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Fighters and farmers step in to help Beirut after the blast
Middle East
August 19, 2020
Fighters and farmers step in to help Beirut after the blast
AMMAN (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – From former fighters repairing damaged buildings to rural women preparing meals, people from across Lebanon…
Lebanese customs chief arrested over Beirut blast
Middle East
August 18, 2020
Lebanese customs chief arrested over Beirut blast
BEIRUT (AP) — The head of Lebanon’s customs authority was formally arrested on Monday after being questioned over the massive…
UN-backed court to deliver verdicts in Hariri assassination
World
August 18, 2020
UN-backed court to deliver verdicts in Hariri assassination
LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (AP) — The presiding judge at a UN-backed tribunal in the Netherlands began delivering verdicts Tuesday in the…
UN-backed court to issue verdicts in Lebanon’s Hariri case
Middle East
August 17, 2020
UN-backed court to issue verdicts in Lebanon’s Hariri case
BEIRUT (AP) — More than 15 years after the truck bomb assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in…
US says no bailout for Lebanon, calls for change
Middle East
August 16, 2020
US says no bailout for Lebanon, calls for change
BEIRUT (AP) — There can be no financial bailout for Lebanon, a senior US official said Saturday, calling on the…
Lebanon faces ‘biggest danger’, needs elections, says patriarch
Middle East
August 16, 2020
Lebanon faces ‘biggest danger’, needs elections, says patriarch
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s top Christian cleric called on Sunday for early parliamentary elections and a government formed to rescue…
Lebanese president says Beirut aid should go where needed
Middle East
August 16, 2020
Lebanese president says Beirut aid should go where needed
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Saturday that international aid pledged following a massive explosion in Beirut…
US calls for credible probe into Beirut blast
Middle East
August 15, 2020
US calls for credible probe into Beirut blast
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A senior US official called on Saturday for a “thorough, transparent and credible” investigation into this month’s…
Hezbollah will respond if Israel behind Beirut blast, says Nasrallah
Middle East
August 15, 2020
Hezbollah will respond if Israel behind Beirut blast, says Nasrallah
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday that his group would wait for results of an…
Hariri assassination victims await justice 15 years on
Middle East
August 4, 2020
Hariri assassination victims await justice 15 years on
BEIRUT (Reuters) — Ehsan Fayed keeps reliving the day her husband was killed in a 2005 bombing in which Lebanon’s…