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  • Lesotho court to decide whether PM can face murder charge

    Lesotho’s prime minister has appeared in court but the murder case against him failed to proceed

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  • Iran lawmaker says 50 dead from new virus in city of Qom

    The death toll is a leap in the number of cases that were reported earlier.

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  • Extradition hearing to begin for WikiLeaks founder Assange

    The U.S. is seeking Assange's extradition from the UK.

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  • UN chief issues 7-point 'call to action' on human rights

    The U.N. chief said “human rights are under assault.”

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  • Greek island protesters vow to stop new migrant camps

    Protest groups on three eastern Greek islands have begun setting up blockades aimed at stopping the government from building new migrant detention...

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  • India pours on the pageantry with colorful welcome for Trump

    Thousands of people are welcoming the President to India.

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  • UN: Libya's warring sides agree to lasting cease-fire deal

    The U.N. mission in Libya says the country’s warring sides have agreed to turn a shaky cease-fire into a lasting deal

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  • Palestinians fire rockets at Israel; Netanyahu threatens war

    Militants have resumed their intense bombardment of southern Israel.

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  • German business confidence ticks up but virus impact looms

    German business confidence crept up in February despite the spread of the new coronavirus, though economists warn it does not fully reflect the latest...

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  • China postpones parliament for 1st time in decades amid coronavirus outbreak

    The virus has continued to spread overseas, including in South Korea and Italy.

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  • Hundreds line up around the block to buy face masks amid coronavirus outbreak

    Aerial footage shows hundreds of people lining up around the block to buy face masks in Daegu as most of the new South Korean cases of coronavirus...

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  • Canary Islands' airports reopen as wind and sandstorm ease

    Primary schools were closed on all eight islands Monday.

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  • Zimbabwe's rural elderly battle hunger amid severe drought

    Zimbabwe is among the world’s most food insecure countries.

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  • Protests, prayers in Indian capital ahead of Trump's visit

    As President Donald Trump was being feted by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the west Indian city of Ahmedabad on Monday, Hindu nationalist and...

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  • Former French prime minister and wife go on trial for fraud

    Francois Fillon is accused of using public funds to richly pay his wife.

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  • German Carnival floats take aim at racism in wake of attack

    The event comes after a supposed right-wing terror attack in the country.

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  • Mahathir offers resignation in Malaysian political upheaval

    Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad tendered his resignation to Malaysia's king while his political party quit the ruling alliance in a shocking political...

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• Feb 24

  • Iran's semiofficial ILNA news agency is reporting that the death toll from the new coronavirus in the city of Qom is 50

    Iran's semiofficial ILNA news agency is reporting that the death toll from the new coronavirus in the city of Qom is 50

    Feb 24

• Feb 24

  • Iranian state TV says the death toll in the country from the new coronavirus is now 12, after four more people died

    Iranian state TV says the death toll in the country from the new coronavirus is now 12, after four more people died

    Feb 24

• Feb 24

  • Togo's president wins, keeping family's long hold on power

    Togo's electoral commission says the country's president has easily won a fourth term, extending the grip his family has had on power since 1967

    Feb 24

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  • Netanyahu banks on Trump plan to drive up pro-settler votes

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is eager to court the votes of the country's influential West Bank settlers in critical elections next month

    Feb 24

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  • Office of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad says he has tendered his resignation to Malaysia's king

    Office of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad says he has tendered his resignation to Malaysia's king

    Feb 24

• Feb 24

  • Prime Minister Mahathir's party is leaving Malaysia's ruling alliance, other allies quit in shocking political upheaval

    Prime Minister Mahathir's party is leaving Malaysia's ruling alliance, other allies quit in shocking political upheaval

    Feb 24

• Feb 23

  • Coronavirus deaths in China top 2,500 as South Korea raises alert level to 'highest'

    South Korea confirmed a total of 602 coronavirus cases and six deaths.

    Feb 23

• Feb 23

  • Teck pulls application to build huge Alberta oil sands mine

    A Canadian company has withdrawn its application for the federal government to approve a proposed open-pit oil sands mine in Alberta

    Feb 23

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  • Haiti police exchange fire with troops near national palace

    It's a dangerous escalation of protests over police pay and working conditions.

