases giving Christians the choice of converting, paying a tax, fleeing or death.

At least seven people were killed and 28 injured in twin bomb blasts targeting Shiite Muslims in Pakistan's port city of Karachi on Tuesday, officials said.

A coordinated wave of bombings tore through Shiite Muslim areas in and around the Iraqi capital early Wednesday, killing at least 58 and wounding many more, officials said. The blasts, which came in quick succession, targeted residents out shopping and on their way to work.

A wave of car bombs across Baghdad, mostly targeting Shiite areas, killed 23 people on Monday in the latest surge of violence as Shiite Muslims in Iraq marked the birth of a revered figure.

A bomb targeting Shiite Muslims in a busy market in Pakistan's insurgency-hit southwest killed 79 people including women and children and wounded 180 others, officials said Sunday.

A bomb targeting Shiite Muslims in a busy market in Pakistan's insurgency-hit southwest killed 63 people on Saturday and wounded 180 others, police and officials said.

A suicide bomber targeted a Shiite Muslim mosque in northwest Pakistan on Friday, killing 21 people and wounding up to 50 as worshippers poured out of weekly prayers, officials said.

The Pakistani Taliban on Thursday claimed responsibility for twin bomb attacks targeting Shiite Muslims in Karachi and Rawalpindi, which killed 25 people.

Gunmen Monday killed five people including three Shiite Muslims in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province in the latest sectarian attack on the religious minority, police said.

Two bombings killed at least 27 people and wounded more than 115 in Baghdad, officials said Tuesday, as Iraqi forces fight to retake the last ISIS held areas of Mosul.

At least 27 people were killed and more than 100 wounded in two bombings in Baghdad, security and medical officials said on Tuesday.

A suicide bombing at a popular Baghdad ice cream shop killed at least 16 people, officials said Tuesday, an attack claimed by the ISIS.

Powerful Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr instructed his followers on Sunday to target US troops deploying to Iraq as part of the military campaign against ISIS.

A bomb attack targeting Shiite worshippers at a mosque in Yemen's capital today killed at least 25 people and wounded dozens more during prayers for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, medics said.

The United Nations began evacuating international staff from Sanaa today due to the security situation in the Yemeni capital, where a Saudi-led air campaign has been targeting Shi'ite Muslim Houthi forces, a UN source said.

IS has no compunction about killing both Sunni and Shiite Muslims, but it has specifically targeted members of minorities in areas it controls, in some cases giving Christians the choice of converting, paying a tax, fleeing or death.

At least seven people were killed and 28 injured in twin bomb blasts targeting Shiite Muslims in Pakistan's port city of Karachi on Tuesday, officials said.

A coordinated wave of bombings tore through Shiite Muslim areas in and around the Iraqi capital early Wednesday, killing at least 58 and wounding many more, officials said. The blasts, which came in quick succession, targeted residents out shopping and on their way to work.

A wave of car bombs across Baghdad, mostly targeting Shiite areas, killed 23 people on Monday in the latest surge of violence as Shiite Muslims in Iraq marked the birth of a revered figure.

A bomb targeting Shiite Muslims in a busy market in Pakistan's insurgency-hit southwest killed 79 people including women and children and wounded 180 others, officials said Sunday.

A bomb targeting Shiite Muslims in a busy market in Pakistan's insurgency-hit southwest killed 63 people on Saturday and wounded 180 others, police and officials said.

A suicide bomber targeted a Shiite Muslim mosque in northwest Pakistan on Friday, killing 21 people and wounding up to 50 as worshippers poured out of weekly prayers, officials said.

The Pakistani Taliban on Thursday claimed responsibility for twin bomb attacks targeting Shiite Muslims in Karachi and Rawalpindi, which killed 25 people.