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China to test entire city in 'five days' after six virus cases 12 Oct 2020 - 11:03 am
A health worker takes a swab from a resident to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus in Qingdao, in China's eastern Shandong province on October 12, 2020. China OUT / AFP / STR
India's financial capital Mumbai hit by massive power outage 12 Oct 2020 - 10:11 am
A suburban train is seen stalled at a railway platform during a power outage in Mumbai, India, October 12, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
Pakistan blocks social media app TikTok for "immoral and indecent" content 11 Oct 2020 - 08:01 pm
FILE PHOTO: The TikTok logo is pictured outside the company's U.S. head office in Culver City, California, U.S., Sept. 15, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Tajikistan vote seen as easy win for strongman 11 Oct 2020 - 03:07 pm
People visit a polling station during the presidential election in Dushanbe, Tajikistan October 11, 2020. REUTERS/Nazarali Pirnazarov
India's coronavirus infections cross 7 million ahead of festivals 11 Oct 2020 - 02:14 pm
People wearing facemasks as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus crowd in a market area in the old quarters of New Delhi on October 11, 2020. AFP / Sajjad Hussain
Bus-train collision in central Thailand leaves 17 dead 11 Oct 2020 - 11:12 am
Investigators work by the wreckage of an overturned bus involved in a deadly collision with a train next to Khlong Kwaeng Klan railway station in Chachoengsao province, east of the Thai capital Bangkok, on October 11, 2020. / AFP / Mladen ANTONOV
S.Korea eases social distancing curbs amid COVID-19 downtrend 11 Oct 2020 - 10:54 am
A family wearing masks to avoid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) takes souvenir photos at the Seoul Sky Observatory in Seoul, South Korea, October 5, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
N.Korea unveils new intercontinental ballistic missile at military parade 10 Oct 2020 - 04:05 pm
A screen grab taken from a KCNA broadcast on October 10, 2020 shows North Korean Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missiles during a military parade marking the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea, on Kim Il Sung square in
Floods claim five lives in Vietnam and two Cambodians 10 Oct 2020 - 03:29 pm
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China classical music festival to feature Wuhan musicians 10 Oct 2020 - 02:11 pm
(FILES) In this file photo workers remove a national flag as they demolish installations at Wuhan's largest makeshift hospital built to treat patients infected by the COVID-19 coronavirus in China's central Hubei province on July 29, 2020. China OUT / AFP
N. Korea's Kim says no coronavirus cases in his country 10 Oct 2020 - 02:05 pm
People watch a television news broadcasting a file footage of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, at a railway station in Seoul on October 10, 2020. AFP / Jung Yeon-je
Chinese app allows small glimpse beyond 'Great Firewall' 10 Oct 2020 - 01:53 pm
FILE PHOTO: A sign of Qihoo 360 Technology Co Ltd is pictured at Internet Security Conference 2018 in Beijing, China September 4, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo
Taiwan president calls for 'meaningful dialogue' with China 10 Oct 2020 - 01:43 pm
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen delivers a speech during National Day celebrations in front of the Presidential Building in Taipei, Taiwan, October 10, 2020. REUTERS/Ann Wang
Azerbaijan, Armenia agree to ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh 10 Oct 2020 - 12:08 pm
This handout photograph released by the Russian Foreign Ministry shows Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (C) as he chairs a meeting of Armenia's Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan (R) and Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov in Moscow on O
North Korea holds rare predawn military parade, South Korea says 10 Oct 2020 - 09:01 am
A sign celebrating the 75th founding anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea is displayed on a street in Pyongyang on October 10, 2020. / AFP / KIM Won Jin
Nepal warns of healthcare crisis as coronavirus infections cross 100,000 09 Oct 2020 - 02:01 pm
:People wearing protective face masks walk along a street as buildings are reflected on the windshield of a vehicle amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kathmandu, Nepal October 8, 2020. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar
Surfer missing after shark attack off Australian coast 09 Oct 2020 - 12:59 pm
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North Korea prepares for big military parade despite coronavirus concern; Kim may speak 09 Oct 2020 - 10:32 am
(FILES) In a file photo taken on September 9, 2018 Korean People's Army (KPA) soldiers march during a military parade and mass rally on Kim Il Sung square in Pyongyang. / AFP / Ed JONES /

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This photograph shows a house damaged following a 4.7 magnitude earthquake in Pozzuoli, near Naples on August 1, 2026. (Photo by Cesare ABBATE / ANSA / AFP) Quake near Italy's Naples injures 21, damages properties
A Spanish soldier controls a group of migrants on their way back towards the Moroccan border, following their illegal crossing into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, on August 1, 2026 (Photo by JORGE GUERRERO / AFP) Spain's N. Africa enclave returns to normal as migrants depart

Africa

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A police officer inspects the wreckage of a truck after a car bomb detonated near a police station in Cucuta, Colombia, on August 1, 2026. (Photo by Schneyder Mendoza / AFP) 11 injured in Colombia bombing ahead of presidential inauguration
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Fire crews spray down the wreckage of a US Marines’ F-35B fighter jet after it crashed into a field near Miramar Air Base in San Diego, California, on July 31, 2026.(Photo by SANDY HUFFAKER / AFP) US fighter jet crashes near California military base
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