The attacks come as regional tensions continue to escalate, with the ongoing US-Israel conflict involving Iran entering its 36th day. Iran-backed militias have repeatedly targeted US military positions in Iraq and neighbouring areas in recent weeks.
US issues fresh advisory highlighting attack and kidnapping risks in Iraq, asks citizens to avoid key locations and use land routes as airspace remains closed.
A suspect has been arrested after a dramatic chase in Baghdad, but uncertainty remains over the missing journalist’s whereabouts as US officials warn of militia involvement.
Two Iraqis were killed and 17 others injured, including Iranian Shiite pilgrims, in a car accident in Baghdad, a traffic police officer said.
A series of explosions have occurred at an ammunition depot of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces near the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.
The negotiations are expected to set a framework for the presence of US troops, which deployed to Iraq in 2014 to lead a coalition fighting back the Islamic State group.
No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack.
Earlier on Thursday US Defense Secretary Mark Esper warned that "all options are on the table" to respond to the death of the three soldiers in a rocket attack on the Taji airbase.
No group has claimed the responsibility for the attack but Washington has blamed Iran-backed factions for similar attacks.
On February 8, taking to the Twitter, Iraqi female activists called for the march through social media after al-Sadr tweeted that it was immoral for men and women to mix during the protests.
