Iraqi forces fight IS in Mosul as bomb blasts hit Tikrit wedding

By Isabel Coles and John DavisonMOSUL/ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi forces battled Islamic State militants in their stronghold of Mosul on Wednesday and took control of the last major road leading west from the city, before bomb blasts ripped through a wedding party near Tikrit, killing more than 20 people.The blasts in the village of Hajjaj, reported by local officials and medics as suicide attacks, were not immediately claimed, although Islamic State has carried out similar actions as it comes