BAGHDAD (Reuters) – More than 20 people were killed and about 50 injured in three bombings, including two suicide attacks, that hit Baghdad on Monday, police and medical sources said.

BBC - Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Iraq's capital, Baghdad, in protest at a months-long political crisis and lack of reform.

BBC - At least 25 people have been killed and dozens wounded in bomb attacks across Iraq, media reports say.

Reuters - A twin suicide bombing claimed by Islamic State killed 70 people in a Shi'ite district of Baghdad on Sunday in the deadliest attack inside the capital this year, as militants launched an assault on its western outskirts.

Euronews - More than 100,000 people gathered in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square to urge Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to follow through with promised political and economic reforms.

http://www.theguardian.com/ Vienna is the world’s best city to live in; Baghdad is the worst, and London, Paris and New York do not even make it into the top 35, according to international research into quality of life.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi police confirmed on Monday that three U.S. nationals had been reported missing in Baghdad, and that it was investigating reports they were kidnapped.Iraqi security forces set up checkpoints early on Monday in the Dora neighbourhood southeast of Baghdad, where media reports have said three U.S. nationals were abducted on Friday, witnesses said.

A car bomb detonated on a busy street in southeastern Baghdad on Wednesday night, killing 14 people and wounding 51 others, authorities said.

A bronze bust of former dictator Saddam Hussein which was found in debris in war-torn Iraq is being sold for a jaw-dropping $10million (£6million).The 40kg war trophy was spotted by former US Army soldier Earl Torres, 47, from Las Vegas, as he cleared Baghdad International Airport in 2003.