10 Killed in Air Strike North of Baghdad

Ten people were killed, including a mother and three children, in a government air strike Monday on a militant-controlled town north of Baghdad, according to hospital sources and witnesses. The attack targeted the town of Hawija, 230 kilometers from the capital, which is controlled by Sunni Muslim insurgents from the Islamic State and other groups opposed to Iraq's Shi'ite-led government. A tribal leader and former army officer said all of the dead were civilians, and also...

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