An Iraqi medical official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to comment said the final death toll was 63, including 18 bodies that could not be identified due to the sev...

Fire crew were assessing the scene of a massive fire in a hypermarket in al-Kut city in eastern Iraq, which has left dozens dead.

While the cause of the fire has not yet been determined, officials blamed a lack of safety standards in the building for the scale of the tragedy.