Suicide Bomber Strikes at Saudi Shi'ite Mosque

Residents said a suicide bomber blew himself up at a Shi'ite mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia during Friday prayers. Hospital officials said there were around 20 deaths and more than 50 wounded. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing, the first to target Shi'ite Muslims in Saudi Arabia since November when gunmen killed at least eight people in an attack on a Shi'ite religious anniversary celebration. The attack could further harm relations between Sunnis and Shi'ites in the Gulf region, where tensions have risen during weeks of military operations in Yemen by a Saudi-led coalition against Houthi fighters seen as proxies of regional Shi'ite power Iran.