Gunmen kill 45 Shiite Muslims riding on a bus in Pakistan
May 13, 11:04 AM (ET)
By ADIL JAWAD and ASIF SHAHZAD
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen stormed a bus in southern Pakistan and ordered its Shiite Muslim passengers to bow their heads before shooting them, killing at least 45 people in the latest attack targeting religious minority, officials said.
Who carried out the attack in the port city of Karachi wasn't immediately clear, as a Pakistani Taliban splinter group and an Islamic State affiliate both claimed the attack. However, some Taliban fighters have pledged their allegiance in recent months to the extremist group that now holds a third of Iraq and Syria in its self-declared caliphate.
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Saudi airstrike hits Yemen rebel convoy, strains cease-fire
May 13, 10:43 AM (ET)
By AHMED AL-HAJ and ALI AKBAR DAREINI
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A jet-fighter from a Saudi-led coalition struck a military convoy belonging to Shiite rebels and their allies in southern Yemen on Wednesday, straining a humanitarian, five-day cease-fire that took hold the previous day.
Meanwhile, a senior Iranian military official warned the U.S.-backed coalition against blocking a Yemen-bound Iranian aid ship, saying that such a move would "spark a fire" in the region.
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