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Myanmar's civil leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained in an early morning crackdown by the military [File: Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters]
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Aung San Suu Kyi, ruling party leaders detained in Myanmar

Early morning raids follow rumours of coup amid military questioning of November election results.

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A boy with a fishnet stands on the oil stained bank of a creek near Goi, Nigeria [File: Martin Van Dijl/EPA]

Nigerian farmers hail Shell ruling, but future remains uncertain

Trump moved to Florida after leaving office last month where he is preparing for his second impeachment trial [File: Carlos Barria/Reuters]

Trump says hires new lawyers to defend him in impeachment

The new coronavirus strain, different from the one in the UK, appears to be more infectious than the original virus in South Africa [Jerome Delay/AP Photo]C

After criticism, South Africa set to receive 1 million COVID jabs

The British World War II veteran broke two Guinness world records, was knighted by Queen Elizabeth, and scored a Number 1 single last year [File: Reuters]

UK: Centenarian fundraiser Captain Tom hospitalised with COVID

A demonstrator protests against Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro and his handling of the COVID-19 outbreak, during a protest in Sao Paulo on January 31 [Amanda Perobelli/Reuters]

More Brazil protests against Bolsonaro’s COVID-19 response

Somali military personnel arrive at the scene of a bomb explosion at the Afrik Hotel in Mogadishu [Said Yusuf Warsame/EPA]

Car bombing hits Mogadishu hotel; al-Shabab fighters storm inside

Debretsion Gebremichael has remained on the run for months [File: Tiksa Negeri/Reuters]

Removed leader of Ethiopia’s Tigray promises ‘resistance’: Audio

President Joe Biden made a robust response to the coronavirus central to his campaign [File: Matt Rourke/The Associated Press]

Republicans urge Biden to scale down $1.9 trillion COVID relief


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Russia arrests thousands as crackdown on Navalny allies continues

Russia arrests thousands as crackdown on Navalny allies continues

A boy with a fishnet stands on the oil stained bank of a creek near Goi, Nigeria [File: Martin Van Dijl/EPA]

Nigerian farmers hail Shell ruling, but future remains uncertain

Trump moved to Florida after leaving office last month where he is preparing for his second impeachment trial [File: Carlos Barria/Reuters]

Trump says hires new lawyers to defend him in impeachment

The new coronavirus strain, different from the one in the UK, appears to be more infectious than the original virus in South Africa [Jerome Delay/AP Photo]C

After criticism, South Africa set to receive 1 million COVID jabs

The British World War II veteran broke two Guinness world records, was knighted by Queen Elizabeth, and scored a Number 1 single last year [File: Reuters]

UK: Centenarian fundraiser Captain Tom hospitalised with COVID

A demonstrator protests against Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro and his handling of the COVID-19 outbreak, during a protest in Sao Paulo on January 31 [Amanda Perobelli/Reuters]

More Brazil protests against Bolsonaro’s COVID-19 response

Somali military personnel arrive at the scene of a bomb explosion at the Afrik Hotel in Mogadishu [Said Yusuf Warsame/EPA]

Car bombing hits Mogadishu hotel; al-Shabab fighters storm inside

Debretsion Gebremichael has remained on the run for months [File: Tiksa Negeri/Reuters]

Removed leader of Ethiopia’s Tigray promises ‘resistance’: Audio

President Joe Biden made a robust response to the coronavirus central to his campaign [File: Matt Rourke/The Associated Press]

