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![Faisal bin Farhan says the issue is just a matter of logistics [File: AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/AP_20288502276484.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
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![Mechichi had previously sacked the environment and culture ministers [File: AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/142a6ebf3d954dc2b5bec5c981d331d4_18.jpeg?resize=120%2C80)
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![Bashar al-Assad has withstood the threat posed by the decade-long war even as Syria faces its worst food and economic crisis [Sergei Grits/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/9b80176ec9d040c8830aeb5324c9ca80_18.jpeg?resize=120%2C80)
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![Protesters demonstrate against Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in Tunis January 14, 2011. Tunisian President Ben Ali stepped aside on Friday after failing to quell the worst anti-government unrest in his two decades in power. As the prime minister stepped in until promised elections can be held, Ben Ali’s whereabouts were unclear. Al Jazeera television said he had left the country [Zohra Bensemra/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/RTXWKHS.jpg?resize=770%2C330)
Arab Spring 10 years on: Tunisia's revolution
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![Protesters demonstrate against Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in Tunis on January 14, 2011 [Zohra Bensemra/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/RTXWKHS.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
![Tunisians chant slogans as they gather at Mohamed Bouazizi Square in the central Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid on December 17, 2020, during commemorations of the 10th anniversary of Bouazizi's self-immolation [Fethi Belaid/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/000_8XC3YU.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
![A Tunisian demonstrator throws a rock during clashes with security forces in Regueb, near Sidi Bouzid on January 10, 2011 [Fethi Belaid/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/000_Par3704091.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C4200px%2C2801px&resize=270%2C180)
Museveni, one-time critic of clinging to power, wins sixth term
Ugandan president will continue rule over population where 75% are below 30 and have never known anyone else in charge.
![At 76 - though some opponents say he is older - Museveni says he is fighting fit [File: Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-01-13T125536Z_869911355_RC207L9HKXY7_RTRMADP_3_AFRICA-PRESIDENTS.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Opinion
Trump administration carries out 13th, final federal execution
Number of federal death sentences carried out under Trump since 2020 is more than the previous 56 years combined.
![Bill Breeden, an anti-death penalty advocate, protests the execution of Dustin Higgs outside the United States Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana [Bryan Woolston/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Execution.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
From: Inside Story
Can the Open Skies treaty survive?
Russia is following the US by pulling out of the aerial surveillance pact.
After Capitol attack, Trump’s approval rating slides in US polls
Polls find majority supports banning Trump from public office amid a sharp partisan divide over his role in the riot.
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India launches world’s largest COVID-19 vaccination drive
India, home to 1.3 billion, is aiming to inoculate about 300 million people by July.
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Biden nominates Iran nuclear deal negotiator to State Department
Wendy Sherman, Joe Biden’s nominee for deputy secretary of state, was key US negotiator of 2015 Iran nuclear accord.
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