The brutal ‘reign’ of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of IS, self-proclaimed caliph, and the world’s most wanted man, has ended, write Ahmed Rasheed and Ahmed Aboulenein.

A wave of bombings has hit mainly Shiite and busy commercial areas in and outside Baghdad killing at least 29 people and wounding 104.

A wave of attacks, mostly by car bombs, has hit mainly Shiite and commercial areas of Baghdad, killing at least 24 people and wounding 87.