Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, July 5

Kenya and Israel on Tuesday signed agreements on immigration and health during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Kenya.

Speaking after talks with Netanyahu in Nairobi, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said the 50-year relationship between Kenya and Israel was set to be strengthened after the two countries signed more pacts and agreed to work more closely on security issues. (Kenya-Israel-Agreement)

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GENEVA -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights deplored Tuesday the suicide attacks which shook Iraq's capital Baghdad on Sunday.

"I utterly condemn this latest horrendous ISIL atrocity, targeting innocent civilians who were celebrating Ramadan in the heart of Baghdad," Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said in a statement.

His statement comes in the wake of deadly suicide car bomb attacks which hit Baghdad on Sunday. At least 166 civilians were killed by the Islamic State-claimed attacks, with the death toll expected to rise as many of the wounded are in critical condition. (UN-Iraq-Suicide)

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MEXICO CITY -- At least 17 people were killed in two separate highway accidents early Monday in central and southeast Mexico, authorities said.

A bus carrying about 50 tourists from Acayucan, in Veracruz state, to the popular Caribbean beach resort of Cancun, in southeast Quintana Roo state, lost control and overturned around 4:30 a.m. local time while traveling along a highway linking the cities of Felipe Carrillo Puerto and Tulum. (Mexico-Accident)

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BAGHDAD -- Iraqi Interior Minister Mohammed Salim al-Ghabban on Monday submitted resignation after a deadly bomb attack in Baghdad that killed and wounded hundreds of people.

"I have sent my resignation to the prime minister and I will wait for his decision either reforming the security apparatus or accept my resignation," Ghabban told a press conference in Baghdad. Abadi has not approved his resignation yet. (Iraq-Minister-Resign) Endi