Separate suicide bombings ripped through busy commercial areas in Shia-dominated neighbourhoods of the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, killing at least 17 civilians, officials said. The deadliest attack took place in the eastern New Baghdad neighbourhood, where a bomber approached a gathering of construction workers and set off his explosives-laden vest, killing 11 civilians, a police officer said. No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks, but ISIS militants have claimed multiple similar attacks. The biggest urban area they control in Iraq is the country's second-largest city of Mosul, about 360 kilometres northwest of Baghdad. Iraqi officials have said they plan to retake the city by the end of the year.

Source: CBC News September 27, 2016 11:11 UTC