Clashes leave at least 43 dead, 170 wounded in Iraq

A series of bombings across Iraq has left at least 43 people dead. The blasts targeted Shia Muslims in Baghdad and Basra.
Nine people were killed in one of two car bombs in Basra, a predominately Shia city southeast of Baghdad.

Five other people were killed in a second blast inside a bus terminal in Saad Square, also in Basra, police and medics said.
In Baghdad, a parked car exploded in a busy market. The blast occurred in a mainly Shia district of Kamaliya. Seven people were killed in the attack.

A further 22 people were killed in blasts in Ilaam, Diyala Bridge, al-Shurta, Shula and Sadr City - all areas with a high concentration of Shias.