Via Al Jazeera:

Gunmen have shot dead television presenter Nawras al-Nuaimi in northern Iraq, as attacks across the country left 20 people dead.

Al-Mosuliyah TV and police said that Nuaimi was murdered as she was walking near her home in Mosul, 400 kilometres northwest of Baghdad on Sunday night.

The presenter’s death takes the number of journalists killed in Iraq since October to six and she is the fifth journalist killed in the northern city during the same period. 

The mostly-Sunni Arab city is one of the most dangerous areas in Iraq, with fighters frequently carrying out attacks and reportedly extorting money from shopkeepers.

Also in Mosul, a roadside bomb missed an army patrol but killed two civilians and wounded four, authorities said.

In the town of Sadiyah, 95 kilometres north of Baghdad, police said gunmen killed a Health Ministry employee and his family early on Sunday.