Coronavirus: China announces drop in new cases for third straight day https://t.co/C2Y3Us6TSW
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) February 16, 2020
#UPDATE More than 68,000 people have now been infected in China from a virus that emerged in central Hubei province in December before spreading across the country and some two dozen countrieshttps://t.co/6NYpEWe5PC pic.twitter.com/UNMp41e3At
— AFP news agency (@AFP) February 16, 2020
North Korea's Kim makes first public appearance in 22 days amid virus outbreak https://t.co/UI2TnCgFP4 pic.twitter.com/x4NMgg8FJW
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 16, 2020
#UPDATE Multiple rockets hit near the US embassy in Iraq's capital, the latest in a flurry of attacks against US assets in the country https://t.co/QTaWqw2mOn pic.twitter.com/DlyygDv7Nf
— AFP news agency (@AFP) February 16, 2020
Now that the Taliban and the United States have agreed to a "reduction in violence" in Afghanistan, hopes are high a peace deal will follow - although analysts warn the attempt to stem the bloodshed is fraught with complications pic.twitter.com/FIEjcqDbxA
— AFP news agency (@AFP) February 16, 2020
Saturday marks the 31st anniversary of the last Soviet soldier leaving Afghanistan. Some of the same Afghan insurgent leaders who drove out the former Soviet Union have fought the U.S. for 18 years and are now negotiating for peace. https://t.co/232vtvLpCT
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 15, 2020