Afghanistan bombings targeting Shiites kill at least 40

A flurry of bombings in Kabul killed at least 40 people and wounded dozens more on Thursday, Afghan authorities said. The attacks started when a suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest inside a Shiite cultural center and religious school during a group succession. That attack accounted for most of the casualties. Two other explosions followed, one of them at the entrance to the Afghan Voice Agency news organization. A journalist there said one reporter had been killed. The Islamic State, whi...