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Iran

A file picture shows the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization Ali-Akbar Salehi meeting with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi, in Tehran. (AP)

Iran starts enriching uranium to 60%, Biden calls it ‘unhelpful’

Morocco

A tribesman stand in front of a Moroccan flags near the border in Guerguerat located in the Western Sahara. (AFP)

Experts back Morocco’s autonomy plan for Western Sahara

Afghanistan

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, in Kabul, April 15, 2021. (AFP)

Blinken reassures Afghans over US withdrawal, Taliban vows ‘pure Islamic system’

Erbil

The model of an aeroplane decorates a square near Erbil’s International airport in the capital of Iraq’s autonomous northern Kurdish region on April 15, 2021. (AFP)

First-time drone attack in Erbil seen as Iranian test of US, Kurdish response

UAE

US soldiers standing next to an F-35A Lightning II stationed at the Emirati Al-Dhafra base, about 32 kilometres south of Abu Dhabi. (AFP)

US to proceed with $23 billion weapon sales to UAE

Sudan

Israeli Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen (L) elbow-bumping Sudanese Defence Minister Yassin Ibrahim in Khartoum on January 25, 2021. (AFP)

Sudan to send first delegation to Israel next week

Iran

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard troops march in a military parade in Tehran, Iran. (AP)

Iran to enrich uranium to 60%, Israeli ship attacked in new escalation

Middle East

Iran’s Navy officers line up to welcome the Chinese Navy destroyer as it makes a landfall at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas. (AFP)

US eyes tactical withdrawal from Middle East to focus on China

Palestinian

A Palestinian woman leaves a health centre run by tUNRWA, at al-Fari’ah refugee camp, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, April 8, 2021. (REUTERS)

UNRWA welcomes US restored aid to Palestinians