Islamic State bombings near Syria Shiite shrine kill 50

Bombings claimed by the Islamic State group killed more than 50 people and wounded dozens on Sunday near a revered Shiite shrine outside the Syrian capital Damascus. The blasts, which came as the UN's Syria envoy struggled to convene fresh peace talks in Geneva, tore a massive crater in the road, overturning and mangling cars and a bus and shattering windows. Syrian state media said more than 50 people had been killed in three blasts near the Sayyida Zeinab shrine, with some 100 people wounded.