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Genocide charge dents halo of Myanmar's Suu Kyi 26 Jan 2020 - 09:34 pm
Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi leaves the Peace palace in The Hague, on December 12, 2019 on the last day of a 3-day hearing on the Rohingya genocide before the UN court. AFP / ANP / Sem Van Der Wal
Uzbekistan’s MPs to garner support for Mirziyoyev's reelection 26 Jan 2020 - 06:10 pm
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev speaks during a news conference in Kremlin, Russia, April 5, 2017. Reuters / Pavel Golovkin
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
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,
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
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
Coronavirus deaths hit 56; China bans wildlife trade 26 Jan 2020 - 09:43 am
Street view after Wuhan government announced to ban non-essential vehicles in the downtown area to contain coronavirus outbreak, on the second day of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China January 26, 2020. cnsphoto via REUTERS
Philippines lowers volcano alert, thousands can return home 26 Jan 2020 - 09:36 am
Residents on motorcycles ride back to their homes after the Philippine volcanology bureau lowered the alert level from 4 to 3 and residents were allowed to return home in the town of Lemery, Batangas province, south of Manila on January 26, 2020. A major
Japan arrests ex-SoftBank employee suspected of spying for Russia 26 Jan 2020 - 09:13 am
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Third Chinese city to ban long-distance buses over virus concerns 26 Jan 2020 - 09:01 am
Workers in protective suits check the temperature of passengers arriving at the Xianning North Station on the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations, in Xianning, a city bordering Wuhan to the north, in Hubei province, China January 24, 2020. REUT
The global spread of the Coronavirus: Where is it? 25 Jan 2020 - 02:58 pm
Pedestrians are seen wearing a surgical masks in London's China Town on January 25, 2020. AFP / Niklas Halle'n
Bodies of US firefighters retrieved from Australian air crash site 25 Jan 2020 - 12:18 pm
Debris seen following the crash of a C-130 air tanker plane after dropping fire retardant, in this January 24, 2020 picture obtained from social media, in Snowy Mountains, New South Wales, Australia. New South Wales Police via Reuters
Australia confirms first coronavirus cases 25 Jan 2020 - 11:59 am
Travellers, wearing masks, arrive on a direct flight from China, after Canada's Public Health Agency added a screening question for visitors and began displaying messages in several airports urging travellers to report flu-like symptoms in efforts to prev
Indian gvt to end five-month internet blackout in restive Kashmir 25 Jan 2020 - 11:26 am
A security personnel walks on a road as he patrols near a site of a gunbattle between suspected militants and government forces at Khrew area of Pampore in Pulwama district, south of Srinagar on January 21, 2020. AFP / Tauseef Mustafa
Nepal reports South Asia's first confirmed case of deadly virus 24 Jan 2020 - 08:43 pm
Worshippers wear face masks burning incense and pray at the Wong Tai Sin Temple to mark the Lunar New Year of the Rat in Hong Kong on January 24, 2020. AFP / Philip Fong
Failure to deliver: Japan mailman hoarded post for years 24 Jan 2020 - 07:14 pm
An employee of Japan Post Co collects mail at a post office in Tokyo October 26, 2012. Reuters/Toru Hanai

Europe

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A person lies on a mattress under a tree in a park, in Paris on May 29, 2026 as a heatwave hits France. (Photo by Simon Wohlfahrt / AFP) Half of France hits new monthly records in heatwave

Africa

Peninsula US expels new group of West Africans to Ghana, lawyer says
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrives in Bunia, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, on May 30, 2026. (Photo by Glody Murhabazi / AFP) WHO chief visits epicentre of Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
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Relatives gather and wait for news of their loved ones at the Utumishi Girls Academy following the deadly fire in Gilgil, north of the capital Nairobi on May 28, 2026. (Photo by Simon Maina / AFP) Eight students arrested over 'suspected arson attack' at Kenyan girls' school

Americas

Satellite image handout from the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere at Colorado State University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (CSU/CIRA and NOAA) taken on May 30, 2026, at 18:06 UTC shows the meteor exploding in the atmosphere. (Photo by Handout / various sources / AFP) Meteor explodes over US with blast equivalent to 300 tons of TNT
This screen grab shows fire as the uncrewed Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket explodes during a test on a launchpad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on May 28, 2026. (Photo by NASASpaceflight.com / AFP) Blue Origin rocket explosion is bad news for both Bezos and NASA
US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth speaks during a plenary session of the 23rd Shangri-La Dialogue summit in Singapore on May 30, 2026. (Photo by Jam Sta Rosa / AFP) Raise defence spending or else, Hegseth tells NATO, Europe
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