At least 14 people have been killed in clashes between Sunni protesters and security forces in a northern Sunni town, Iraqi officials said today.

Six car bombs in a northern Iraqi city have killed nine people and wounded 79, officials said.

A suicide car bomber joined by other suicide attackers on foot assaulted a provincial police headquarters in a disputed northern Iraqi city on Sunday, killing at least 15 people and wounding 90 others, officials said.