U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis has called for ceasefire talks for the ongoing Yemen war. Yemen's bloody civil war is being fought between a US-Saudi coalition and a Houthi insurgency backed by Iran. Mattis has said that the crisis has been going on for 'long enough' and US wants everyone on the table for peace talks within the next 30 days. 

Calling the&nbsp;coronavirus&nbsp;outbreak the largest public health emergency and a big test for China, Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday addressed fears related to the mass epidemic, in a televised conference, in a bid to double the&nbsp;efforts to control the fast spreading virus.&nbsp; Xi acknowledged the debilitating effect the virus will have on Chinese economy and society. However, he said the effects will be 'short-term' and controllable. Almost 77,000 cases of the virus have been confirmed so far while the death toll has crossed 2,400.

A nine-year-old Australian boy who was bullied at school over his height was the star of a rugby exhibition match on Saturday.&nbsp;Quaden&nbsp;Bayles received a warm reception as he led out the National Rugby League&rsquo;s Indigenous All Stars team for their match against the Maori All-Stars. The team&rsquo;s fullback, Rabbitoh Latrell, had extended him the invite after a heart-wrenching video of Bayles went viral on&nbsp;Facebook. In the video shot by his mother after a bullying incident at school, an inconsolable Bayles was heard saying he wants to kill himself. He was reportedly bullied by one of his schoolmates over his height. Bayles, in fact, has a genetic disorder that results in dwarfism.&nbsp;

The United States Embassy has said while it has no objection to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia accompanying First Lady Melania Trump on her visit to a Delhi government school, but it should not&nbsp;be seen as&nbsp;a political event. Reports had earlier said that Kejriwal and Sisodia would not accompany Melania Trump on her visit to the south Delhi school on Tuesday. Melania, who is arriving in India on February 24 as part of President Donald Trump&rsquo;s official visit, will interact with students and observe a 'happiness class'.&nbsp;

US president Donald Trump left for India with first lady Melena Trump and daughter Ivanka Trump. Before boarding the plane, he called Prime Minister Narendra Modi his friend and said he gets along very well with him. &ldquo;I look forward to being with the people of India, we will be with millions and millions of people. I get along very well with the Prime Minister (Narendra Modi), he is a friend of mine. PM told me this will be the biggest event they have ever had,&rdquo; he said.&nbsp;Meanwhile Trump&rsquo;s daughter and adviser Ivanka Trump said she is&nbsp;honoured&nbsp;to return to India to celebrate the &lsquo;grand friendship&rsquo; between the world&rsquo;s two largest democracies which has &lsquo;never been stronger before&rsquo;.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said that his country was open to talks with the European Union on possible ways to save the 2015 landmark nuclear deal between Tehran and major world powers. In a meeting with Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok in Tehran, Rouhani reportedly said that Iran believes that the nuclear deal served the interests of the region and the world and the US move harms all nations and even the American people. He blamed the&nbsp;EU,&nbsp;saying&nbsp;the conglomerate unfortunately failed to take effective steps in line with mutual relations and the fulfilment of its commitments.&nbsp;

Hours before he departs for his much-anticipated visit to India, US President Donald Trump on Saturday said he is looking forward to being with his 'great friends' in the country. Trump retweeted a morphed clip of the film 'Baahubali', where his face was superimposed on that of the protagonist Prabhas. The clip also featured Ivanka Trump, Melania Trump, and Trump Jr. The US President will reach Ahmedabad by noon on Monday and is slated to address a mammoth crowd of more than 100,000 people at the Motera Stadium.

The United States will start enforcing a regulation on Monday, that could deny green cards or permanent residency to legal immigrants who seek public benefits like food stamps. The move might affect a number of Indians who are on H-1B visas and are in queues to get permanent residency. The decision comes after a ruling by the US Supreme Court, which lifted the final injunction on the 'public charge' regulation. The White House has said, the rule will protect hardworking American taxpayers, safeguard welfare programs for truly needy Americans, reduce the Federal deficit, and re-establish the fundamental legal principle that newcomers in America, should be financially self-reliant and not dependent on United States taxpayers.

South Korea says the number of new coronavirus cases in the country has more than doubled in just one day. Officials reported 123 more coronavirus cases on Sunday, taking the nationwide total to 556. In a televised address, South Korean Prime Minister described the situation as grave. Many of the new cases are linked to a hospital and to a religious group near the south-eastern city of Daegu. Four patients in South Korea have died so far and there are fears that the numbers could rise.

Bernie Sanders scored a resounding victory in Nevada's presidential caucuses on Saturday, cementing his status as the Democrats' national front-runner. The win built on his victory in the New Hampshire primary earlier this month. The 78-year-old Vermont senator successfully rallied his fiercely loyal base and tapped into support from Nevada's large Latino community as the Democratic contest moved into a state with a significant minority population. His victory comes amid concerns from pro-establishment Democrats who fear that Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist is too extreme to defeat Trump.

