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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
Rocket attack hits near US embassy in Iraq capital: militaries 16 Feb 2020 - 11:28 am
(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 03, 2020, a view of the US embassy across the Tigris river in Iraq's capital Baghdad.  AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
Sanders says presidential rival Bloomberg will not excite voters 16 Feb 2020 - 11:25 am
In this file photo taken on December 13, 2019 former New York Mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg speaks about his plan for clean energy during a campaign event at the Blackwall Hitch restaurant in Alexandria, Virginia. / AFP / O
UK faces another fierce storm; 2 found dead in rough seas 16 Feb 2020 - 10:28 am
People stand on the beach as strong waves break against a jetty on the Belgian coast in Ostend on February 10, 2020, after storm Ciara swept over the country.  / AFP / BELGA / KURT DESPLENTER
Canada to evacuate passengers from virus-hit Diamond Princess cruise ship 16 Feb 2020 - 10:01 am
Packed suitcases and bags are seen on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship which has been quarantined since arriving in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, in early February after a man who disembarked in Hong Kong before it traveled to Japan was diagnosed with t
Cruise ship passengers bumped from KLM flight in Malaysia 16 Feb 2020 - 09:15 am
 Passengers wave their hands after they depart from 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, as it docks in Sihanoukville, Cambodia Februar
Coronavirus cases on Japan ship rise to 355 16 Feb 2020 - 07:55 am
Japan Self-Defense Forces members walk past a military vehicle attached to a gate of the Diamond Princess cruise ship, which has around 3,600 people quarantined onboard due to fears of the new COVID-19 coronavirus, at the Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Y
Erdogan, Trump discuss ways to end crisis in Idlib 15 Feb 2020 - 08:55 pm
 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends award ceremony at provincial directorate of his ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party in Istanbul, Turkey on February 15, 2020. ( Murat Kula - Anadolu Agency
FAA allows US civilian flights to resume flying over the Gulf region 15 Feb 2020 - 07:20 pm
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