ALBAWABA- At least 70 people have been confirmed dead after a massive fire tore through a newly opened shopping mall in the city of Kut, Wasit Governorate, in eastern Iraq. Local officials warn the death toll may continue to rise as search and rescue operations proceed. The blaze erupted late Wednesday night at the five-storey Corniche Hypermarket Mall, which had opened just a week earlier. Civil defense teams were immediately ...