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A total of 15 Israelis were among the passengers quarantined on board the Diamond Princess, of whom 11 have flown home.

'Parasite', a dark comedy exploring class divides, made history by becoming the first non-English-language film to win Hollywood's biggest annual prize.

News of the missing boat comes amid criticism of the European Union's lack of rescue missions in the Mediterranean Sea.

Officials said a dark vehicle was seen leaving the scene of the first shooting, and another shooting was reported at a second site.

Two ministers briefed the parents for the first time on Wednesday, telling them the students' welfare was better off in China and Pakistan did not have adequate facilities to quarantine them if they returned.

The reopening of the airport comes days after the Russian-backed Syrian army said it had seized rural areas northwest of Aleppo, a major strategic gain in weeks of bombing of the last rebel bastion in northwestern Syria.

The case of Fernando Baez has shocked Argentina and dominated media headlines after a video of the January 18 incident circulated widely on social media.

The entry of Chinese citizens will be suspended from February 20 -- this includes visits related to work, studies or private travel.

Products that will qualify for the exemptions include patient monitors, blood transfusion equipment and instruments to measure blood pressure, according to a list released by the Tariff Commission of the State Council.

The aid being distributed had been given by Babagana Umara Zulum, the governor of Borno state in northeast Nigeria, a Nigerian official told AFP.

Khan's assertion comes at a time when The United States, India, and Afghanistan have long accused Pakistan of providing safe havens to some dreaded terror groups.

The 56-year-old Aziz Memon had worked as a reporter and cameraman for a local TV station in southwestern Sindh province. His family said he was brutally killed but they have no idea who was behind the slaying.

The mayor of Boundore commune said the attack occurred in the town of Pansy in Yagha province. The roughly 20 attackers separated men from women close to a Protestant church.

Claudio Gomez, 21, of Monte Alto, Texas, was being held Friday in the Hidalgo County Jail, charged with torturing a non-livestock animal, a third-degree felony punishable by two to 10 years in prison. Bond was set at $10,000.

After consulting health experts, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines advised churchgoers to avoid hand contact and receive the Eucharist, which symbolizes the body of Jesus Christ, in the hand instead of the mouth.

At least 285 people on the Diamond Princess have contracted the illness but hundreds of passengers and crew have not yet been tested as they wait in a quarantine that was scheduled to end February 19.