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  • Nigeria confirms coronavirus, first in sub-Saharan Africa

    Nigeria's health authorities have reported the country's first case of a new coronavirus in Lagos, the first confirmed appearance of the disease in...

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  • India says US politicizing religious riots in which 30 died

    At least 30 people were killed and more than 200 injured in the unrest.

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  • Nigeria announces first confirmed case of new coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa

    Nigeria announces first confirmed case of new coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa

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  • A Week in Pictures - Latin America & Caribbean

    A Week in Pictures — Latin America & Caribbean

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  • Outspoken Hong Kong publisher held over pro-democracy march

    Hong Kong's Apple Daily newspaper says the outspoken head of its publishing group, Jimmy Lai, has been held by police over his participation in a...

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  • Apple Daily newspaper says publisher, opposition party vice chairman detained over Hong Kong pro-democracy march

    Apple Daily newspaper says publisher, opposition party vice chairman detained over Hong Kong pro-democracy march

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  • Syrian opposition fighters retake key town from government

    The government offensive has displaced almost 950,000 people.

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  • Malay rulers to meet as Malaysia's political tumult deepens

    Malaysia's nine ethnic Malay rulers are to meet to help resolve a political wrangle over the premiership after the ruling alliance collapsed this week

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  • AP Week in Pictures, Europe and Africa

    This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in the Europe and Africa region

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  • Countries across the world take precautions as coronavirus spreads

    Japan’s prime minister has closed all elementary, middle and high schools through the end of next month in order to curb the spread of the virus.

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  • Dominican Republic turns back cruise ship amid virus fears

    Officials in the Dominican Republic have turned away a cruise ship that was heading there to disembark hundreds of passengers following a 14-day tour

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    Stay up to date on the developing stories making headlines.

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  • Q&A: Saudis halt Muslim pilgrimage over virus fears

    Saudi Arabia's decision to halt the umrah pilgrimage amid a global outbreak of a new virus is unprecedented in modern times

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  • Coronavirus has 'pandemic potential,' WHO warns

    The CDC is investigating the source of the newest case in the U.S.

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  • 22 Turkish soldiers killed in northeast Syria air strike

    A Turkish official says 22 Turkish soldiers have been killed in an air strike by Syrian government forces

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  • Iraqi government fighting spread of coronavirus

    The Iraqi government is taking measures to counter the spread of novel coronavirus by closing public places and events while authorities in protective...

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  • EU slaps sanctions on Turkish officials over Cyprus drilling

    The European Union has slapped sanctions on two senior members of the Turkish Petroleum Corporation

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  • Prague Zoo celebrates arrival of mantled guereza

    The Prague Zoo celebrated the arrival of a mantled guereza, a West African monkey, cuddling with its elders, who raise their newborns as a group.

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  • Turkish official says 22 Turkish soldiers killed in Syria, in biggest single day losses for country's forces

    Turkish official says 22 Turkish soldiers killed in Syria, in biggest single day losses for country's forces

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  • 9 Turkish soldiers killed in northeast Syria air strike

    A Turkish official says nine Turkish soldiers were killed in an air strike in northeast Syria late Thursday

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  • Russian mourners mark 5-year anniversary of Nemtsov killing

    Mourners are placing lit candles and bouquets of flowers on the Moscow bridge where Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov was gunned down five years...

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  • Turkish official says 9 Turkish soldiers killed in airstrike in Syria's northeast, in largest death toll in a single day

    Turkish official says 9 Turkish soldiers killed in airstrike in Syria's northeast, in largest death toll in a single day

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  • Grief grips Peruvian community one month after deadly fire

    One month after a gas tanker leak triggered fires and explosions that killed 30 people in the Peruvian capital, traumatized survivors and relatives of...

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  • Greek islanders protest planned migrant centers for 4th day

    Demonstrators protested for a fourth consecutive day on the eastern Greek islands of Lesbos and Chios against government plans to build new migrant...

