A pair of bombs ripped through central Baghdad just after dawn today, killing three people and injuring 21, police said.

Gunmen kidnapped 10 people in two villages in northern Iraq today, but US and Iraqi forces rescued seven of them in a gun battle, police said.

A roadside bomb targeting municipal workers exploded in Baghdad today, killing five of them and wounding two.

A suicide bomber blew himself up while standing in a line of recruits outside Fallujah’s police headquarters today, killing at least 15 people and wounding 30.

A suicide bomber attacked a police department in Fallujah today, killing five Iraqis.