A bomb explosion has hit a checkpoint near the house of Iraq’s Prime Minister-designate Haidar al-Abadi in the capital, Baghdad.
A series of explosions killed at least 28 people and injured dozens at a Shi'ite political party's rally in Iraq's capital ahead of the country's parliamentary election on Friday, police and medical sources said.
Attacks in central Iraq, including two suicide car bombings aimed at checkpoints, killed 16 people on Monday, security and medical officials said.
Nine bombings mainly targeting Shia-majority areas of Baghdad have killed at least 12 people.
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has announced an agreement with Iraqi officials to accelerate the delivery of Russian arms to the embattled state for its war against foreign-backed terrorism across the Arab nation.
Iran has strongly slammed latest terrorist attacks in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, calling on the international community to stage a serious battle against the inhumane phenomenon of terrorism.
A wave of car bombs ripped through Iraq's capital, the deadliest attacks in nationwide violence that killed 40 people on Tuesday as Iraq grapples with surging unrest.
The toll from a wave of attacks in Iraq mainly targeting security forces and Shiites rose on Friday to 51 killed, 26 of them police and soldiers, security officials and doctors said.
Twin bomb blasts have left 12 Iraqi Shia Muslims dead and 27 injured in the capital, Baghdad.
Attacks in Iraq killed at least 14 people Wednesday, the latest in a wave of bloodshed mostly targeting Shiite Muslims that has left 119 dead in the past three days.