Two suicide car bombers struck a crowded area outside a state-run bank Sunday in Baghdad, killing nearly 30 people in the latest attack targeting a high-profile part of the capital.

Cars packed with explosives and roadside bombs killed 15 people in Baghdad on Sunday in what officials said appeared to be an attack targeting Iraq’s central bank by militants who wanted to rob it.

Iraq’s Supreme Court on Tuesday took the first major step toward resolving the nation’s election crisis, ratifying the results and declaring a secular alliance the biggest winner in the March 7 parlia