Twin Suicide Bombing Kills 20 At Iraqi Wedding

A twin suicide bombing targeting a village wedding north of Baghdad has killed at least 20 people.

Two suicide bombers walked into the wedding party in al-Hajaj village, near the city of Tikrit, 130 km from capital Baghdad, on Wednesday evening. As many as 13 people were wounded.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack but suspicion is likely to fall on the Islamic State group, which has staged similar attacks in the past.

IS has also used large-scale attacks in an effort to distract from its losses as Iraqi forces battle to retake all of Mosul, the country's second-largest city from the Sunni militant group.