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AMMAN/ANKARA (Reuters) – Wary of a confrontation with Turkey that could suck Moscow into a military quagmire, Russia is likely to take a gradual approach to helping the Syrian government capture the last rebel bastion of Idlib, analysts and diplomats say. FILE PHOTO: Trucks carry belongings of people fleeing from Maarat al-Numan, in northern Idlib,

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Much of Australia’s wildfire-ravaged east coast was drenched on Friday by the biggest rainfall in almost 20 years, dousing some of the most dangerous blazes and providing welcome relief to farmers battling an extended drought. Pedestrians hold umbrellas during wet weather in Sydney, Australia, February 7, 2020. AAP Image/Peter Rae/via REUTERS The

JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – At least two Palestinians were killed and 15 Israelis were hurt on Thursday in a string of incidents in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank, where violence has risen after the U.S. announcement of its Middle East peace plan. Palestinians hurl stones at an Israeli soldier during an Israeli raid

BEIJING (Reuters) – China is considering delaying the annual meeting of its top legislative body, five people familiar with the matter said, as it grapples with a coronavirus epidemic that has forced drastic curtailment of travel and other activity to curb its spread. FILE PHOTO: File picture of officials singing the national anthem at the

FILE PHOTO: Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido, who many nations have recognized as the country’s rightful interim ruler, speaks during a press conference in Miami, Florida, U.S. February 1, 2020. REUTERS/Eva Marie Uzcategui CARACAS (Reuters) – The White House in Washington said on Wednesday it will welcome Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido to visit U.S.

HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) – Hong Kong reported its first death from the newly identified coronavirus on Tuesday, the second fatality outside mainland China from an outbreak that has killed over 420 people, spread around the world and raised fears for global economic growth. Medical workers hold a strike outside the Hospital Authority as they demand

LONDON (Reuters) – Police shot dead a man who stabbed two people on a busy street in south London on Sunday in what officials described as a terrorist incident believed to be related to Islamist militancy. Police said in a statement that a hoax device was found strapped to the body of the man killed

LONDON (Reuters) – Police shot dead a man in south London on Sunday after several people were believed to have been stabbed in what police described as a terrorism-related incident. A police officer is seen near a site where a man was shot by armed officers in Streatham, south London, Britain, February 2, 2020. REUTERS/Antonio

BEIJING/MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines on Sunday reported the first overseas death from the growing epidemic of a coronavirus that originated in China, where new confirmed infections jumped by a daily record to top 14,000 cases. A woman wearing a face mask holds a child near a shopping mall in Beijing, China, as the country

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China faced mounting isolation from international travel curbs and flight suspensions on Saturday as the death toll from a spreading coronavirus outbreak rose to 259. The epidemic has led to mass evacuations of foreign citizens and risks exacerbating a slowdown in growth in the world’s second-largest economy. Russia said its aerospace defense

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The number of deaths from a coronavirus epidemic in China rose by 46 to 259 on Friday, the country’s health authority said on Saturday, as the United States announced new border curbs on foreign nationals who have been in China. People wearing face masks look for products at a supermarket, as the

CHICAGO/PARIS (Reuters) – Pilots and flight attendants are demanding airlines stop flights to China as health officials declare a global emergency over the rapidly spreading coronavirus, with American Airlines’ (AAL.O) pilots filing a lawsuit seeking an immediate halt. FILE PHOTO: An American Airlines Airbus A321 plane takes off from Los Angeles International airport (LAX) in

SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – The U.S. government warned Americans not to travel to China as the death toll from a new coronavirus reached 213 on Friday and the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global health emergency. A man wearing a mask looks on near a Chinese national flag at the Tiananmen Square, as the country

BOULOGNE-SUR-MER, France (Reuters) – For the British government, a successful Brexit means re-asserting economic sovereignty and landing a trade deal with Europe. Trawler captain Stephane Fait and his fellow French fisherman could sink that plan. French workers fillet mackerels in a fish processing plant in the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, January 29, 2020. EU fishermen

TOKYO/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A plane of Japanese evacuees from the virus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan arrived in Tokyo on Thursday as the total number of confirmed deaths from the newly identified pathogen in the country rose by 38 to 170 and infections also jumped. FILE PHOTO: Passengers wear masks at Hong Kong West Kowloon High

(Reuters) – Major airlines have suspended some flights to China because of the coronavirus outbreak which has killed more than 130 people in China and spread across the world. Here are the airlines that have suspended flights: BRITISH AIRWAYS The British airline said on Jan. 29 it had suspended all direct flights to and from