IS no longer a threat, says Iraq PM
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said that the Islamic State (IS) militant group no longer poses a threat to Iraq and dialogue to end the US-led international coalition to fight the IS group continues.
Over eight people were killed and 31 badly injured in a suicide bomb attack at a funeral tent near the Iraqi capital on Wednesday, officials said.
The attack took place in the afternoon when a bomber wearing an explosive belt detonated himself among many mourners at the funeral tent in Taji area, 20 km north of Baghdad, an Interior Ministry official told Xinhua news agency.
Iraqi security forces sealed off the scene as ambulances transferred the dead and wounded people to hospitals.
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