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Iraqis mourn victims killed in Thursday's bombings. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a twin suicide bombing that killed 32 people in central Baghdad. The funerals took place in the early hours of Friday in the holy city of Najaf, 200km south of the capital. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says President Trump's decision to kill top Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani in a US drone strike was "entirely legal, appropriate" and "a decision that fit perfectly" within the country's strategy towards Iran. SOUNDBITE
Two Kurdish fighters were killed and two French paratroops injured this week when a small ISIS-controlled drone exploded after being intercepted. A Kurdish defence spokesperson told Reuters the device has been booby-trapped.
Twin bombings targeting the Yemeni army in second city Aden on Monday killed at least 41 people, most of them would-be recruits, a military official said. IMAGES