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Bloomberg qualifies for next debate after poll boost 18 Feb 2020 - 03:16 pm
FILE PHOTO: Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg attends a campaign event at Buffalo Soldiers national museum in Houston, Texas, U.S. February 13, 2020. REUTERS/Go Nakamura/File Photo
Gunman kills ex-wife at Bangkok shopping mall days after mass shooting 18 Feb 2020 - 03:11 pm
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Congo's irksome 'sheep-jumps' jam traffic, confound president 18 Feb 2020 - 01:58 pm
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Gunman kills one person at Bangkok shopping mall days after mass shooting 18 Feb 2020 - 12:39 pm
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More passengers to leave cruise ship in Cambodia after coronavirus tests 18 Feb 2020 - 12:27 pm
People stand near by the Westerdam cruise ship in Sihanoukville on February 18, 2020, where the liner on February 13 docked after being refused entry at other Asian ports due to fears of the novel coronavirus. A scramble intensified February 17 to trace p
Going to India: Trump set to open world's biggest cricket stadium 18 Feb 2020 - 12:14 pm
 A man applies finishing touches to paintings of U.S. President Donald Trump and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a wall as part of a beautification along a route that Trump and Modi will be taking during Trump's upcoming visit, in Ahmedabad, India
Iran's judiciary says jailed German freed, returned home 18 Feb 2020 - 12:08 pm
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UK to repatriate citizens from ship quarantined off Japan 18 Feb 2020 - 11:44 am
Diamond Princess cruise ship, with people, quarantined onboard due to fears of the new COVID-19 coronavirus, is docked at the Daikaku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama port on February 16, 2020. AFP / Behrouz Mehri
'Tiger widows' shunned as bad luck in rural Bangladesh 18 Feb 2020 - 10:36 am
In this photograph taken on November 11, 2019, Bangladeshi mother-of-four Mosammat Rashida, whose husband was killed by a Bengal tiger a decade ago while he was collecting honey, stands next to a mirror at her house in Shyamnagar. AFP / Munir Uz Zaman
On Greek mainland, locals stonewall migrant relocations 18 Feb 2020 - 09:36 am
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After gains in northern Syria, Assad predicts total victory 18 Feb 2020 - 09:02 am
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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