Al-Askari Mosque bombing

The top Shiite cleric in Iraq on, al-Sistani, calls for the release of 18 Turkish workers kidnapped in Baghdad last week The top Shiite cleric in Iraq on Sept.

At least thirteen people have been killed in a Shiite Mosque in Kuwait, while dozens more were wounded.

The explosion took place in one of the Kuwaiti capital’s most popular mosques at the time of prayer. No organization has yet assumed responsibility for the attack.

Gunmen attacked a Sunni mosque during Friday prayers and killed at least 64 people, prompting Sunni lawmakers to withdraw from talks on forming a new, more inclusive government capable of confronting the Islamic extremists who have overrun large swaths of Iraq.