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Trump ousts top defense official who certified Ukraine aid 19 Feb 2020 - 08:42 pm
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy John Rood will step down from the Pentagon's No. 3 job at the end of Feb 2020. Reuters/Laszlo Balogh
Two Iranians die after testing positive for coronavirus 19 Feb 2020 - 07:24 pm
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IndiGo adds daily flight to new Indian city from Doha 19 Feb 2020 - 06:42 pm
An IndiGo Airlines A320 aircraft is parked on the tarmac at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad March 7, 2012. Reuters/Vivek Prakash
Barr’s whispers about quitting raise stakes in his ties to Trump 19 Feb 2020 - 06:42 pm
US President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr participate in a presentation ceremony of the Medal of Valor and heroic commendations to civilians and police officers who responded to mass shootingsin Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas during a c
China revokes three Wall Street Journal reporters' credentials 19 Feb 2020 - 06:42 pm
The News Corporation building on 6th Avenue, home to Fox News, the New York Post and the Wall Street Journal,is seen in New York City on March 20, 2019. AFP / Getty Images North America / Kevin Hagen
China's virus center vows no patient unchecked as cases fall 19 Feb 2020 - 06:42 pm
Patients with mild symptoms of the COVID-19 coronavirus resting at night in the temporary Fangcai Hospital set up in a sports stadium in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province February 18, 2020.  AFP
Las Vegas debate a major test of Bloomberg campaign's gamble 19 Feb 2020 - 06:42 pm
Michael Bloomberg addressing the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s 110th National Convention at Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan, July 24, 2019. AFP / Jeff Kowalsky
Nothing left: Kenyan mother's fields stripped by locust swarm 19 Feb 2020 - 06:30 pm
Kenyan farmer Mwende Kimanzi looks at the damage caused to her crops after locusts swarm descended on it in the region of Kyuso, Kenya, February 18, 2020. Picture taken February 18, 2020. Reuters/Baz Ratner
Uganda army fights voracious desert locusts 19 Feb 2020 - 06:21 pm
A soldier of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) gestures after spraying locust swarms with insecticides, with the hopes of killing the locusts, in Otuke on February 17, 2020. AFP / Sumy Sadurni
Syria marks relaunch of commercial flights to Aleppo 19 Feb 2020 - 06:05 pm
Passport control counters are pictured inside Aleppo international airport that has been reopened for the first time in years, Syria February 19, 2020. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki
India buys drones, specialist equipment to avert new locust attack 19 Feb 2020 - 05:40 pm
Swarms of locusts land and feed on shea trees, which are a big source of food and income for local farmers, in Otuke on February 17, 2020.  AFP / Sumy Sadurni
Iran confirms first two coronavirus cases 19 Feb 2020 - 05:02 pm
A computer image created by Nexu Science Communication together with Trinity College in Dublin, shows a model structurally representative of a betacoronavirus which is the type of virus linked to COVID-19
Trump says working on a very big trade deal with India, but will take time 19 Feb 2020 - 04:34 pm
U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters prior to boarding Air Force One as he departs Washington for campaign travel to California from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S., February 18, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Pakistan probes link between soybean dust and deaths in port city of Karachi 19 Feb 2020 - 02:10 pm
 Security personnel (C) and hospital staff wearing facemasks stand outside an hospital entrance in Karachi on February 17, 2020, after a gas leak killed five people and sickened dozens of others in a coastal residential area in Pakistan's port city of Kar
Britain heralds end of 'cheap labour from Europe' with Brexit immigration system 19 Feb 2020 - 02:04 pm
FILE PHOTO: Participants hold a British Union flag and an EU flag during a pro-EU referendum event at Parliament Square in London, Britain June 19, 2016. REUTERS/Neil Hall/File Photo
Passengers leave Japan virus ship as China toll tops 2,000 19 Feb 2020 - 01:45 pm
This photo taken on February 18, 2020 shows patients with mild symptoms of the COVID-19 coronavirus resting at night in the temporary Fangcai Hospital set up in a sports stadium in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province. / AFP / STR
Air Canada jet lands safely in Toronto after losing a wheel 19 Feb 2020 - 01:29 pm
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Last passengers leave cruise ship in Cambodia after virus clearance 19 Feb 2020 - 10:21 am
Passengers onboard MS Westerdam, a cruise ship that spent two weeks at sea after being turned away by five countries over fears that someone aboard might have the coronavirus, are seen in Sihanoukville, Cambodia February 14, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/Fil