Iraq Car Bomb Death Toll Rises to More Than 100

The death toll from Friday's suicide car bombing in the country's eastern Diyala province rose to more than 100, Iraqi officials said, in one of the deadliest attacks carried out by Islamic State militants since they overran large parts of Iraq. Medics said the blast Friday at a marketplace in the mainly Shi'ite town of Khan Bani Saad killed at least 115 people and wounded more than 70. Many people had gathered in the marketplace to celebrate the end of the Muslim holy...

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