3 IS militants killed in N. Iraq

BAGHDAD, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- Three Islamic State (IS) militants were killed in Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk on Sunday, a police source said.

Iraqi security forces surrounded two IS militants wearing explosive belts on a motorcycle in a neighborhood in Kirkuk, some 250 km north of Baghdad, Kirkuk police Salam al-Obaidi told Xinhua.

The security forces clashed with the two militants and killed them, al-O