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February 18, 2020 7:35 AM

Death toll from new coronavirus epidemic crosses 1,800 in China

Death toll from new coronavirus epidemic crossed 1,800 in China today after 93 more people died in Hubei province, the hard-hit epicentre of the outbreak. <br />''<br />''In its daily , the province's health commission also reported 1,807 new case...

February 17, 2020 6:19 PM

Gunmen killed 24 people including Church Paster in Burkina Faso

<span style="color: #222222;">In West African country of Burkina Faso, 24 men including a church Pastor were killed by gunmen while three others were kidnapped yesterday.</span><br />'' <br />'' <spa...

February 17, 2020 10:38 AM

14 dead as lorry ploughs into vehicles, pedestrians in DR Congo

In Democratic Republic of Congo, 14 people died and 30 injured when a lorry ploughed into vehicles and pedestrians in the capital Kinshasa. Kinshasa public security chief Miguel Bagaya said that the lorry smashed into a taxi bus and other vehicles as well as pedestrians after its brakes failed yeste...

February 17, 2020 9:27 AM

Japan economy suffers worst drop in over five years

Japan's economy suffered its worst quarterly contraction in more than five years at the end of 2019 after a tax hike and typhoons. According to official data today, the nation's gross domestic product in the three months to December shrank 1.6 percent from the previous quarter, before the ...

February 16, 2020 9:14 PM

Afghanistan: Gunman shoots nine homeless people in Kabul

<span style="color: #222222;">In Afghanistan, a Gunman shot dead nine homeless people in the capital, Kabul yesterday.<br />''<br />'' Ferdaus Faramarz, a spokesman for Kabul police told that the shooting took place at t...

February 16, 2020 7:50 PM

Sri Lanka objects to US restriction on Lt Gen Shavendra Silva

<span style="color: #222222;">Srilankan government today formally conveyed to the US Ambassador its strong objections on the imposition of travel restrictions by the US on Lt. Gen. Shavendra Silva, Commander of the Army, as well as his immediate family.<br /&am...

February 16, 2020 5:43 PM

Airstrikes by Saudi coalition kill at least 31 in Yemen

In Yemen, at least 31 people have been killed in airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition yesterday. The United Nations office in Yemen said, preliminary field reports indicated that as many as 31 civilians were killed and 12 others injured in strikes that hit Al-Hayjah area in Al-Jawf province.&lt...

February 16, 2020 4:58 PM

Record five tonnes of cocaine seized by Costa Rica police

In Costa Rica, police yesterday made the largest drug seizure in the country's history after discovering more than five tonnes of cocaine hidden in a container due to be shipped to the Netherlands.<br />'' <br />'' Interior Minister Michael Soto R...

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