In Iraq, eight persons were killed and at least ten injured in suicide bombing in the northern region of the country. <br/><br/>Police officials said, the blast struck a northern Baghdad neighborhood targeting a police checkpoint on a busy street in which a number of policemen were injured. <br/><br/>No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.<br/><br/>The number of bombings in Baghdad has decreased significantly over the past few months since the country's security forces retook nearly all the territory once held by the Islamic State group.<br/>