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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
Insider attack in Afghanistan kills two American soldiers and Afghan serviceman 09 Feb 2020 - 03:53 pm
An armoured vehicle patrols near the side of an incident where two U.S soldiers were killed a day before in Shirzad district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan February 9, 2020.REUTERS/Parwiz
Russian plane in belly landing, no one hurt 09 Feb 2020 - 03:23 pm
A view shows the UTair Airlines Boeing 737 passenger plane following a hard landing at Usinsk airport, Komi Republic, Russia February 9, 2020. Russian Emergencies Ministry/Handout via Reuters
Trains, flights, ferries cancelled as Storm Ciara batters UK 09 Feb 2020 - 01:44 pm
Waves crash over Newhaven Lighthouse on the south coast of England on February 9, 2020, as Storm Ciara swept over the country / AFP / GLYN KIRK
Exit polls predict Modi defeat as Delhi votes 09 Feb 2020 - 12:40 pm
People queue at a polling station to cast their votes during the Legislative Assembly elections in New Delhi on February 8, 2020. / AFP / Sajjad HUSSAIN
Route cuts intended to make South African Airways sustainable: Rescue team 09 Feb 2020 - 12:14 pm
FILE PHOTO: Passengers board a South African Airways plane at the Port Elizabeth International Airport in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa, September 30, 2018. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo
Roadside bomb in SW Pakistan kills 1 soldier, wounds 5 09 Feb 2020 - 11:38 am
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Storm forces Bundesliga game to be called off 09 Feb 2020 - 11:32 am
A park bench is flooded by the river Moselle due to heavy rainfalls in western Europe in Winning near Koblenz, Germany, February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay
Singapore Airshow hit by virus fears as 70 exhibitors pull out 09 Feb 2020 - 11:00 am
Members of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force's Bayi Aerobatic Team fly J-10 performance aircraft as they take part in an aerial display during a media preview ahead of the Singapore Airshow in Singapore on February 9, 2020. / AFP / ROSLAN RAH