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Armed gang steals toilet rolls in panic-buying hit Hong Kong 17 Feb 2020 - 11:44 am
People wear masks as they walk past rolls of toilet paper at a market, following the outbreak of a new coronavirus, in Hong Kong. (REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo)
Americans who left cruise trade one quarantine for another 17 Feb 2020 - 10:39 am
A US passenger thumbs up to reporters while arriving at the Haneda Airport, in Tokyo on February 17, 2020 after disembarking in Yokohama from the Diamond Princess cruise ship, where people are quarantined onboard due to fears of the new COVID-19 coronavir
Australia to evacuate more than 200 citizens from cruise ship quarantined at Japan port 17 Feb 2020 - 09:21 am
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Attacks in Syria's Idlib must stop, Turkey tells Russia 16 Feb 2020 - 05:50 pm
Vehicles carrying displaced Syrians pass by an internally-displaced persons (IDP) camp by Dayr Ballut near the Turkish border in the west of the northern province of Aleppo on February 15, 2020, as people flee advancing Syrian government forces in Idlib a
Iraq protesters rally for one of their own to become PM 16 Feb 2020 - 05:21 pm
Iraqi demonstrators lift a poster of premier-designate Mohammad Allawi with the mention
Quarantine ends for Germans; Italy to fly citizens from ship 16 Feb 2020 - 05:15 pm
A van of Germany's Red Cross leaves the
Red flood warning issued for Wales as storm rips across UK 16 Feb 2020 - 05:03 pm
Members of the emergency services evacuate residents and their dogs from flooded houses by rescue boat after the River Taff burst its banks in Nantgarw, south of Ponypridd in south Wales on February 16, 2020, after Storm Dennis caused flooding across larg
Iran's Rouhani says Tehran will never yield to U.S. pressure for talks 16 Feb 2020 - 04:24 pm
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With biryani and rice balls, Malaysia aims for halal Olympic gold 16 Feb 2020 - 03:48 pm
Workers arrange food packages at Mychef halal food factory in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 6, 2019. Picture taken December 6, 2019. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng
Malaysia insists virus diagnosis from cruise passenger is correct 16 Feb 2020 - 03:31 pm
A general view of the Westerdam cruise ship docked at Sihanoukville port on February 15, 2020. AFP / Tang Chhin Sothy
Oman working to reduce tension in region: Bin Alawi 16 Feb 2020 - 03:20 pm
Oman's Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah attends a panel discussion during the 56th Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, southern Germany, on February 15, 2020. AFP / Thomas Kienzle
Merkel succession contender calls her out over slow EU revamp 16 Feb 2020 - 01:39 pm
State Premier of Germany's North-Rhine Westphalia Armin Laschet listens during a panel discussion at the annual Munich Security Conference in Germany February 16, 2020. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert
Nepal evacuates 175 citizens, mostly students, from Wuhan after coronavirus outbreak 16 Feb 2020 - 01:38 pm
Nepalese nationals who were in the coronavirus-stricken Chinese city of Wuhan walk out from a Nepal Airlines plane carrying 175 Nepalese nationals, before they were sent to be quarantine, at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal February 16,
Parasite' director Bong Joon-ho gets hero's welcome in South Korea 16 Feb 2020 - 01:20 pm
Director of four Oscar award-winning film 'Parasite' Bong Joon-ho is escorted by security personnel as he leaves Incheon International Airport, South Korea, February 16, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Kim Jong Un in first appearance in weeks as coronavirus rages next door 16 Feb 2020 - 01:02 pm
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits his father and former leader Kim Jong Il's mausoleum to mark the anniversary of the late leader's birth, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Central News Agency (KCNA) on February 15, 2020. KCNA/via REUTE
Trump expected to raise $10 million during Florida stop 16 Feb 2020 - 12:37 pm
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 14: U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump walk to the south lawn heading to Palm Beach for the weekend on February 14, 2020 in Washington, DC. Tasos Katopodis/AFP
Who needs an Oscar? I'm popular in US now, jokes Ukrainian leader 16 Feb 2020 - 11:59 am
File picture of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy
South Sudan rebels reject president's peace compromise 16 Feb 2020 - 11:41 am
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir attends a meeting on the cutting of the number of states from 32 to 10, at the State House in Juba, South Sudan February 15, 2020. REUTERS/Jok Solomun