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Former French Prime Minister François Fillon has appeared in court for his role in a “fake jobs” scandal.

An Indian policeman has been killed in Delhi in protests over a controversial new citizenship law, hours before a scheduled visit to the capital by US President Donald Trump.

North Korea has quarantined 380 foreigners in a bid to stop the coronavirus from breaking out.

At least nine people were killed and 37 others injured in Turkey’s Van province following an earthquake early on Sunday.

A US daredevil pilot has been killed during an attempted launch of a homemade rocket in the Californian desert.

Italian officials have cut short the Venice Carnival as they try to control what is now the worst outbreak of the coronavirus in Europe.

Russia has flatly denied allegations that it is spreading disinformation about the new coronavirus outbreak on social media.

French President Emmanuel Macron has said he is “not sure” a UK-EU trade deal will be struck by 31 December, the end of the Brexit transition period.

A male patient who was diagnosed with the novel coronavirus and treated at Dongguk University Medical Center in the city of Gyeongju, South Korea, died on Sunday.

At least nine people including three children are dead in eastern Turkey after an earthquake with its epicentre in neighbouring Iran.

A Togo opposition leader has accused authorities of setting up fake polling stations in Saturday’s presidential election to skew the result in favour of the incumbent.

Bernie Sanders scored a commanding victory in Nevada’s presidential caucuses today.