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Kashmir journalists accuse Indian police of muzzling press 10 Feb 2020 - 02:24 pm
Indian paramilitary trooper stands guard at a checkpoint during a one-day strike called by Jammu and Kashmir Libration Front (JKLF) on February 9, 2020. AFP / TAUSEEF MUSTAFA
Afghans celebrate 'Skateistan' victory at the Oscars 10 Feb 2020 - 01:13 pm
Elena Andreicheva and Carol Dysinger pose with the Oscar for Best documentary Short Subject for
Oscars, movies help pass the time on cruise ship quarantined in Japan 10 Feb 2020 - 01:04 pm
Passengers stand on balconies onboard the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship at Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama on February 7, 2020. Another 41 people on a cruise ship quarantined off Japan have the new coronavirus, the country's health min
Philippines moves to shut down top broadcaster 10 Feb 2020 - 11:22 am
Advocates said the government move was the latest attack on press freedom under Duterte (pictured), who has already tangled with a top newspaper and a website.
Mourners leave flowers at Thai shopping mall after mass shooting 10 Feb 2020 - 09:32 am
People leave flowers and written messages in front of Terminal 21 shopping mall after a shooting in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand February 10, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
About 60 more novel coronavirus cases on Japan cruise ship: NHK 10 Feb 2020 - 09:10 am
The cruise ship Diamond Princess, where 10 more people were tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday, is seen at Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan February 7, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Where did they go? Millions left city before virus quarantine 09 Feb 2020 - 11:09 pm
A picture taken on February 6, 2020 shows a view of the coast during the sunset at The Vacanciel Holiday Resort in Carry-le-Rouet, near Marseille, southern France, where French citizens are in quarantine following their repatriation from the coronavirus z
Israel set to increase its soft power in China 09 Feb 2020 - 11:09 pm
FILE PHOTO: Israeli President Reuven Rivlin meets with Vice Premier of China Liu Yandong at the presidential compound in Jerusalem on March 29, 2016. AFP/ Gali Tibbon
Families of Thai shooting victims wait for answers, bodies 09 Feb 2020 - 09:51 pm
Victim's family members cry at a hospital following a gun battle involving a Thai soldier on a shooting rampage, in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, February 9, 2020. Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha
Azerbaijan ruling party wins vote 09 Feb 2020 - 06:31 pm
Azerbaijan's servicemen vote at a polling station during the parliamentary elections in Baku on February 9, 2020. AFP / Tofik Babayev
Thousands light candles for victims of Thailand mass shooting 09 Feb 2020 - 06:31 pm
A soldier lies on a bed as he donates his blood for the victims of a gun battle involving a Thai soldier on a shooting rampage, at a hospital in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand February 9, 2020. Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun
Thousands from cruise ship in Hong Kong freed after virus tests 09 Feb 2020 - 06:31 pm
Passengers leave the World Dream cruise ship at the Kai Tak terminal in Hong Kong on February 9, 2020, where 3,600 people confined aboard for days as coronavirus checks was going. AFP / Philip Fong
Insider attack in Afghanistan kills two American soldiers and Afghan serviceman 09 Feb 2020 - 03:53 pm
An armoured vehicle patrols near the side of an incident where two U.S soldiers were killed a day before in Shirzad district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan February 9, 2020.REUTERS/Parwiz
Exit polls predict Modi defeat as Delhi votes 09 Feb 2020 - 12:40 pm
People queue at a polling station to cast their votes during the Legislative Assembly elections in New Delhi on February 8, 2020. / AFP / Sajjad HUSSAIN
Roadside bomb in SW Pakistan kills 1 soldier, wounds 5 09 Feb 2020 - 11:38 am
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Singapore Airshow hit by virus fears as 70 exhibitors pull out 09 Feb 2020 - 11:00 am
Members of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force's Bayi Aerobatic Team fly J-10 performance aircraft as they take part in an aerial display during a media preview ahead of the Singapore Airshow in Singapore on February 9, 2020. / AFP / ROSLAN RAH
Death toll hits 21 from Thai shooting after raid into mall 09 Feb 2020 - 10:26 am
Bullet holes (top C) are seen on the exterior of the Terminal 21 mall, where a mass shooting took place, in the Thai northeastern city of Nakhon Ratchasima on February 9, 2020. A Thai soldier who killed at least 20 people and holed up in a mall overnight
Thai soldier kills 26 in rampage, most inside shopping mall 09 Feb 2020 - 10:17 am
This handout from Chanathip Somsakul taken on February 8, 2020, and released to AFP on February 9, 2020 shows people in the carpark of the Terminal 21 shopping mall in Nakhon Ratchasima after they were evacuated following a shooting incident in the mall.

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Visitors look at exhibits near a blue panel covering the area where a display case was smashed and a Van Cleef and Arpels necklace was stolen at Vienna's Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), in Vienna, Austria, on August 28, 2026. Photo by Jeremy AUDOUARD / AFP Thieves buy tickets before plundering necklace from Vienna museum
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Representational file photo. WHO declares end to Uganda's Ebola outbreak after 42 days without new cases
March and March Movement members wave South African flags as they protest outside the Durban International Convention Centre (ICC) under the theme Mali singer Salif Keita cancels S.Africa shows over 'xenophobic violence'

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People gather in front of a destroyed house after an earthquake in Colombia on August 11, 2026. AFP file photo. Humanitarians step up Colombia earthquake response efforts: UN
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New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani. File photo. New York offers discounted $100 US Open tickets for residents
(FILES) US singer Dolly Parton performs onstage during the 61st Annual Grammy Awards on February 10, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) US country music legend Dolly Parton dies at 80: family

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