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Pope Francis arrives in the holy shrine city of Najaf for his extraordinary meeting with Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the top authority for the country's Shiite Muslims, on the second day of his historic Iraq. Sistani, 90, almost never holds meetings but made an exception for 84-year-old Francis, who is making the first-ever papal trip to Iraq to encourage dwindling Christians and extend his hand to Shiite Muslims. IMAGES
Foreign ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation meet in Jeddah at the request of "Palestine and Iran", as regional tensions soar following the killing of Hamas chief and Hezbollah top commander. IMAGES
Guyanese Foreign Minister Hugh Hilton Todd and Venezuelan counterpart Yvan Gil meet in Brasilia to discuss the discuss the simmering crisis on their border over the disputed oil-rich Essequibo region. IMAGES
Outside court in New York, British musician Ed Sheeran says he is "very happy" to have won a US lawsuit that accused him of copying Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On" when composing his hit "Thinking Out Loud." SOUNDBITE
British pop star Ed Sheeran arrives at the Manhattan Federal Court to testify in a trial to determine whether he plagiarized American music legend Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On" in his 2014 hit "Thinking Out Loud. IMAGES
EU leaders including Charles Michel, President of the European Council and Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, meet for a round table on day two of an EU summit in Brussels centring around putting in place a roadmap on energy prices. IMAGES
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