Wave of car bombs in Iraq’s south kill 14

Baghdad: A wave of car bombs in several cities south of Baghdad on Sunday killed at least 14 people, officials said, as Iraq grapples with a surge in violence that has sparked fears of all-out sectarian war.

The blasts went off in Kut and Aziziyah, both in Wasit province bordering the capital, and vehicles rigged with explosives were also detonated in the southern cities of Nasiriyah and Basra.