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A picture shows the scene of a twin suicide bombing on a bustling commercial street in the heart of Baghdad on January 21, 2021. - The toll in a twin suicide bombing in an open-air Baghdad market morning topped 20 dead and 40 wounded, an interior ministry official told AFP. The ministry said the first suicide bomber had rushed into the market and claimed to feel sick, so that people would gather around him. He then detonated his explosives. (Photo by Sabah ARAR / AFP) (Photo by SABAH ARAR/AFP via Getty Imag

Dozens killed in Baghdad suicide bombings

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Employees of Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission Center register voters in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah in the Dhi Qar province, on January 12, 2021. - Iraq's early parliamentary elections were promised by the PM for June but according to officials and politicians they are highly unexpected to be held without several month of delay. (Photo by Asaad NIAZI / AFP) (Photo by ASAAD NIAZI/AFP via Getty Images)

Iraq’s general elections pushed to October

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Egypt says it is renewing diplomatic relations with Qatar

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US soldier arrested for allegedly advising Islamic State on attacks

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The White House on US President Donald Trump's last full day in office, in Washington, DC, on January 19, 2021. - President Donald Trump began his final full day in the White House on January 19, 2021 with a long list of possible pardons to dish out before snubbing his successor Joe Biden's inauguration and leaving for Florida. On January 20, 2021 at noon, Biden will be sworn in and the Trump presidency will end, turning the page on some of the most disruptive, divisive years the United States has seen sinc

Trump issues pardons related to Israeli spying, Iran sanctions on last day in office

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United Arab Emirates signs deal to buy F-35s, drones just before Biden sworn in

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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY MARWAN IBRAHIM
An Iraqi Arab farmer looks at arid agricultural land in the Hawijah district of Kirkuk in northern Iraq on January 29, 2011. A worsening water shortage in Iraq is raising tensions in the multi-ethnic Kirkuk province, where Arab farmers accuse the Kurdistan region of ruining them by closing the valves to a dam in winter. AFP PHOTO/MARWAN IBRAHIM (Photo credit should read MARWAN IBRAHIM/AFP via Getty Images)

Iraq approves Paris climate accord in step toward curtailing oil dependence

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Bahraini king receives award from Trump

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Iran holds another military drill in the Gulf of Oman

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UFC star Conor McGregor makes Fight Island debut in Abu Dhabi on Saturday

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A Tunisian protester lifts a flag-clad birdcage during an anti-government demonstration on the Habib Bourguiba avenue in the capital Tunis, on January 19, 2021. - Tunisia braced for further protests after hundreds were arrested in four nights of street clashes between riot police and disaffected youths in cities across the North African country. (Photo by FETHI BELAID / AFP) (Photo by FETHI BELAID/AFP via Getty Images)

600 arrested as police, protesters clash in Tunisia

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Erdogan calls for 'positive steps' with Biden on F-35 program

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