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Burundi ruling party picks Ndayishimiye to contest presidential vote 26 Jan 2020 - 06:10 pm
In this file photo taken on May 22, 2018 The secretary general of the Burundi's ruling party CNDD-FDD Evariste Ndayishimiye speaks to media in Bujumbra. AFP
Trump says lead impeachment Democrat Schiff has not paid 'price, yet' 26 Jan 2020 - 06:10 pm
Adam Schiff
Three years later, Trump travel ban heads back to court 26 Jan 2020 - 06:10 pm
FILE PHOTO: Protesters rally outside the US Supreme Court while it  it weighs the legality of Trumps’ latest travel ban targeting people from Muslim-majority countries. Reuters / Yuri Gripas
Palestinians threaten to quit Oslo Accords over Trump peace plan 26 Jan 2020 - 06:10 pm
Saeb Erekat
Iraqi protesters defy top cleric and return to the streets 26 Jan 2020 - 04:49 pm
Iraqi demonstrators wave the national flag during an anti-government rally in the southern city of Basra on January 26, 2020. AFP / Hussein FALEH
Syrian troops reach outskirts of key rebel-held town 26 Jan 2020 - 04:44 pm
Damaged buildings that were hit during recent airstrikes by pro-regime forces in the jihadist-held city of Maaret al-Numan in Syria's northwestern Idlib province are pictured on January 25, 2020. AFP / Omar HAJ KADOUR
China bans wild animal trade until viral outbreak eases 26 Jan 2020 - 04:16 pm
Security personnel wearing protective clothing to help stop the spread of a deadly virus which began in Wuhan, stands at a subway station in Beijing on January 26, 2020. AFP / NOEL CELIS
Hong Kong protesters torch planned quarantine building 26 Jan 2020 - 03:46 pm
Residents set up barricades near the vacant Fai Ming Estate to protest against plans for the estate to be used as a quarantine camp for patients and frontline medical staff of a coronavirus outbreak which began in the Chinese city of Wuhan, in the Fanling
Local heroes: Wuhan motorists defy virus threat to help neighbours 26 Jan 2020 - 02:40 pm
Cars are seen on a road on the first day of the Lunar New Year in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on January 25, 2020, during a deadly virus outbreak which began in the city. AFP / Hector Retamal
Paris cancels Lunar New Year parade over coronavirus 26 Jan 2020 - 01:42 pm
File Photo: Folk artists perform a dragon dance during celebrations on the eight day of Chinese Lunar New Year of the Pig, in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China February 12. REUTERS/Stringer
Trump in recording says 'get rid' of Ukraine ambassador: report 26 Jan 2020 - 12:23 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 3, 2019 a computer screen shows a copy of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Report of The Trump-Ukraine Impeachment Inquiry Report in Washington,DC. AFP / Eric Baradat
Taiwan further tightens restrictions on China visitors due to virus 26 Jan 2020 - 11:40 am
This picture taken on January 13, 2020 shows Taiwan's Center for Disease Control (CDC) personnel (R) using thermal scanners to screen passengers arriving on a flight from China's Wuhan province, where a SARS-like virus was discovered and has since spread,
Canada hospital says it has confirmed case of deadly virus 26 Jan 2020 - 11:26 am
Travellers wear masks at Pearson airport arrivals, shortly after Toronto Public Health received notification of Canada's first presumptive confirmed case of coronavirus, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada January 25, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
Turkey hunts for earthquake survivors as death toll hits 31 26 Jan 2020 - 10:56 am
Rescue workers search the site of a collapsed building, after an earthquake in Elazig, Turkey, January 26, 2020. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Women grab limelight at India's Republic Day pageantry 26 Jan 2020 - 10:44 am
Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) women motorcycle team members perform during the Republic Day parade in New Delhi on January 26, 2020. AFP / Prakash Singh
Record southeastern Brazil rainstorms kill 30 26 Jan 2020 - 10:44 am
Rescue workers search the site of a mudslide, after heavy rains at Vila Ideal neighborhood in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais state, Brazil January 24, 2020. REUTERS/Cristiane Mattos
India celebrates Republic Day with military parade 26 Jan 2020 - 10:25 am
India's Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers take part in India's Republic Day parade in Srinagar January 26, 2020. REUTERS/Danish Ismail
Salvini looking for redemption in Italian regional elections 26 Jan 2020 - 10:16 am
Leader of Italy's far-right League party Matteo Salvini takes a selfie with Lucia Borgonzoni, rightwing coalition candidate for President of Emilia-Romagna, during a rally ahead of a regional election in Emilia-Romagna, in Ravenna, Italy, January 24, 2020