At least 50 people have been killed in a massive fire that swept through a shopping malll in Iraq, according to Iraq's state news agency (INA) and local officials. Published video footage captured the blaze engulfing the upper floor of the building overnight in Al-Kut city in Wasit province, south of the capital Baghdad.

A massive fire in a hypermarket in al-Kut city in eastern Iraq has left at least 60 people dead and 11 others missing, the city's health authorities and two police sources told Reuters on Thursday. "We have compiled a list of 59 victims whose identities have been confirmed,