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Dubai International Airport is one of the world's biggest aviation hubs. — AFP
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Dubai screens passengers from China amid virus outbreak
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Saudi support increases Aden Port activity
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LA move is only 'beginning' of retirement — Hernandez
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Atletico suffer extra-time Cup misery at third-division Leonesa
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Firmino 'worldie' secures another late Liverpool win at Wolves
A health officer screens arriving passengers from China at Changi International airport in Singapore on Jan. 22 as authorities increased measure against coronavirus. — AFP
January 23, 2020
Singapore confirms first case of Wuhan virus
File photo of Beijing's Forbidden City.
January 23, 2020
Beijing's Forbidden City to close over virus fears
Key Achievements
January 23, 2020
A reflection on Thailand's ASEAN Chairmanship in 2019
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Angry Iraqi demonstrators mourn the killing of female activist and paramedic Janat Madhi, in Basra on Tuesday night, part of an upsurge of violence against the three-month-old protest movement. — AFP
January 23, 2020
Iraq protester gunned down in second night of violence
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People await to enter a bank that has just reopened in the center of the Lebanese capital Beirut. — AFP
January 22, 2020
Rich Lebanese hoarding cash despite capital controls
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Rocket fire forced the suspension of all flights into and out of Mitiga, the Libyan capital's sole functioning airport, the embattled UN-recognized government said. — AFP
January 22, 2020
Libya airport suspends flights after coming under fire
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opinion
Mohammed Azhar Ali Khan
January 22, 2020
Canadian PM tackling challenges with competence
Tariq Al-Homayed
January 22, 2020
Iran loses two most prominent guys!
Dr. Khaled M. Batarfi
January 20, 2020
Act now on Iran, Hezbollah and Daesh or pay later!
Hussein Shobokshi
January 20, 2020
Africa's time!
Europe
Lebanon's former foreign minister Gebran Bassil was grilled at Davos.
January 23, 2020
Lebanon ex-minister feels heat in testy Davos debate
Italy's far-right politician Matteo Salvini speaks during a joint news conference with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Budapest, Hungary, in this May 2, 2019 file photo. — Reuters
January 23, 2020
Row over Salvini's election doorbell antics in Italy
Two top EU officials in Brussels are expected to sign the formal Brexit treaty on Friday. — AFP
January 23, 2020
Queen gives assent for Britain to leave EU
Swedish teen Greta Thunberg at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos. — AFP
January 23, 2020
US tells Thunberg to 'study economics' in Davos climate spat
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg, seen in this 2015 file photo, said that the alliance and key member Turkey have failed to find common ground over Russia's controversial delivery of a S-400 air defense system.
January 23, 2020
NATO, Turkey still at odds over Russia arms deal: Stoltenberg
Asia
Myanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi traveled to The Hague in December to personally defend her Buddhist-majority country against the allegations over the bloody 2017 crackdown against the Rohingya. — AFP
January 23, 2020
Top UN court orders Myanmar to prevent Rohingya genocide
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January 23, 2020
China locks down cities to curb virus outbreak
January 23, 2020
Hong Kong turns holiday camps into quarantine zones as virus fears spike
Africa
Angola's ex first daughter Isabel dos Santos charged with fraud. — AFP
January 23, 2020
Angola's ex first daughter Isabel dos Santos charged with fraud
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Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman chairs the weekly session of the Cabinet at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh on Tuesday. — SPA
January 21, 2020
Private clinic owner should be a full-time Saudi doctor
The first batch of students under the “NEOM Scholarship Program ending in employment” are embarking on their educational journey.
January 18, 2020
First batch of NEOM scholarship students to leave for US this week
Minister of Education Dr.Hamad Alshaikh inspecting schools during the first day of the second semester in Riyadh.
January 19, 2020
Saudi schools start teaching Chinese language
America
A shootout near a tourist area in downtown Seattle following a dispute among a group of people on Wednesday left one person dead and several injured.
January 23, 2020
One killed, several injured in Seattle mass shooting
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Many legal experts and analysts lauded the performance of Representative Adam Schiff, head of the House of Representatives' prosecution team in the impeachment. — AFP
January 23, 2020
Democrats urge Republican 'courage' at Trump impeachment trial
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A Central American migrant family is escorted by members of the Mexican National Guard and officers of the Migration Institute after being detained crossing the Suchiate River, in Mexico. — AFP
January 23, 2020
Mexico detained more than 2,000 after caravan border crossing
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