Baghdad car bombs kill 18

At least 18 people were killed when three car bombs exploded in quick succession across Baghdad today, Iraqi officials said.

The officials said one of the three blasts happened outside the Labour Ministry, killing at least eight people there.

They said at least 10 other people died in an explosion near the new site of Iraq’s Finance Ministry, whose old building was destroyed in an explosion in August.

The casualty toll at the third site was not immediately clear.

The death tolls were given by hospital and police officials.