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Weary Iranians vote in presidential election

Hardliner Ebrahim Raisi is the man widely predicted to win

Husband confesses to murder of Caroline Crouch, Greek police say

Outrage after Boris Johnson meets Bahraini crown prince

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Middle East

Covid-19 ‘at crisis point’ in Afghanistan as cases up 2,400 per cent

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Israeli military ‘prepared’ for resumption of hostilities

Israel launches airstrikes on Gaza in retaliation for balloons

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Europe

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Could Biden-Putin summit thaw latest Cold War?

Father of woman taken from Ryanair plane appeals for her release

Gunman in Germany ‘kills ex-girlfriend, her brother and himself’

Africa

Botswana unearths world’s third largest diamond

The Moroccan women making Argan oil for the beauty industry

Asia

Australasia

Australian magistrate wins $180,000 death payout from young lover

‘Spider apocalypse’ hits Australia as cobwebs blanket landscape

Australia lets refugee family go free from Christmas Island