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Raisi became Iran's eighth president in an election on Friday [Atta Kenare/AFP]

Iran’s President-elect Raisi addresses ties to mass executions

Raisi says he is ‘proud’ of his work as a former prosecutor and will continue to ‘defend human rights’ as president.

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WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says two companies had signed up so far and the WHO is in talks with Pfizer and Moderna about participating [File: Christopher Black /WHO via AFP]

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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko was urged to cooperate with investigations into the forced landing of a Ryanair flight in Minsk [File: Press Service of the President of the Republic of Belarus/Handout via Reuters]

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A Palestinian police officer gestures as trucks loaded with a fabrics cargo slated for export go through the Karem Abu Salem crossing in Rafah in southern Gaza [Said Khatib/AFP]

Israel allows limited Gaza exports, one month after truce

Once votes are counted, national MPs will elect the prime minister and the president [Maheder Haileselassie Tadese/Reuters]

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Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador sent the military, National Guard and police to Reynosa, on the US border, where 19 people were killed [Luis Cortes/Reuters]

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Former President Donald Trump waves as he arrives at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, on January 20, 2021, after he left the White House [File: Carlos Barria/Reuters]

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Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez gestures as he explains his plan to issue pardons to a dozen Catalan separatist leaders, at Gran Teatre del Liceu, in Barcelona, Spain, June 21, 2021 [Albert Gea/Reuters]

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Yair Lapid will inaugurate the country’s embassy in Abu Dhabi during his June 29-30 visit, says the foreign ministry.

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