(VOVworld) -   Islamic State (IS) militants said they set off a bomb blast near Basra, Iraq, killing at least 11 people. Local authorities said the blast killed 24 people.  Two suicide car bombings in Baghdad killed at least 42 people and injured 38.

Two suicide car bombings in Baghdad killed at least 42 people and injured 38 (photo:wemeantwell)

The leader of the Albu Nimr tribe in Iraq's restive Anbar province announced on Monday that the IS executed 70 people from his clan. He said all the executed were civilians whose fathers and brothers have joined the army, police, or government-backed paramilitary groups to fight the IS.

Last November, the IS executed 400 people of the Albu Nimr tribe.