World News of Sunday, 5 January 2020Source: bbc.comQasem Soleimani: Blasts hit Baghdad area as Iraqis mourn Iranian generalThe coffins of Soleimani and Muhandis were carried through KarbalaSeveral blasts shook the Baghdad area hours after a huge funeral procession for a top Iranian general, killed by a US air strike there on Friday. Nobody was hurt in the attacks, Iraqi security sources said. Iranian leaders have vowed to avenge the killing of Qasem Soleimani, who was regarded as a terrorist by the US. Saturday's funeral procession through Baghdad and Iraq's Shia Muslim holy cities precedes the return of Soleimani's remains to Iran. Iraqis were also mourning the death of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, an Iraqi who commanded the Iranian-backed Kataib Hezbollah group and was killed along with Soleimani.

Source: GhanaWeb January 05, 2020 03:11 UTC