Baquba, Iraq:
At least 25 people were killed and 70 wounded in a suicide bombing at a coffee house in the town of Balad Ruz in Central Iraq's restive Diyala province late on Friday, a police official said.
"Twenty-five people were killed and 70 wounded when a suicide bomber detonated a belt filled with explosive at a coffee house in the centre of the city at 9.00 pm (1800 GMT)," said Balad Ruz police chief Major Ahmed al-Tamimi. Among the casualties were three women and two children, he said.
The number of such attacks throughout Iraq has fallen since 2008 when diyala province was an Al-Qaida stronghold.
Although Al-Qaida has lost ground, the province remains one of the most restive since the 2003 US-led invasion. The attack took place in a region with a Kurdish Shiite majority.