Saad Maan

The death of a 22-year-old social media influencer in Iraq has sparked outrage over the ongoing culture of "honour killing" in the country.

Saudi Arabia will start auctioning real estate assets of billionaire Maan al-Sanea and his company on December 2 to help repay billions of dollars due to creditors, sources familiar with the matter told news agency Reuters.

Saudi Arabia will auction real estate owned by indebted billionaire Maan al-Sanea and his company starting next month to help repay billions of riyals due to creditors, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Suicide bombings at checkpoints in Baghdad and south Iraq claimed by the ISIS killed at least 35 people and wounded dozens more, officials said on Saturday.

A bomb fell from an Iraqi Sukhoi warplane and exploded in eastern Baghdad today because of a "technical problem", killing at least seven people, security and medical officials said.

Five blasts across Baghdad on Saturday tempered Iraqis' anticipation of a more relaxed and accessible capital as the government prepared to lift a night-time curfew that has kept the city on a war-time footing for more than a decade.

At least 34 people were killed in three bombings around Baghdad on Saturday, police said, hours before the government was due to lift a long standing night time curfew on the capital.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has ordered an end to the nightly curfew that has been in force in Baghdad for years, Brigadier General Saad Maan said on Thursday.

Violence in Iraq, including the shelling of a militant-held city, a suicide bombing and shootings, killed 20 people on Saturday as officials tallied votes from last month's parliamentary election.

A car bomb explosion on Sunday evening killed 10 people at an outdoor market in the Iraqi capital, officials said.

Attacks, including bombs that exploded in a market near a church in Baghdad, killed at least 44 people across Iraq on Wednesday, officials said.

The death of a 22-year-old social media influencer in Iraq has sparked outrage over the ongoing culture of "honour killing" in the country.

Saudi Arabia will start auctioning real estate assets of billionaire Maan al-Sanea and his company on December 2 to help repay billions of dollars due to creditors, sources familiar with the matter told news agency Reuters.

Saudi Arabia will auction real estate owned by indebted billionaire Maan al-Sanea and his company starting next month to help repay billions of riyals due to creditors, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Suicide bombings at checkpoints in Baghdad and south Iraq claimed by the ISIS killed at least 35 people and wounded dozens more, officials said on Saturday.

A bomb fell from an Iraqi Sukhoi warplane and exploded in eastern Baghdad today because of a "technical problem", killing at least seven people, security and medical officials said.

Five blasts across Baghdad on Saturday tempered Iraqis' anticipation of a more relaxed and accessible capital as the government prepared to lift a night-time curfew that has kept the city on a war-time footing for more than a decade.

At least 34 people were killed in three bombings around Baghdad on Saturday, police said, hours before the government was due to lift a long standing night time curfew on the capital.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has ordered an end to the nightly curfew that has been in force in Baghdad for years, Brigadier General Saad Maan said on Thursday.

Violence in Iraq, including the shelling of a militant-held city, a suicide bombing and shootings, killed 20 people on Saturday as officials tallied votes from last month's parliamentary election.

A car bomb explosion on Sunday evening killed 10 people at an outdoor market in the Iraqi capital, officials said.

Attacks, including bombs that exploded in a market near a church in Baghdad, killed at least 44 people across Iraq on Wednesday, officials said.