Suicide car bomb in Baghdad kills at least 7

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At least seven people have been killed and 34 wounded when a suicide car bomber hit Iraq's Interior Ministry. The attack came after a crisis erupted between the country's Shi'ite-led government and Sunni leaders a week ago.

The blast occurred when a bomber drove his vehicle into a security cordon outside the Interior Ministry in central Baghdad, detonating an explosion.

The attack on Bab al-Sharji street followed Thursday's wave of explosions in mainly Shi'ite areas across the Iraqi capital in which at least 72 people were killed. Earlier, Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ordered the arrest of Iraq's Sunni vice president and asked parliament to fire his deputy, triggering turmoil that threatens a new wave of sectarian strife just after the last US troops withdrew.