Republicans urge Biden to scale down $1.9 trillion COVID relief

Hungary: Protesters at Heroes' Square in Budapest rally against the coronavirus containment measures and their economic effect. [Bernadett Szabo/Reuters]
Hungary: Protesters at Heroes' Square in Budapest rally against the coronavirus containment measures and their economic effect. [Bernadett Szabo/Reuters]
Hungary: Most protesters in the capital wore masks but defied rules that ban public gathering, so police started asking for documents on the scene. [Bernadett Szabo/Reuters]
Hungary: Most protesters in the capital wore masks but defied rules that ban public gathering, so police started asking for documents on the scene. [Bernadett Szabo/Reuters]
Belgium: Demonstrators take part in an unauthorised rally near the Brussels Central Station in the capital. [Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP]
Belgium: Demonstrators take part in an unauthorised rally near the Brussels Central Station in the capital. [Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP]
Belgium: 'We remind you that there is no authorisation to come and demonstrate this Sunday,' the Brussels police said on Twitter. 'Those people who still intend to demonstrate in Brussels today will be approached, dissuaded from staying and if necessary' arrested, it added.
[Olivier Hoslet/EPA]
Belgium: 'We remind you that there is no authorisation to come and demonstrate this Sunday,' the Brussels police said on Twitter. 'Those people who still intend to demonstrate in Brussels today will be approached, dissuaded from staying and if necessary' arrested, it added. [Olivier Hoslet/EPA]
Austria: People in the capital, Vienna, take part in a demonstration against the ongoing restrictions related to the pandemic. [Georg Hochmuth/APA/AFP]
Austria: People in the capital, Vienna, take part in a demonstration against the ongoing restrictions related to the pandemic. [Georg Hochmuth/APA/AFP]
Austria: The crowd, which police estimated at 5,000, gathered on a square in central Vienna across the central ring road from the former imperial palace and government offices. Rows of police in riot gear and face masks prevented the crowd from marching down the ring road. [Alex Halada/AFP]
Austria: The crowd, which police estimated at 5,000, gathered on a square in central Vienna across the central ring road from the former imperial palace and government offices. Rows of police in riot gear and face masks prevented the crowd from marching down the ring road. [Alex Halada/AFP]
The Netherlands: Police in Amsterdam disbursed a protest as authorities sought to prevent a repeat of the riots that raged across cities for three days last week. [Reuters]
The Netherlands: Police in Amsterdam disbursed a protest as authorities sought to prevent a repeat of the riots that raged across cities for three days last week. [Reuters]
The Netherlands: The addition of a nighttime curfew to an already broad lockdown triggered last week's violent demonstrations. Shops were looted in several cities and 500 people were arrested. [Reuters]
The Netherlands: The addition of a nighttime curfew to an already broad lockdown triggered last week's violent demonstrations. Shops were looted in several cities and 500 people were arrested. [Reuters]
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In Pictures: European capitals hit by anti-COVID curbs protests
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Barcelona to sue newspaper for publishing Messi’s $674m contract

El Mundo says Lionel Messi’s deal is ‘largest in the history of sport’ and contributed to Catalan club’s financial woes.

Messi is Barcelona's all-time scorer with 650 goals [File: Getty Images]

At least 13 killed in car bombs, shooting in Syria’s north

Shooting in northeastern city of Hassakeh kills one; two car bombings in Aleppo claim lives of 12.

At least 13 killed in car bombs, shooting in Syria’s north

MSF suspends work in San Salvador area after ambulance attacked

Medical aid organisation says ambulance was ‘attacked by an armed group’ east of El Salvador’s capital early on Sunday.

The city of San Salvador is seen from the San Salvador volcano during rain caused by tropical storm Eta, on November 4, 2020 [File: Jose Cabezas/Reuters]

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AstraZeneca pledges EU 9 million extra doses of COVID vaccine

Increase announced by EU Commission president to bring first-quarter shots to 40m.

A nurse prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease vaccine at Matei Bals Infectious Diseases Institute in Bucharest, Romania [File: Reuters]

Iran’s Zarif calls for ‘inclusive government’ in Taliban talks

Tehran finds itself in a delicate position in talks to stop violence in neighbouring Afghanistan.

A Taliban delegation, led by chief negotiator Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, centre, leave after peace talks with Afghan politicians in Moscow in 2019 [Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters]

Dreams dashed: Trump’s Muslim ban damage may never be undone

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Demonstrators protest against the Supreme Court ruling upholding former president Donald Trump's travel ban in Washington, DC [File: Carolyn Kaster/AP]

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