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![Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed on October 2, 2018, after he went to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to retrieve documents for his marriage [File: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/9d7118a5e43e44e1a65c34e893a091b1_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
![Ghosn, who was arrested in Tokyo on financial misconduct allegations in 2018, skipped bail while awaiting trial [File: Kyodo via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/4e376cf8358548b9b63f3123f9f869eb_18.jpeg?resize=120%2C80)
![A woman crying outside a prison where inmates were killed during a riot that the government described as a concerted action by criminal organisations, in Guayaquil, Ecuador [Vicente Gaibor del Pino/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2021-02-24T054848Z_476707425_RC2TYL97HYSZ_RTRMADP_3_ECUADOR-PRISONS.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![Since 2014, more than 20,000 migrants and refugees have died at sea while trying to reach Europe from Africa [File: Faras Ghani/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/3dd75443d3dd40feab0c17ad98aad623_18.jpeg?resize=120%2C80)
![Tanzania stopped releasing figures on COVID-19 in April 2020 [File: Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2021-02-20T225109Z_874913793_RC2MWL9GKNDW_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-TANZANIA-1.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![Navalny is currently in a Russian jail after a court ruled he broke the terms of a suspended sentence [AFP photo/Moscow City Court press service/handout]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/000_9223WY.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![Pedestrians walk past a Pacific Gas and Electric sign in San Francisco. The company faces another legal challenge to a $13.5bn settlement with more than 80,000 Northern California victims worried they are being short-changed [File: Jeff Chiu/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/AP_20107692800375.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![Johnson & Johnson's vaccine was 66 percent effective in preventing COVID-19 infections from multiple coronavirus variants in a global trial involving nearly 44,000 people, the company said last month [File: Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-01-29T130041Z_216551949_RC2PHL9XI3NV_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-VACCINES-JOHNSON-JOHNSON.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![Last week, the Taliban issued an 'open letter' calling on Washington to pull out the troops [File: Sorin Furcoi/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/c03b699cda5242cbbbe2aa516d156530_18.jpeg?resize=120%2C80)
![Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed on October 2, 2018, after he went to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to retrieve documents for his marriage [File: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/9d7118a5e43e44e1a65c34e893a091b1_18.jpeg?resize=120%2C80)
Biden overturns Trump ban on many green card applicants
Trump-era measure restricting many visa applicants cited need to protect US jobs amid COVID-19 pandemic.
![US President Joe Biden signs an executive order at the White House on February 24, 2021 [Jonathan Ernst
/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2021-02-24T223521Z_1768578499_RC2AZL9WYHSP_RTRMADP_3_USA-BIDEN-SUPPLY-CHAINS.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Supporters of jailed Georgia politician rally outside prison
Hundreds protest in Rustavi, expressing solidarity with opposition leader Melia a day after his arrest.
![A motorcade with hundreds of Melia's supporters arrived in the southeastern town of Rustavi to stage a rally outside the prison [Vano Shlamov/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/000_93N9TH.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
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US Fed probing ‘operational error’ that halted bank transfers
An ‘operational error resulted in disruption of service’ in Fed systems that process trillions of dollars in payments.
![The affected Federal Reserve services form the hidden backbone of the United States banking system, facilitating cheque clearing and allowing payments to flow through the financial system [File: Leah Millis/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/b96ae1e2ea304cb385800dc1431af1db_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
Over a dozen killed in latest attacks blamed on notorious militia
Deaths bring the number of civilians killed by armed groups in Beni since November 2019 to at least 1,013.
Rebound: Bitcoin rises after volatile crypto swing
The digital token rose as much as 7 percent on Wednesday after sinking 13 percent on Tuesday.
![Cathie Wood, the head of Ark Investment Management, said in a Bloomberg interview Tuesday that she’s 'very positive on Bitcoin, very happy to see a healthy correction here' [File: Bloomberg]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/bbb.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Niger opposition leader alleges election fraud, declares victory
Mahamane Ousmane insists ‘fraud’ committed ‘pretty much everywhere in all of Niger’s regions’.
![Ousmane, 71, won just under 17 percent in the first round but gained pledges of support from a coalition of 18 opposition parties in the days before the runoff [File: Boureima Hama/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/000_Par7908500.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Venezuela expels head of EU delegation after new sanctions
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said Isabel Brilhante had 72 hours to leave the country.
![Venezuela's Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza talking to the European Union's ambassador to Venezuela, Isabel Brilhante, during a meeting at the Foreign Ministry headquarters in Caracas, Venezuela on February 24, 2021 [Manaure Quintero/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2021-02-24T150937Z_813575570_RC23ZL9V9462_RTRMADP_3_VENEZUELA-EU.jpg?resize=570%2C380)