Pakistan suicide bombing kills 17, wounds dozens

A suicide bomb blast that targeted the convoy of a top senator in southwest Pakistan killed at least 17 people and wounded more than 30 others, officials told AFP Friday.The attack in Mastung district, roughly an hour east of provincial capital Quetta, struck a vehicle carrying the deputy chairman of Pakistan's upper house Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri.It was later claimed by the Islamic State group, which has been making inroads in the country through alliances with local militant outfits.