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A protester uses a slingshot toward the Lebanese riot police, during anti-government protest following the massive explosion which devastated Beirut, Lebanon. (AP)

Renewed Lebanon protests as pressure mounts on government

Apart from several MPs, Lebanon's information minister and environment minister both announced their resignations on Sunday

10 Aug 2020 10:30 AM

Lebanon's Information Minister Manal Abdel Samad. (AFP)

Lebanon information minister quits in first government resignation over blast

The head of Lebanon's Maronite church meanwhile called on the entire government to step down over the August 4 explosion

09 Aug 2020 3:47 PM

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani gestures as he speaks during the first day of the Loya Jirga, a grand assembly of Afghan elders, at the Loya Jirga Hall in Kabul. (AFP)

Afghan's traditional council frees 400 Taliban prisoners

The move also looks to bring the United States a little closer to bringing its troops home and ending its longest military engagement

09 Aug 2020 1:33 PM

A man poses for a picture with a cardboard cut-out of Hassan Nasrallah (L), the head of Lebanon's Shiite Muslim movement Hezbollah, and former Foreign Minister Gibran Bassil hung by Lebanese protesters in downtown Beirut. (AFP)

Lebanese protesters storm ministry buildings as anger grows over Beirut blasts

Protesters set up symbolic nooses at Beirut’s Martyrs’ Square to hang politicians whose corruption and negligence they blame for explosion

09 Aug 2020 9:57 AM

Iran asks UN to hold US accountable for plane interception

Iran's UN ambassador say a Mahan Airlines Airbus A310 en route to Beirut on July 23 was intercepted by two US F-15 fighter jets

08 Aug 2020 2:00 PM

A man walks past a destroyed car at a neighborhood near the scene of Tuesday's explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon. (AP)

Lebanon president rejects global investigation into Beirut port blast

"There are two possible scenarios for what happened: it was either negligence or foreign interference through a missile or bomb," he said

08 Aug 2020 11:56 AM

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, center, wearing a protective face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, arrives for an Afghan Loya Jirga meeting in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP)

Traditional Afghan council meets to decide on release of 400 Taliban prisoners

The decision will be the last step towards starting negotiations between Kabul’s political leadership and Taliban under a peace deal with US

07 Aug 2020 3:19 PM

Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman. (AFP)

Saudi Arabia seeks to tame nationalist cyber armies

Their posts frequently tag Saudi security agencies, and their collective roar often leads to detentions, sackings and harassment

07 Aug 2020 12:39 PM

Lebanese army soldiers stand guard in front of destroyed ships at the scene where an explosion hit on Tuesday the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon. (AP)

The ship with ammonium nitrate cargo was not meant to stop at Beirut

The chemicals came to Beirut on a leaky Russian-leased cargo ship that, according to its captain, should never have stopped there

07 Aug 2020 9:28 AM

People inspect their car that was damaged in Tuesday's massive explosion in the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. (AP)

Lebanese government orders house arrest of several Beirut port officials

Probe is focusing on how 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate came to be stored at the facility for 6 years and why nothing was done about it

06 Aug 2020 9:12 AM

Aftermath of a massive explosion is seen in in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. Massive explosions rocked downtown Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the port, damaging buildings and blowing out windows and doors as a giant mushroom cloud rose above the capital. Witnesses saw many people injured by flying glass and debris. (AP)

Two massive explosions in Beirut leaves 73 dead, thousands injured

Lebaon's PM said 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored for years in a portside warehouse had blown up, leading to the second explosion

05 Aug 2020 9:11 AM

A picture shows the scene of an explosion in Beirut. AP photo

Huge explosion rocks Beirut

The afternoon blast shook several parts of the capital and thick smoke billowed from the city centre

04 Aug 2020 9:45 PM

There are about 7,70,000 Indians in Oman, of which about 6,55,000 are workers and professionals. (Representational Image: PTI)

Over 50,000 Indians repatriated from Oman since May due to COVID-19

Indians constitute the largest expatriate community in Oman, while more than nine million Indians work and live in the whole Gulf region

03 Aug 2020 5:24 PM

Sumesh, who came to the UAE a year ago, worked as a designer in Sharjah's Muwaileh area. (Representational Image)

Indian engineer falls to death from building in UAE on Eid al-Adha

Reports say Sumesh was talking over the phone and threw it down minutes before the incident

03 Aug 2020 4:28 PM

A wounded man receives treatment at a hospital after a suicide car bomb and multiple gunmen attack in the city of Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP)

Prisoners flee amid ongoing IS militant attack on Afghan jail

The assault began on Sunday evening with car bomb detonated at the entrance to the prison, leading to numerous other blasts later

03 Aug 2020 12:19 PM

Former Lebanese premier Rafic Hariri in Beirut. (AFP)

From Hariri assassination to upcoming verdict on Friday: A recap

The special tribunal trying the four suspects accused of the assassination of Lebanon's ex-PM Rafic Hariri delivers its verdict on August 7

03 Aug 2020 11:52 AM

Four alleged members of the Shiite Muslim fundamentalist group Hezbollah are on trial over the huge Beirut suicide bombing that killed Sunni billionaire Hariri and 21 other people. (AFP)

Verdict due this week in assassination of Lebanon ex-PM Hariri

The judgment harks back to an event that changed the face of Middle East, leading to protests that pushed Syrian forces out of Lebanon

03 Aug 2020 10:30 AM

A protester holds a sign depicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a protest a against him outside Prime Minister residence in Jerusalem. (AP)

Israel's Netanyahu rails at media over protests against him

Demonstrators are calling for the resignation of the long-serving leader, who is on trial for corruption charges

03 Aug 2020 9:53 AM

Iranian Supreme Leader, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses the nation in a televised speech. (AP)

Iran detains head of US-based 'terrorist' group

Jamshid Sharmahd, alleged head of opposition royalist group known as the Kingdom Assembly of Iran, is charged with a 2008 bombing

02 Aug 2020 5:52 PM

Israeli medical workers are briefed during an exercise of the new COVID-19 department at Rambam Hospital in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, Israel. (AP)

Israeli minister for Jerusalem tests positive

Peretz is the second Israeli minister to have been infected with the virus after former health minister Yaakov Litzman

02 Aug 2020 1:31 PM

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