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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.
Merkel protegee Kramp-Karrenbauer won't run for chancellor: Source 10 Feb 2020 - 11:02 am
German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer makes a speech as she holds a press conference in Berlin, Germany on February 7, 2020. (Abdulhamid Ho?ba? - Anadolu Agency)
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
Brazil sees week of 'attacks' on indigenous rights - congresswoman 09 Feb 2020 - 09:51 pm
Brazilian artist Marcelo Eco works on a mural depicting indigenous people in protest against the construction of hydroelectric power plants in the Amazon rainforest in Rio de Janeiro, August 7, 2016. Reuters
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
Suicide attack kills Algerian soldier near Mali border 09 Feb 2020 - 09:51 pm
Representative image (Tunisian soldiers stand guard in the mountainous border region near Algeria where security forces have been hunting Al-Qaeda linked jihadists on June 6, 2013. AFP / Abderrazek Khlifi)
Africa holds 'silence the guns' summit as new conflicts grow 09 Feb 2020 - 09:51 pm
Prime Ministers of Ethiopia and Sudan Abiy Ahmed and Abdalla Hamdok attend the opening session of the 33rd African Union Heads of State Summit in Addis Ababa. M?nasse Wond?mu Ha?lu / Anadolu Agency
On the trail: Sanders, Buttigieg race across New Hampshire ahead of vote 09 Feb 2020 - 09:51 pm
Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders (AFP / Joseph Prezioso)
Political upheaval in Ireland amid close election prediction 09 Feb 2020 - 09:51 pm
Staff members count votes in Ireland's national election, in Cork, Ireland, February 9, 2020. Reuters/Henry Nicholls
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
Fighting in southwest Cameroon disrupts voting 09 Feb 2020 - 06:31 pm
A woman casts her ballot during the general and municipal elections in Yaounde on February 9, 2020. AFP
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
Storm Ciara disrupts European transport, soccer matches 09 Feb 2020 - 06:31 pm
Cars drive through floodwater as hurricane-force winds and rain affected the country's transport network leading to disruptions and prompting warnings of power cuts and a risk to life, in Manchester, Britain February 9, 2020. Reuters/Jon Super
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
Coronavirus: latest developments worldwide 09 Feb 2020 - 04:42 pm
Passengers wearing masks and covered with plastic bags walk outside the Shanghai railway station in Shanghai, China, as the country is hit by an outbreak of a new coronavirus, February 9, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song