US-backed forces said yesterday the Islamic State group was living its "final moments" after thunderous shelling on its last scrap of land in eastern Syria prompted 3,000 jihadists to surrender.

Afghan authorities revised down the death toll from a suicide bomb attack on an educational centre in Kabul to 34 from 48, health ministry officials say.

Explosions in and around a mosque in northeast Nigeria killed at least 20 people, police say.

Bomb blasts in the Syrian cities of Homs and Damascus have left at least 140 people dead, monitors and state media say.

A suicide bomber strikes a mosque in Yemen's rebel-held capital in an attack targeting Shiites killing at least 25 people and wounded dozens during Eid prayers.

The Erawan shrine in Bangkok which was hit by a deadly explosion on Monday reopens to the public.

Four Bangladesh nationals are killed and four other injured in a suicide bomb attack at a mosque in Saudi Arabia.

Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoglu promises to boost security along the country's border with Syria, after 30 people were killed by a bomb in the town of Suruc.