7 Iraqi police killed in suspected IS attack

At least seven members of Iraq's federal police were killed Sunday during an attack near Kirkuk in the country's north, two police sources told AFP, blaming Islamic State group jihadists.

A bomb blast initially targeted the truck transporting the men. It was followed by "a direct attack with small arms", near the village of Chalal al-Matar, a federal police officer who attributed the assault to IS, told AFP on the condition of anonymity.