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Iran coronavirus deaths jump to 26; vice president, top officials infected 27 Feb 2020 - 05:28 pm
In this file photo taken on January 29, 2019, Vice President of Iran for Women and Family Affairs, Massoumeh Ebtekar, speaks to reporters during a press conference in the Islamic republic's capital Tehran. AFP / Atta Kenare
Germany eyes tax breaks to counter coronavirus impact 27 Feb 2020 - 05:23 pm
A sign of the village of Gangelt is seen near Heinsberg, western Germany, on February 27, 2020. AFP / Ina Fassbender
Spain probes first local coronavirus transmissions 27 Feb 2020 - 05:23 pm
Children run along the beach as people look over the sea into the haze created by a sand storm known locally as La Calima in Arrecife, Lanzarote, Canary Islands Spain, February 23, 2020. Reuters / Russell Boyce
Battle rages over strategic Syrian town of Saraqeb as humanitarian catastrophe unfolds 27 Feb 2020 - 05:23 pm
A Turkey-backed Syrian fighter fires a truck-mounted gun toward the town of Saraqeb from the outskits of the villages of Afis and Salihiyah situated near the regime-controlled town, in the eastern part of the Idlib province in northwestern Syria, on Febru
Islanders who suffered 1940s war atrocities on Guam get paid 27 Feb 2020 - 05:23 pm
Photo of Agana taken before World War II.
Shiv Vihar schools were first targets of Delhi rioters 27 Feb 2020 - 03:38 pm
A man is seen through a hole on a classroom wall after the school building was attacked by a mob in a riot affected area following clashes between people demonstrating for and against a new citizenship law in New Delhi, India, February 27, 2020. REUTERS/R
Amid Delhi's blood-letting, a Hindu bride weds in a Muslim neighbourhood 27 Feb 2020 - 03:06 pm
Savitri Prasad, a 23-year-old bride, takes her wedding vows inside her parents' house in a riot affected area following clashes between people demonstrating for and against a new citizenship law in New Delhi, India, February 26, 2020. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
New US coronavirus case may be 1st from unknown origin 27 Feb 2020 - 01:31 pm
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Pakistan shuts schools, suspends Iran flights to curb coronavirus spread 27 Feb 2020 - 01:07 pm
 Residents buy facemasks from a roadside vendor along a street in Karachi on February 27, 2020 as Pakistan has detected its first two cases of novel coronavirus./ AFP / Asif HASSAN
Trump faces credibility test as he plays down virus threat 27 Feb 2020 - 01:06 pm
US President Donald Trump holds news conference on the coronavirus outbreak at the White House in Washington, US, February 26, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Shanghai trying to find people who crossed coronavirus patient from Iran 27 Feb 2020 - 12:48 pm
 Passengers wearing masks are seen on a thermal screen at the Dhanghai railway station in shanghai, China, as the country is hit by an outbreak of a new coronavirus, February 27, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song
Australia launches emergency plan ahead of likely pandemic 27 Feb 2020 - 12:43 pm
File photo: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks at a State memorial for those impacted by the recent bushfires in Sydney on February 23, 2020. / AFP / POOL / PETER PARKS
Friday prayer, gatherings, exhibitions suspended until further notice: Iran Ministry 27 Feb 2020 - 12:40 pm
A Tehran Municipality worker cleans a bus to avoid the spread of the COVID-19 illness on February 26, 2020. AFP / ATTA KENARE
Mainland China reports 433 new coronavirus cases, 29 deaths 27 Feb 2020 - 12:12 pm
 Passengers wearing masks are seen arrival at the Shanghai railway station in Shanghai, China, as the country is hit by an outbreak of a new coronavirus, February 27, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song
Japan woman tests positive for virus after 'recovery' 27 Feb 2020 - 11:23 am
Workers wearing protective face masks, following an outbreak of the coronavirus, stand near a machine measuring body temperature at a convention hall in Tokyo, Japan, February 27, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
UK sets out post-Brexit trade plans 27 Feb 2020 - 11:14 am
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Germany in warning over a virus epidemic 27 Feb 2020 - 11:01 am
 A figures depicting the coronavirus is pictured during the
Syrian opposition fighters retake key town from government 27 Feb 2020 - 10:59 am
Smoke billows above the rebel-controlled village of Salihiyah near the regime-controlled town of Saraqeb, east of the Idlib province in northwestern Syria, on February 26, 2020, during air stikes by pro-regime forces. / AFP / Omar HAJ KADOUR