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Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi announced Saturday the arrest of a "terror cell" behind a Baghdad market bombing that killed dozens and was claimed by the Islamic State group.
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A drone attack has been carried out on a military base in Iraqi Kurdistan that hosts American troops, without causing any casualties.
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US and Iraqi officials are expected to issue a joint statement calling for American combat troops to be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of. 2021, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
Insiders informed °®Âþµº's Arabic-language sister service that authorities are currently expecting "terrorist attacks that may target poor Iraqi areas in Baghdad".
Opinion: The two deadly fires that recently killed hundreds in Iraqi hospitals were not a coincidence, but the consequence of widespread corruption and years of neglect, writes Taif Alkhudary.
Early elections in Iraq planned for October could be delayed if a powerful Shia group and other parties continue to boycott the polls.
Following deadly fires in Nasiriyah, senior hospital staff have resigned their posts, angering many who accuse them avoiding responsibility.
One of those arrested for the murder, Ahmed al-Kenani, was linked to Kataeb Hezbollah, a powerful pro-Iran faction that Hisham al-Hashemi criticised in his writings and media commentary before he was shot dead outside his Baghdad home.
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Iraq has suffered its second deadly hospital blaze in three months, exposing a failing health and safety system; all the while, Iran and the US continue to engage in proxy warfare, using Iraq as their arena.
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Iraq has vowed to investigate the smuggling of migrants to Lithuania, which has accused neighbouring Belarus of encouraging illegal migration amid tense relations between the two east European countries.