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Nurmagomedov, left, against Dustin Poirier of US in their lightweight title bout during the UFC 242 event in September 2019 in Abu Dhabi. [Francois Nel/Getty Images]
![Nurmagomedov, right, with his father Abdulmanap during a news conference in Moscow in November 2018. [Pavel Golovkin/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_18330453532406.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Nurmagomedov, right, with his father Abdulmanap during a news conference in Moscow in November 2018. [Pavel Golovkin/AP Photo]
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Conor McGregor, left, during a UFC 229 MMA bout with Nurmagomedov in October 2018 in Las Vegas, US. [John Locher/AP Photo]
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Nurmagomedov celebrates his victory in a lightweight title bout against Al Iaquinta at UFC 223 in April 2018 in New York, US. [Frank Franklin II/AP Photo]
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Nurmagomedov, right, takes a swing at Edson Barboza during a lightweight MMA bout at UFC 219 in December 2017 in Las Vegas, US. [John Locher/AP Photo]
![UFC president Dana White stands between Nurmagomedov, left, and Tony Ferguson, right, during a news conference for UFC 209 in March 2017 in Las Vegas, US. [John Locher/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_17061810070958.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
UFC president Dana White stands between Nurmagomedov, left, and Tony Ferguson, right, during a news conference for UFC 209 in March 2017 in Las Vegas, US. [John Locher/AP Photo]
![Nurmagomedov, left, fights Brazilian Rafael dos Anjos in a MMA event in April 2014 at UFC Fight Night in Orlando, US. [Reinhold Matay/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_183333482319.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Nurmagomedov, left, fights Brazilian Rafael dos Anjos in a MMA event in April 2014 at UFC Fight Night in Orlando, US. [Reinhold Matay/AP Photo]
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Nurmagomedov, right, vs Thiago Tavares during their lightweight MMA bout at the UFC in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in January 2013. [Andre Penner/AP Photo]
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Nurmagomedov at the weighs-in for the UFC in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in January 2013. [Andre Penner/AP Photo]
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Treaty banning nuclear weapons to enter into force
‘Historic milestone’ hailed as treaty banning nuclear weapons reaches the 50 ratifications needed to take effect.
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‘Ignition of new war:’ Sudan political parties reject Israel deal
Sudanese demonstrate in the capital against the deal that several parties say gov’t is not authorised to sign.
![Women chant slogans in Khartoum to protest against the contentious decision of the president of the Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, to meet Israel's prime minister last February in a move towards normalising relations [File: Marwan Ali/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/bb6cd4f3065d4e1ca6fc0eff195f87ef_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
Senior al-Qaeda leader killed in Afghanistan
Abu Muhsin al-Masri, believed to be al-Qaeda’s second-in-command, was on FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists List.
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SARS protests: Tense calm in Nigeria after days of unrest
Residents and government workers clean up streets of Lagos as curfew is relaxed.
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Venezuela opposition figure leaves Caracas refuge for abroad
Leopoldo Lopez’s party says the opposition leader left Venezuela on Saturday and will work from abroad.
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‘Got ’em’: US authorities destroy ‘murder hornet’ nest
The nest of Asian giant hornets, an invasive species, was the first-ever found in the United States.
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Poland’s president apologises after infection with coronavirus
Andrzej Duda says he is experiencing no COVID-19 symptoms as he apologises to everyone who had contact with him.
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