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Saudi women get behind the wheel
The kingdom will end the world's only ban on women drivers

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A Saudi woman practices driving in Riyadh, on April 29, 2018, ahead of the lifting of a ban on women driving.

Landmark day for Saudi women as kingdom's controversial driving ban ends

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 19: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives with his wife Sara Netanyahu for the 72nd United Nations (UN) General Assembly meeting at UN headquarters in New York on September 19, 2017 in New York City. Topics to be discussed at this year's gathering include Iran, North Korea and global warming. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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An explosion is seen in northern Gaza City after an airstrike by Israeli forces on June 20, 2018. - Israeli fighter jets hit 25 targets in the Gaza Strip early June 20 in response to rocket fire from the Palestinian territory, the army said. (Photo by ABED ABU RYASH / AFP) (Photo credit should read ABED ABU RYASH/AFP/Getty Images)

Israel warns Hamas as tensions escalate over Gaza rockets and incendiary kites

A picture taken on July 9, 2017, shows a general view of the destruction in Mosul's Old City.

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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on June 23, 2014.

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This Nov. 30, 2014 image made from video released by Loujain al-Hathloul, shows her driving towards the United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia border before her arrest on Dec. 1, 2014, in Saudi Arabia. The arrest of 10 women's rights advocates, including Al-Hathloul, just weeks before the kingdom is set to lift the world's only ban on women driving, on June 24, is seen as the culmination of a steady crackdown on anyone perceived as a potential critic of the government. Al-Hathloul in her late 20s is among the most outspoken women's rights activists in the kingdom. Loujain al-Hathloul/AP

The women who campaigned to overturn Saudi Arabia's driving ban

Palestinian protestors fly a kite loaded with an incendiary towards Israel on June 8, 2018 during a demonstration along the Israel-Gaza border fence east of Jabalia in the central Gaza Strip. - Palestinians in the besieged coastal enclave have used kites carrying burning cans to set ablaze Israeli fields, torching large patches of farmland near Gaza. (Photo by Mohammed ABED / AFP) (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)

Israel responds to explosive kites with Gaza strikes

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL: Former Israeli energy minister Gonen Segev (C) appears at the Tel Aviv district tribunal 22 April 2004. Segev was remanded in custody after having been arrested on suspicion of attempted drug-trafficking. The court ordered that Segev remain in custody until April 28. Segev, who had served as a minister in the cabinet of the late Labour party prime minister Yitzak Rabin, is accused of trying to smuggle 25,000 ecastasy tablets from Holland by changing the date on an out-of-date diplomatic passport. AFP PHOTO/Yariv KATZ -- ISRAEL OUT (Photo credit should read YARIV KATZ/AFP/Getty Images)

Drug-smuggling ex-Israeli minister charged with spying for Iran

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - SEPTEMBER 27: General view of Burj Khalifa during a heavy fog on September 27, 2017 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Tom Dulat/Getty Images)

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Angelina Jolie visits war-torn Mosul one year after its liberation from ISIS

Yemeni pro-government forces gather at the south of Hodeida airport, in Yemen's Hodeida province on June 15, 2018. - Yemen's rebel chief urged his forces to fight on against pro-government troops pressing a Saudi-backed offensive to retake the key aid hub of Hodeida, as the UN called for the Red sea port to be kept open. (Photo by - / AFP) (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)

Thousands evacuate as battle intensifies near Yemen airport

Yemeni pro-government forces gather at the south of Hodeida airport, in Yemen's Hodeida province on June 15, 2018. - Yemen's rebel chief urged his forces to fight on against pro-government troops pressing a Saudi-backed offensive to retake the key aid hub of Hodeida, as the UN called for the Red sea port to be kept open. (Photo by - / AFP) (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)

Civilians in Yemen port city fear all-out battle as Saudi coalition closes in

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