Remains of 25 Yazidis found in Iraq mass grave

ARBIL, Iraq: Kurdish forces have found the remains of about 25 members of the Yazidi minority killed by the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group in a mass grave in northwest Iraq, officials said on Monday.

"Peshmerga forces discovered a mass grave yesterday [Sunday] containing the remains of about 25 people -- men, children and women -- from the Yazidi [sect] who were killed by" IS jihadists, local official Myaser Haji Saleh told Agence France-Presse.