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The global spread of the coronavirus: Where is it?

Article Agency - 28 Jan 2020

A virus similar to the SARS pathogen has claimed 81 lives since emerging in...

Trump trial opens with fiery clashes over witnesses

Article Michael Mathes & Paul Handley - 22 Jan 2020

The two sides squared off in fiery exchanges that circled around the procedures for the trial and gave the Democrats an opportunity to spell out their arguments for Trump's guilt on national television

Historic Trump impeachment trial to begin in earnest

World Francesco Fontemaggi - 21 Jan 2020

President Donald Trump's historic impeachment trial begins in earnest on Tuesday in the Senate, with Democrats calling for his removal from...

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Trump trial likely to begin next Tuesday: Senate chief

Article Chris Lefkow - 15 Jan 2020

The Senate impeachment trial of US President Donald Trump is likely to begin in seven days with key players sworn in later this week,...

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Japan’s Abe warns conflict with Iran impacts entire world

World Agency - 13 Jan 2020

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has warned that military confrontation with Iran will impact global peace and stability, as he visits the...

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Soleimani air strike: Why this is a dangerous escalation of US assassination policy

Article Luca Trenta - 12 Jan 2020

The Trump administration is only the latest to push the boundaries of the law to take out foreign adversaries

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China believes new virus behind mystery pneumonia outbreak

Article Jing Xuan Teng & Yan Zhao - 9 Jan 2020

China believes a mysterious pneumonia outbreak that struck 59 people is caused by a new strain of virus from the same family as SARS

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Japan urges Ghosn to return as fugitive tycoon defends escape

Article Sara Hussein & Miwa Suzuki - 9 Jan 2020

Ghosn made his first public appearance since his audacious December escape at a combative press conference in Beirut on Wednesday

Iran’s anti-US strikes: measured, but not final response

Article Daphne Benoit & Mariette Le Roux - 8 Jan 2020

Tehran wanted to appear decisive to calm a clamour for revenge, without provoking President Donald Trump to unleash all-out armed conflict

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Ukraine passenger jet crashes in Iran, killing at least 170

Article David Vujanovic - 8 Jan 2020

The Boeing 737 had left Tehran's international airport bound for Kiev

Stampede at Soleimani’s funeral leaves dozens dead

Article Amir Havasi - 7 Jan 2020

The crush in the southeastern city of Kerman came as Iran prepared to bury Revolutionary Guards commander Qasem Soleimani

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Iraq parliament demands US troop ouster after Soleimani killing

Article Agency - 6 Jan 2020

Ties have deteriorated after an American precision drone strike killed Iran's Major General Qasem Soleimani

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Trump warns Iran of ‘major retaliation,’ threatens sanctions on Iraq

Article Sebastian Smith & Amir Havasi - 6 Jan 2020

Trump bluntly warned Iran against taking vengeance, repeating his insistence that US bombing targets could include Iran's cultural heritage sites

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Fire-hit Australia gets $1.4bn recovery fund as troops deployed

Article Glenda Kwek - 6 Jan 2020

Firefighters joined by fresh teams from the US and Canada were taking advantage of rainy and cooler conditions to tackle out-of-control blazes

The end of Gandhi’s India

Article Ramachandra Guha 1 - 3 Jan 2020

The current dispensation is becoming a majoritarian Hindu state as Narendra Modi promotes hatred and intolerance of Muslims and minorities

Bright signs emerge amid global turmoil

Article Mark Cliffe - 3 Jan 2020

While populist governments around the world have continued to run up public debts to pay for handouts to their supporters, others are pushing back

10 conflicts to watch in 2020

Article Robert Malley Comment - 28 Dec 2019

As Washington overpromises and underdelivers, regional powers are seeking solutions on their own — both through violence and diplomacy

Democracy in India faces meltdown

Article Alf Gunvald Nilsen - 27 Dec 2019

The nationalist government is using violence, repression an the law to deny Muslims citizenship

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