    Feb 23

• Feb 23

  • Israel strikes Gaza, Syria after Palestinian rockets attacks

    Israel's military says it struck Palestinian militants in Gaza and Syria after they fired some 20 rockets toward southern Israel

    Feb 23

• Feb 23

  • UN study: 1 of every 3 Venezuelans is facing hunger

    The nation's severe economic contraction and political upheaval persist,

    Feb 23

• Feb 23

  • Colombians grapple with a big problem: wandering hippos

    An estimated 80 hippopotamuses, perhaps more, live around the Rio Magdalena.

    Feb 23

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  • Stalled mega power project in central Mexico stirs discord

    A stalled thermo-electric plant looms over Huexca, a central Mexican farm hamlet

    Feb 23

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  • Gas tank explosion kills 4 in North Macedonia

    North Macedonia authorities say four people, including three children, have been killed when a gas tank for cooking exploded in the living room of...

    Feb 23

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  • Carnival in Belgium again has Jewish stereotypes in parade

    The Aalst Carnival parade included stereotypical depictions of Jews for the second year in a row

    Feb 23

• Feb 23

  • Iraqi officials: 1 protester shot dead in fresh violence

    Anti-government demonstrators and security forces clash in central Baghdad.

    Feb 23

• Feb 23

  • 10,000 mourn victims of racist shooting rampage in Germany

    Around 10,000 protesters have marched through the central German town of Hanau to mourn the nine people who were killed by an immigrant-hating gunman...

    Feb 23

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  • Germany's Hamburg city in elections marked by climate issues

    Projections in Germany show that the center-left Social Democrats have won the most votes in the Hamburg state election in a vote that was...

    Feb 23

• Feb 23

  • US to lay out case against Assange at extradition hearing

    The U.S. government and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange are about to face off in a high-security London courthouse

    Feb 23

• Feb 23

  • Albania opposition backs president’s anti-government protest

    Albania’s main opposition Democratic Party has supported a call from the country’s president for an anti-government protest and also asked for a new...

    Feb 23

• Feb 23

  • Spain closes airports on Canary Islands due to sand storm

    Spanish authorities say they have closed airports on the Canary Islands because of a wind storm that is blinding the archipelago with sand and dust

    Feb 23

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  • Nine dead in Turkey as 5.7 earthquake strikes western Iran

    Turkey's health minister says nine people were killed by a magnitude 5.7 earthquake in the country's east

    Feb 23

• Feb 23

  • China's Xi says epidemic 'grim,' calls for action on economy

    China's president has warned its virus epidemic is still “grim and complex” and called for more efforts to defeat the disease and prevent it from...

    Feb 23

• Feb 23

  • Iran raises death toll from new virus to 8, infections to 43

    Iran's health ministry raised the death toll from the new coronavirus to eight people

    Feb 23

• Feb 23

  • Iran says voter turnout dips below 50% in a first since 1979

    Iran’s interior ministry says voter turnout in recent parliamentary elections stood at 42.57%

    Feb 23

• Feb 23

  • Berlin starts controversial rent freeze on 1.5 million homes

    The city of Berlin is freezing the rent of 1.5 million apartments for the next five years

    Feb 23

• Feb 23

  • German cities cancel carnival parades because of gusty winds

    Several cities in western Germany have canceled their traditional carnival parades due to severe weather conditions including gusty winds and heavy...

    Feb 23

• Feb 23

  • Turkey closes borders with Iran over coronavirus concerns

    Turkey's health minister says the border with Iran will be closed due to the number of coronavirus cases in its eastern neighbor

    Feb 23

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  • 2 migrants killed in car crash in Albania, 7 injured

    Police in Albania say two migrants have been killed in a car crash and seven others injured when their vehicle plummeted off a cliff in the south of...

    Feb 23

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  • Raf Simons joining Prada in full creative collaboration

    Two of the fashion world's biggest creative names, Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons, are entering in a creative design collaboration at Prada going...

    Feb 23

• Feb 23

  • Italy cancels Venice carnival in bid to halt spread of virus

    Italian authorities have announced they are shutting down Venice's famed Carnival events in a bid to stop the spread of the novel virus, as numbers of...

    Feb 23

• Feb 23

  • Virus closes doors at Armani, but other Milan shows go on

    After Giorgio Armani’s last-minute decision to show his latest collection in an empty theater due to concerns about the new virus, the rest of Milan's...

    Feb 23

• Feb 23

  • Moscow targets Chinese with raids amid virus fears

    Russian authorities are going to significant lengths to keep the virus in China from surfacing in Moscow

    Feb 23