Baghdad bombings: Islamic State escalates terror campaign

Three days of national mourning called after IS attack kills 165 people and injures 225 more

Firefighter Islamic State Baghdad
Firefighters search through the devastation at the site of the bombing
(Image credit: Sabah Arar/Getty)

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the Dhaka cafe massacre in Bangladesh and a series of bombings in Baghdad over the weekend in what is being interpreted as a serious escalation in the group's activities outside its so-called caliphate.

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