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Indian army soldiers seen at the India-China trade route at Nathu La, 55 km (34 miles) north of Gangtok, capital of India's northeastern state of Sikkim [File: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters]
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India, China troops in ‘minor face-off’ at disputed Sikkim border

Indian army says soldiers from both nuclear-armed nations brawled last week along a disputed stretch of shared border.

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The UN estimates about 114,000 people are jailed in Egypt's appalling prisons [File: Khaled Desouki/AFP]

‘Utterly deplorable’: Egypt’s ‘abusive’ prisons denounced

Rights group says thousands held for years in overcrowded prisons with abysmal conditions; given unhealthy food.

Talks starting Monday are informal and non-binding, but could eventually produce a formal process of negotiation resulting in a treaty [File: AFP]

Greece, Turkey launch Mediterranean crisis talks after 5 years

People wearing face masks depart from a train station in Auckland, New Zealand, August 31, 2020 [File: Fiona Goodall/ Reuters]

New Zealand’s new COVID case is the South African variant

Police detain a man during a protest against the jailing of opposition leader Alexey Navalny in Moscow, Russia, January 23, 2021 [Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP]

EU weighs response to Russian crackdown on pro-Navalny rallies

Biden reinstates US COVID travel restrictions, adds South Africa

Biden reinstates US COVID travel restrictions, adds South Africa

The US has reported more cases of coronavirus than anywhere else in the world [File: Jae C. Hong/AP Photo]

US passes 25m COVID cases, over a quarter of world’s infections

The number of North Koreans defecting to the South has dropped sharply as a result of increasingly strict measures against COVID-19 [File: Kim Won Jin/AFP]

Senior North Korean diplomat defects to South: Reports

Amazon oil extraction contributes to climate change and adversely impacts the health and livelihoods of local Indigenous groups, environmental and Indigenous activists warn [File: Ivan Castaneira/Agencia Tegantai]

Ecuadorian Amazon: Three European banks stop funding trade of oil

The coronavirus pandemic has hurt people living in poverty far harder than the rich, UK-based charity Oxfam says in its latest report [File: Agustin Marcarian/Reuters]

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The UN estimates about 114,000 people are jailed in Egypt's appalling prisons [File: Khaled Desouki/AFP]

‘Utterly deplorable’: Egypt’s ‘abusive’ prisons denounced

Talks starting Monday are informal and non-binding, but could eventually produce a formal process of negotiation resulting in a treaty [File: AFP]

Greece, Turkey launch Mediterranean crisis talks after 5 years

People wearing face masks depart from a train station in Auckland, New Zealand, August 31, 2020 [File: Fiona Goodall/ Reuters]

New Zealand’s new COVID case is the South African variant

Police detain a man during a protest against the jailing of opposition leader Alexey Navalny in Moscow, Russia, January 23, 2021 [Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP]

EU weighs response to Russian crackdown on pro-Navalny rallies

Biden reinstates US COVID travel restrictions, adds South Africa

Biden reinstates US COVID travel restrictions, adds South Africa

The US has reported more cases of coronavirus than anywhere else in the world [File: Jae C. Hong/AP Photo]

US passes 25m COVID cases, over a quarter of world’s infections

The number of North Koreans defecting to the South has dropped sharply as a result of increasingly strict measures against COVID-19 [File: Kim Won Jin/AFP]

Senior North Korean diplomat defects to South: Reports

Amazon oil extraction contributes to climate change and adversely impacts the health and livelihoods of local Indigenous groups, environmental and Indigenous activists warn [File: Ivan Castaneira/Agencia Tegantai]

Ecuadorian Amazon: Three European banks stop funding trade of oil

The coronavirus pandemic has hurt people living in poverty far harder than the rich, UK-based charity Oxfam says in its latest report [File: Agustin Marcarian/Reuters]

COVID has worsened inequality even as the rich thrive: Oxfam

An Egyptian waves a national flag as protesters gather in Tahrir square in Cairo July 8, 2011. Thousands of Egyptians gathered in Cairo”s Tahrir Square on Friday to demand faster reforms and the swifter prosecution of former officials from Hosni Mubarak”s toppled government who face corruption and murder charges. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El-Ghany (EGYPT – Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)

Egypt's revolution 10 years on

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Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Cairo facing a massive police presence to demand the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak on January 25, 2011. [Mohammed Abed/AFP]

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Riot police force anti-government protesters back across the Kasr Al Nile Bridge as they attempt to get into Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt on January 28, 2011 [Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images]

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An anti-government protester defaces a picture of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak in Alexandria on January 25, 2011 [File: Reuters/Stringer]

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Ten years after the Arab Spring

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In a January 28, 2011 photo, pro-democracy activists clash with riot police in Cairo, Egypt [File: AP/Ben Curtis]

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Indian farmers to hold ‘tractor rally’ in capital on Republic Day

Thousands of protesting farmers to drive through New Delhi after Republic Day parade to demand repeal of new farm laws.

