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Sudan

A youngster arranges a sack of wheat on a cart during a food distribution near the village of Baker in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia, last July. (AFP)

Blinken, Sudan’s PM discuss Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict

US

Senator Bob Menendez talks with Zalmay Khalilzad (R), special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation at the State Department, after a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, last April. (AFP)

US lawmakers debate repealing Saddam-era war measures

Turkey

Migrants walk along the hardshoulder of a highway in the eastern Lake Van region of Turkey. AFP

Turkey uses Afghan resettlement as bargaining chip with US

culture

A portion of the Epic of Gilgamesh that was looted from Iraq and sold for $1.6 million to Hobby Lobby for display in the Museum of the Bible. AFP

US to return to Iraq thousands of artifacts looted after invasion

Iran

A supporter of Ebrahim Raisi displays his portrait during a celebratory rally for his presidential election victory in Tehran. (REUTERS)

World braces for hardline era in Iran after Raisi’s inauguration

Israel

UN Navy units, guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh, the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Cesar Chavez and the coastal patrol ship USS Whirlwind as they transit the Strait of Hormuz. (AFP)

US vow ‘appropriate response’ to Iran attack on Israeli tanker

tunisia

White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan speaks a press briefing at the White House in Washington. (REUTERS)

US calls on Saied to form cabinet, reiterates support for ‘Tunisian democracy’

tunisia

People walk in the centre of the capital Tunis. (Reuters)

In positive message to Tunisia, US vows support in IMF talks

US

Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi meets with US President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, July 26, 2021. AFP

No respite, no dividends for Kadhimi at home after deal with US