In Iraq — the oldest member of the Iraqi parliament has been killed in a suicide bombing attack. The eighty-seven year-old Dhari al-Fayadh died along with his son and three bodyguards when a car bomb hit their convoy in Baghdad. Al-Fayadh was a prominent tribal leader and served as acting speaker of the opening session of the new parliament. He is the second member of parliament to have been killed since the new government formed in April.