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World News Hits on Monday


Mon 17 Feb 2020 | 03:46 PM
Ahmad El-Assasy

SEENews previews the most dominating headlines of the daily world news. The most popular news titles on Monday came as follows:

Coronavirus: Americans from Quarantined Cruise Ship Flown from Japan

Two planes carrying hundreds of US citizens from a coronavirus-hit cruise ship have left Japan, officials say.

One plane has landed at a US Air Force airbase in California, and its passengers will be isolated at military facilities for 14 days. (BBC)

Coronavirus Cases Rise As Recessions Loom in Singapore, Japan

Japan and Singapore appeared to be on the brink of the recession on Monday as the coronavirus epidemic disrupted tourism and supply chains around the world, and as China imposed tougher restrictions to try and stop the virus spreading further. (Reuters)

These Are the Faces Representing Ingrid Escamilla, the Young Woman Brutally Killed and Skinned In Mexico

Another march against femicide took to the streets this weekend, this time in solidarity with 25-year-old Ingrid Escamilla, who was found brutally slain a week ago, her body skinned and missing some of its organs. (CNN)

Syrian Forces Seize Most of Aleppo Province, on Eve of Turkey-Russia Talks

Syrian government forces made significant advances on Sunday in the country's northwestern Aleppo province, seizing most of the rebel-held region, state media said, a day before a new round of talks between Turkey and Russia on the escalation in the area. (EuroNews)

‘No Shred of Evidence’: Iran Demands US Presents Proof of Saudi Oil Attacks Claim After UN Report Release

Tehran slammed the US for using a recent UN report to peddle its Saudi oil attack claims, accusing Washington of “clutching at every straw” to back up the allegations, while the report itself is based on shaky hypotheses. (Russia Today)

Imran Khan Claims India's 'Nazism-Based Ultranationalist Ideology' Will Lead to Refugee Crisis

Imran Khan has been calling for a dialogue with India since taking office in 2018, but after New Delhi's revocation of the special status of Kashmir in August 2019 and an amendment in the citizenship law in December, he accused world leaders of ignoring the "ultranationalist" ideology adopted by the Narendra Modi-led India. (Sputnik)

Iran: US Sanctions 'Create Some Problems'; Talks Possible with Conditions

The U.S. "maximum pressure" policy aimed at isolating Iran will not work, but the regime would be willing to negotiate if the Trump administration returns to the Iranian nuclear deal and drops economic sanctions, President Hassan Rouhani said Sunday. (USA Today)