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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...

9 Aug 2020 1:33 PM IST

A man poses for a picture with a cardboard cut-out of Hassan Nasrallah (L), the head of Lebanons 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...

Protesters set up symbolic nooses at Beirut's Martyrs' Square to hang politicians whose corruption and negligence they...

9 Aug 2020 9:57 AM IST

Iran asks UN to hold US accountable for plane interception

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...

8 Aug 2020 2:00 PM IST

A man walks past a destroyed car at a neighborhood near the scene of Tuesdays 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...

8 Aug 2020 11:56 AM IST

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...

The decision will be the last step towards starting negotiations between Kabul's political leadership and Taliban under...

7 Aug 2020 3:19 PM IST

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...

7 Aug 2020 12:39 PM IST

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...

7 Aug 2020 9:28 AM IST

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

Lebanese government orders house arrest of several Beirut port...

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

6 Aug 2020 9:12 AM IST

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...

5 Aug 2020 9:11 AM IST

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

4 Aug 2020 9:45 PM IST

Passengers wearing face masks arrive at Jai Prakash Narayan Airport during total lockdown in Patna. PTI Photo

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...

3 Aug 2020 5:24 PM IST

The prosecutors told the court on Tuesday that Donald Thurman had confessed to the crime and it ordered he be held without bail. (Reprewsentational 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

3 Aug 2020 4:28 PM IST