Farmers participate in an earlier 'tractor rally' on a highway on the outskirts of New Delhi [File: Adnan Abidi/Reuters]

Nepal’s caretaker PM removed from governing Communist party

Decision was in protest against his abrupt move to dissolve Parliament and call for an early general election.

Members of Nepal's Communist party protest against Oli in the capital Kathmandu on January 22, 2021 [Narendra Shrestha/EPA]

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A protester leads a chant during an anti-government protest in Tahrir Square on January 31, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt [Chris Hondros/Getty Images]
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Somali troops, Jubbaland regional forces clash ahead of elections

Mogadishu accuses Nairobi of supporting ‘rebels’ as fighting breaks out in the town of Bulo Hawo ahead of elections.

Both sides have claimed victory but people in the town said fighting continued and some people had begun to flee [FILE: Abdiqani Hassan/Reuters]
Tropical Cyclone Eloise made landfall around 2:30am (12:30 GMT) on January 23, with wind speeds of 160 kilometres (99 miles) per hour. [UNICEF/Handout via Reuters]
Tropical Cyclone Eloise made landfall around 2:30am (12:30 GMT) on January 23, with wind speeds of 160 kilometres (99 miles) per hour. [UNICEF/Handout via Reuters]
Residents of Beira's Praia Nova neighbourhood seek shelter from Tropical Cyclone Eloise. Eloise is the second cyclone to hit central Mozambique this season, after Chalane in December. [UNICEF/Handout via Reuters]
Residents of Beira's Praia Nova neighbourhood seek shelter from Tropical Cyclone Eloise. Eloise is the second cyclone to hit central Mozambique this season, after Chalane in December. [UNICEF/Handout via Reuters]
People make their way through floodwaters in Beira. The Mozambican port city breathed a sigh of relief on Saturday as Cyclone Eloise caused less damage than feared as it passed through. [AP Photo]
People make their way through floodwaters in Beira. The Mozambican port city breathed a sigh of relief on Saturday as Cyclone Eloise caused less damage than feared as it passed through. [AP Photo]
A flooded street in the city of Beira. [Andre Catueira/EPA]
A flooded street in the city of Beira. [Andre Catueira/EPA]
The severe winds and heavy rains have completely destroyed 1,069 houses, according to Mozambique's National Institute for Disaster Risk Management and Reduction (INGD). [Andre Catueira/EPA]
The severe winds and heavy rains have completely destroyed 1,069 houses, according to Mozambique's National Institute for Disaster Risk Management and Reduction (INGD). [Andre Catueira/EPA]
Aerial view of flooding in Beira in the wake of the cyclone. [Courtesy of Mercy Air via Reuters]
Aerial view of flooding in Beira in the wake of the cyclone. [Courtesy of Mercy Air via Reuters]
Families from Nharrime took shelter in the Samora Machel school in Beira to escape from the winds and heavy rains. [UNICEF/Handout via AFP]
Families from Nharrime took shelter in the Samora Machel school in Beira to escape from the winds and heavy rains. [UNICEF/Handout via AFP]
Mozambique's disaster management body said investigations had shown Eloise had injured 12 people and displaced 6,859. [UNICEF/Handout via AFP]
Mozambique's disaster management body said investigations had shown Eloise had injured 12 people and displaced 6,859. [UNICEF/Handout via AFP]
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In Pictures: Cyclone Eloise displaces thousands in Mozambique
Severe winds and heavy rains damaged thousands of buildings, ruined crops and displaced some 7,000 people in Mozambique.

As long-term COVID risks rise, life insurers impose curbs: Report

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Some COVID-19 victims suffer long-term consequences including severe respiratory problems, organ damage, circulatory impairment and chronic fatigue [File: Amanda Perobelli/Reuters]

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