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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a joint-press conference with Kuwaiti foreign minister in Kuwait City on July 29, 2021.

Blinken: Iran nuclear talks ‘cannot go on indefinitely’

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A boy digs in a garbage container in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on Jan. 15, 2021.

Half a million children in Lebanon still 'struggling to survive' after Beirut blast

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A cemetery worker digs grave holes for victims of the COVID-19 coronavirus at Setu Gede cemetery in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, on July 22, 2021.

Saudi Arabia to impose travel ban for visits to 'red list' countries

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A police officer patrols in front of banners put up by members of the National Council of Resistance of Iran.

US condemns violence against protesters in Iran

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Members of the Ennahda Islamist bloc attend a parliamentary session.

Leading Tunisian Islamist party under investigation for alleged foreign funding

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Palestinian protesters hurl rocks at Israeli forces during confrontations with them in the town of Beita.

Palestinian municipal employee killed by Israeli gunfire in contentious West Bank town

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Passengers wait at the departure gate at Kuwait international airport, after a 12-day closure to stem the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, Kuwait City, Kuwait, Jan. 3, 2021.

Kuwait bans unvaccinated citizens from traveling overseas

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Members of Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Hamas movement, parade with a drone in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 28, 2021.

Lockheed, Israel's Rafael team up to build laser air defense weapon

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Policemen stand by the rubble at the scene of a building collapse along Kasr el-Nile street in the Egyptian capital Cairo's downtown district, on Aug. 15, 2020.

One dead following building collapse near Cairo

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Funeral for Turkish soldier

Turkish soldier in Iraq killed fighting PKK

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A picture taken on March 26, 2021, shows a damaged and abandoned villa complex of members of a Libyan family who commanded a militia that traumatised Tarhuna town, 80Km southeast of the capital. The Kaniyat were a team of six brothers who traumatized the town of Tarhuna in war-ravaged Libya, systematically eliminating those seen as opposing their militia — including killing the families.

Libyan militia leader sanctioned for war crimes killed in shootout

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Iranian intelligence says it busted alleged Israeli spy network

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