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Azerbaijan hosted rival delegations at a Baku summit marked by a walkout during Israel's address.
Yemen's government says its prime minister is safe after a palace attack, while Chile has sentenced a man over a Venezuelan exile's killing.
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🇦🇿 🇮🇱 🇮🇷 Azerbaijan hosts rival delegations
Azerbaijan hosted rival delegations from Israel, Iran, Russia and China at a regional summit in Baku.
Turkish and Iranian representatives were among those who walked out when Israeli President Isaac Herzog spoke.
Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and the Emirati and Bahraini delegations stayed.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev also inaugurated a fibre-optic cable across the Caspian Sea.
The connection forms part of a trade and communications corridor linking Asia and Europe.
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