A 17-day-old newborn diagnosed with coronavirus was treated and discharged from hospital on Friday, China's Central Television reported.&nbsp;She has become the youngest person to recover from the virus in Wuhan.&nbsp;When she was born on February 5, her mother was diagnosed with the disease and the baby was immediately sent to Wuhan Children's Hospital. CCTV said on February 9, the newborn tested positive for the virus and her CT image also showed features of the disease.&nbsp;

As US presidential election inches closer, the manipulated video war on Twitter intensified with the micro - blogging platform - after suspending 70 accounts posting pro-Michael Bloomberg content on Saturday censored an official video released by RNC Research, managed by the Republican Party in the US. In the Republican video titled &lsquo;I've seen it getting better and better&rsquo;, manufacturing workers in the &lsquo;blue collar room&rsquo; are seen praising President Donald Trump for his work to strengthen the US economy.&nbsp;The Twitter moderation team flagged the video as containing "potentially sensitive content," reports said the Twitter action irked Donald Trump Jr who immediately tweeted and called the move is a disgrace.&nbsp;&nbsp;

A video of two passengers who took extreme steps to avoid coronavirus infection has taken social media by storm. The passengers on board a flight in Australia&nbsp;wraped&nbsp;themselves in plastic sheets, clearly depicting how scared people are since the virus outbreak in December that has killed over 2,300 people so far. The scared passengers also used hoods and armholes along with face masks that has left many on social media in splits.&nbsp; &nbsp;

The World Health Organization has said the number of coronavirus cases with no clear link to China is a cause for concern, adding that the window of opportunity to contain the virus was narrowing. WHO chief's comments come after Iran announced four deaths of infected patients who had no link to China. Outside China over 1,152 cases of the virus have been confirmed in 26 countries, the biggest cluster of confirmed cases being in South Korea. The World Health organisation said the number of cases with no clear epidemiological link, such as travel history to or contact with a confirmed case is alarming.

Israel confirmed its first case of new coronavirus on Friday, in a citizen who flew home from Japan earlier this week after being quarantined on the stricken cruise ship Diamond Princess.&nbsp;A total of 15 Israelis were among the passengers quarantined on board the Diamond Princess, of whom 11 have flown home. The others all tested negative for the virus. The returning Israelis had all been placed in quarantine for 14 days at the Sheba Hospital in the central town of Tel Hashomer. The development comes after Australia also confirmed that two returnees from the cruise ship had tested positive for coronavirus.

The United States is preparing to sign a deal with the Taliban on February 29, building on an agreement on reducing violence across Afghanistan, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday. The partial truce will mark a historic step in more than 18 years of gruelling conflict in Afghanistan and would pave the way for a deal that could, ultimately, see the war end.&nbsp;Pompeo said that intra-Afghan negotiations would begin shortly after the February 29 signing, expected to take place in Doha.

China on Friday denied any delay in allowing a special Indian flight to the coronavirus-hit Wuhan city to deliver medical supplies and evacuate remaining Indians from there, saying the concerned departments of both the countries were in touch to finalise the schedule. India on February 17 announced that it will send Indian Air Force's largest plane C-17 Globemaster with medical supplies to Wuhan&nbsp;and bring back its nationals as well as citizens from all neighbouring countries who were still stuck there on the return flight. The plane was supposed to take off on Thursday but as of Friday afternoon it was still waiting for China's clearance, official sources told the Hindustan Times. This as the&nbsp;death toll in China rose to 2,236 with the overall confirmed infection cases climbing to 75,465.

Two Australians evacuated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship have tested positive for coronavirus on their return home despite being cleared in Japan.&nbsp;Health officials in Canberra told AFP all 164 Australians who returned home earlier this week were tested for COVID-19 in Japan and returned negative results. But six evacuees have since been retested, and two -- described as an older person and a younger person -- were found to be infected. Australian officials stressed the discovery was &lsquo;not unexpected&rsquo;, given the continued spread of the disease on the Diamond Princess after testing began.&nbsp;

Pakistan will remain in the Financial Action Task Force's 'grey list' but has been given a sharp warning to deliver on the remaining 13 action points in the next four months or risk being blacklisted, say reports. The Paris-based terror funding watchdog, which reviewed reports from Pakistan on the action taken to curb terror financing by Imran Khan's govt at its plenary meet, reportedly found many gaps in Pakistan's deliverables on its 27-point pledge. The FATF has warned Pakistan to complete its full action plan by June 2020 or be blacklisted if no significant and sustainable progress is made.

US President Donald Trump and wife Melania Trump, who are visiting India on February 24-25, will be accompanied by daughter Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, according to multiple reports. Ivanka and Jared are advisers to the US President. The four are scheduled to travel to Ahmedabad and then to Agra, where they will see the Taj Mahal, before arriving in New Delhi. Ivanka had visited Hyderabad in November 2017.&nbsp;The first lady, Melania Trump, is also scheduled to visit a Delhi government school to attend a &lsquo;happiness class&rsquo;, where she will be likely received by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia.&nbsp;

Vietnamese authorities have charged seven people in connection with the deaths of 39 citizens, who were found dead in a refrigerated lorry in the UK's Essex county last year.&nbsp;The migrants, including two 15-year-olds, were found in the lorry on an industrial estate in Essex and were mostly from poor and rural areas of Vietnam's north-central provinces. The Ha&nbsp;Tinh&nbsp;provincial police said the seven charged persons created immigration profiles for 67 people from various Vietnamese localities for illegal work in the UK and Europe. Six of the accused are in custody, and police said they would request an Interpol red notice for another, who is a woman living in&nbsp;China.

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