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Several rockets fall near the American Embassy in Baghdad

Multiple rockets struck near the US Embassy in Baghdad's Green Zone on the night of Saturday to Sunday, triggering sirens and an aerial survey of the area, an American military source told

February 16, 2020

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Unexpected protest overwhelms Algeria a year ago

Algeria's Hirak protest movement marked its first anniversary on February 22, one year after unexpected mass demonstrations forced President Abdelaziz Bouteflika from power after 20 years in office. A year later, however,

February 16, 2020

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Two men shot and injured in Montreal

Two men were shot and injured in separate overnight incidents in Montreal, with a 29-year-old wounded near a bar on rue Saint-Hubert in the Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie borough and a 25-year-old injured in

February 16, 2020

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Costa Rica: record seizure of five tonnes of cocaine

Costa Rican police made the country's largest drug seizure in its history on Saturday, discovering more than five tonnes of cocaine hidden in 202 suitcases inside a container of ornamental flowers destined

February 16, 2020

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Health worker in protective gear disinfecting a Vietnam Airlines aircraft at Noi Bai airport in Hanoi during the coronavirus outbreak

Coronavirus: a first municipality placed in quarantine in Vietnam

Vietnam quarantined a commune of around 10,000 people near Hanoi for 20 days after five cases of Covid-19 were detected in Vinh Phuc province, the country's first municipal quarantine since the outbreak

February 16, 2020

Health·News

NASA satellite image showing the volcanic flows and ash plumes from Mount Merapi eruption in Indonesia

Indonesia: Merapi volcano spits a large plume of smoke

Indonesia's Mount Merapi, one of the country's most active volcanoes, erupted on Thursday, sending incandescent lava and a plume of smoke more than 2,000 meters into the sky near the cultural capital

February 16, 2020

Climate·News

CDC 3D rendering of the novel coronavirus 2020

Coronavirus: more than 1,500 dead in China, 1st case in Africa

China's coronavirus death toll exceeded 1,500 and more than 66,000 cases were confirmed in the country as Egypt reported Africa's first Covid-19 infection, with the carrier placed in hospital quarantine. The WHO

February 16, 2020

Health·News

Protesters in India demonstrating against the Citizenship Amendment Act and related rights issues in 2020

India: students stripped naked to see if they have their period

Sixty-eight female students at Sahjanand Girls Institute in Bhuj, Gujarat, were ordered to undress by university officials during a check to identify menstruating students, who are required under the institution's rules to

February 16, 2020

Education·News

China-Vatican: historic meeting between foreign ministers

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Vatican Secretary of State Archbishop Paul Gallagher held the first-ever meeting between the two countries' foreign ministers on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, a

February 16, 2020

Government and Politics·News

New coronavirus: a “promising” antiviral drug administered to a patient discharged from the hospital

A 48-year-old Bordeaux resident who became one of France's first coronavirus patients was discharged from hospital after 22 days with the virus undetectable in his body, following treatment with remdesivir, an antiviral

February 16, 2020

Health·News

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Several rockets fall near the American Embassy in Baghdad

Unexpected protest overwhelms Algeria a year ago

Two men shot and injured in Montreal

Costa Rica: record seizure of five tonnes of cocaine

Coronavirus: a first municipality placed in quarantine in Vietnam

Indonesia: Merapi volcano spits a large plume of smoke

Coronavirus: more than 1,500 dead in China, 1st case in Africa

India: students stripped naked to see if they have their period

China-Vatican: historic meeting between foreign ministers

New coronavirus: a “promising” antiviral drug administered to a patient discharged from the hospital

Radical Islam is being appreciated by Indian authorities too

Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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