BAGHDAD -- The Iraqi government said at least three people were killed and 34 others wounded Tuesday when three suicide bombers attacked a restaurant in Iraq's north-central province of Salahudin.
The incident took place before noon when two suicide bombers detonated their explosive vests at al-Qal'a Restaurant in al-Hajjaj area in the south of the oil refinery town of Baiji, some 200 km north of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, Brig. Gen. Saad Maan, Interior Ministry spokesman, said in a statement. (Iraq-Suicide Bombing)
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GAZA -- Three Islamic Hamas movement's militants died in tunnel collapse incidents in the Gaza Strip in the past five days, the group and Gaza-based rights group said Tuesday.
One Hamas militant, Hani Chalouf, died while working in a tunnel collapse in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah earlier on Tuesday, according to the group's armed wing. (Gaza-Tunnel collapse)
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ANKARA -- Turkey could stop the oil exports of the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) if the latter insists on the independence referendum, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Tuesday.
Volkan Ozdemir, head of the Ankara-based Institute for Energy Markets and Policies, said Turkey holds "important power in its hands," as the KRG's oil trade is conducted through Turkish territories. (Turkey-Iraq-Kurds)
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TRIPOLI -- The bodies of five foreign workers kidnapped in Libya two years ago were found in the eastern city of Derna, local media reported Tuesday.
Libya's Shura council of the port city Derna said in a statement on Monday that the five foreign workers were found following the defeat of IS, when soldiers searched west of Derna city. (Libya-Worker) Enditem
