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Wuhan hospital director dies of coronavirus 18 Feb 2020 - 08:51 am
This photo taken on February 16, 2020 shows medical staff members working at the isolation ward of the Wuhan Red Cross Hospital in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province./ AFP / STR
India offers concessions on US farm goods to reach trade deal 18 Feb 2020 - 08:41 am
A man applies finishing touches to paintings of US President Donald Trump and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a wall as part of beautification along a route that Trump and Modi will be taking during Trump's upcoming visit, in Ahmedabad, India, Feb
"From bad to worse" - Dashed hopes may deter many Iranians from polls 18 Feb 2020 - 08:16 am
FILE PHOTO: People shop in a shopping street called Grand Bazaar in downtown Tehran, Iran June 23, 2019. Nazanin Tabatabaee/Wana News agency/via Reuters
Pelosi warns Europe that Huawei represents Chinese state police 17 Feb 2020 - 06:45 pm
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen attend a meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, February 17, 2020. Virginia Mayo/Pool via Reuters
Suspect in Norway mosque attack charged with terror 17 Feb 2020 - 05:50 pm
Philip Manshaus who is suspected of an armed attack at Al-Noor Islamic Centre Mosque and killing his stepsister with his lawyer Unni Fries  in court in Oslo, Norway, August 12, 2019. NTB Scanpix / Cornelius Poppe via Reuters
French MPs launch debate of controversial pensions overhaul 17 Feb 2020 - 05:46 pm
French lawyers attend a demonstration to protest against pension reforms in Paris, France, September 16, 2019. Reuters / Charles Platiau
UK issues severe flood warnings; storm injures 9 in Germany 17 Feb 2020 - 04:25 pm
People look at flood water in Market Street in Tenbury Wells, after the River Teme burst its banks in western England, on February 16, 2020. AFP / Oli SCARFF
Syria army finds mass grave near Damascus: state media 17 Feb 2020 - 04:21 pm
Syrian government forces uncovering a mass grave containing bodies of people reportedly believed to have died between 2012 and 2014, in al-Ubb in the eastern Ghouta region about 20 kilometres east of the capital Damascus, which was formerly held by rebel
Largest mass graves uncovered in Burundi with 6,000 bodies 17 Feb 2020 - 04:17 pm
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Pakistan to consider importing insecticides from India to fight locusts 17 Feb 2020 - 03:51 pm
Desert locusts are seen in a grazing land in Nakwamuru village, Samburu County, Kenya January 16, 2020. Reuters/Njeri Mwangi
German far right arrests reveal 'shocking' mosque attack plot 17 Feb 2020 - 03:42 pm
Picture shows police officers bringing a man believed to be one of the twelve men arrested a day earlier in a nationwide probe into an extreme-right at the Federal Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof) in Karlsruhe, southern Germany on February 15, 2020. Germ
India's top court orders equal roles for women in army 17 Feb 2020 - 03:28 pm
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India's 'Usain Bolt' buffalo runner turns down sprint trial 17 Feb 2020 - 03:10 pm
 In this photo taken on January 31, 2020, Srinivas Gowda, 28, hailing from the Dakshina Kannada district runs alongside his buffalos during 'Kambala', the traditional buffalo racing event, held at Aikala village in Dakshina Kannada district about 30 kms f
China asks recovered patients to donate plasma for virus treatment 17 Feb 2020 - 02:30 pm
This photo taken on February 16, 2020 shows a man (R) who has recovered from the COVID-19 coronavirus infection donating plasma in Lianyungang in China's eastern Jiangsu province, aimed at curing infected patients in severe and critical conditions. China
Philippine banana group says coronavirus dampens exports to China 17 Feb 2020 - 12:23 pm
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Syria military hails advance against rebels in 'record time' 17 Feb 2020 - 12:12 pm
Syrian army troops advance towards the rebel-held areas of the northern Aleppo province on February 12, 2020. AFP
Storm Dennis wreaks havoc across UK, parts of France 17 Feb 2020 - 11:47 am
Flood water surrounds abandoned cars left in a flooded street in Tenbury Wells, after the River Teme burst its banks in western England, on February 16, 2020, after Storm Dennis caused flooding across large swathes of Britain. AFP / Oli SCARFF
US peach farmer wins $265 mln damages over Bayer, BASF herbicide 17 Feb 2020 - 11:44 am
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