On October 13, suspected Islamic State-backed rebels killed 19 civilians in an overnight attack in eastern Congo, local officials reported on Monday, further escalating insecurity in the mineral-rich region.

Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack at a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in Oman, where at least six people, including a policeman, were killed and 28 wounded, in a rare operation in one of the most stable countries in the Middle East, the group said in a statement on Telegram on Tuesday.