Landslides kill 30 in Bangladesh

Landslides and floods triggered by heavy rain have killed at least 30 people in south-east Bangladesh, officials say.

Dozens of people are missing and a number of houses are buried under mud, the authorities say.

Gunmen, bombs kill 30 in broad assault in Iraq

Armed men use guns equipped with silencers attacking checkpoints and suicide bombers targeted shoppers at a market, as insurgent launched attacks in Iraq Monday killed at least 30 people.

The attacks in various parts of Baghdad and in cities in the south, north and west of the capital, appear aimed to show the Iraqis that al-Qaida in Iraq was still a potent force in spite of suffering battleground defeats in recent weeks.