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  • Kosovo offers to ease tariff on neighboring Serbia's goods

    Kosovo's new prime minister says his government will partially lift a 100% tariff imposed on Serbian goods as a sign of good will to help resume...

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  • Canada to end security assistance for Prince Harry, Meghan

    Canadian officials say they won't provide security for Prince Harry and his wife Meghan when they step back from royal duties

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  • Ex-French prime minister denies wrongdoing in fraud trial

    Former French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said he wants to “make the truth be known” at his fraud trial in Paris

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  • Spanish air force jet crashes into sea, pilot didn't eject

    A jet from Spain's aerobatic display team has crashed into the sea off the country's eastern coast

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  • Falling tree crushes car and kills driver near Eiffel Tower

    Powerful winds in Paris have caused a tree to crash onto a car near the Eiffel Tower and kill the driver

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  • UK opens EU trade talks with threat to walk away

    Britain has laid out its opening demands for trade talks with the European Union, delivering a blunt threat to walk away from the table if there is no...

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  • Judge refuses to let Assange leave secure dock in courtroom

    A judge has refused to let Julian Assange move from a glass-enclosed dock and sit with his lawyers at a London court hearing

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  • Russia sets date for referendum that could extend Putin's rule

    The vote is set for April 22, the 150th anniversary of Vladimir Lenin's birth.

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  • With first case, Latin America prepares for COVID-19 virus

    With Brazil reporting the first case of the COVID-19 virus, neighboring countries and other nations around Latin America are attempting to block the...

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  • Halt of Muslim pilgrimage over virus brings worldwide dismay

    Saudi Arabia's suspension of the umrah pilgrimage over the global virus outbreak could eventually force millions of Muslims around the world to...

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  • 3,000-strong African force planned against Sahel extremism

    An official says African leaders have decided to work on deploying 3,000 troops to West Africa’s troubled Sahel region as extremist attacks surge

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  • Prague square named after Russian opposition figure Nemtsov

    Prague has renamed a square in front of the Russian Embassy after Boris Nemtsov, honoring the slain Russian opposition leader

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  • UK ruling due on Heathrow expansion amid climate concern

    Whether to add a third runway to the airport has been bitterly disputed.

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  • Chechen exile survives suspected assassination attempt after fighting off attacker

    Attack is latest in series targeting critics of Ramzan Kadyrov

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  • Lebanon begins 'historic' offshore oil drilling amid crisis

    Lebanon's president has inaugurated the Mediterranean country's first offshore exploratory drilling for oil and gas, calling it a “historic day” for...

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  • Syria: Israel drone strike kills civilian near Golan Heights

    Syrian state TV says an Israeli drone fired a missile at a car in southern Syria killing one person

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  • Russian military chief voices concern about NATO activities

    Russia's chief military officer has met with a visiting French counterpart and raised concern about NATO's activities near the Russian border

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  • Malaysia's Mahathir says Parliament will pick new PM

    Malaysian interim leader Mahathir Mohamad says Parliament will pick a new prime minister on Monday following the collapse of the ruling alliance and...

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  • Former Taliban hostage in Doha to witness peace deal

    Australian university professor Timothy Weeks, who was held captive for three years by the Taliban, has arrived in the Middle Eastern State of Qatar

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  • Legion of Christ vows better abuse response amid new scandal

    The Legion of Christ religious order is making new promises of accountability and transparency following damaging new revelations of sex abuse and...

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  • Thai police find bodies of suspected smugglers in reservoir

    Police in northern Thailand say the bodies of seven people believed to be drug smugglers were found in a reservoir in an area under military control

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  • Salvadoran congress passes war crimes sentence reduction law

    El Salvador's congress has passed a law allowing judges to reduce sentences for crimes committed during the country's 1980-1992 civil war, drawing...

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  • Virus response in Mideast tainted by political views of Iran

    As the coronavirus spreads across the Middle East, so is the scrutiny and criticism of Iran

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  • Libya officials: 21 civilians killed in Tripoli since Jan. 9

    Libya's U.N.-backed government says 21 civilians have been killed, including at least 13 children, since Jan. 9

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