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Saturday, 08 August 2020
People in Beirut have expressed anger at the government over what they say was negligence that led to Tuesday's huge explosion.
President Michel Aoun said the blast was caused by 2,750 tonnes of ammonium...
Thursday, 06 August 2020
Lebanon is in mourning after a huge explosion in the capital Beirut killed at least 100 people and injured more than 4,000 others on Tuesday.
The whole city was shaken by the blast, which began with a...
Wednesday, 05 August 2020
Tens of millions of people in the Philippines are back in lockdown, after doctors warned a surge in new coronavirus cases could push the healthcare system to collapse.
Stay-at-home orders are now in place...
Saturday, 01 August 2020
At least 17 people have been killed in Afghanistan in a powerful car bomb blast in Logar province.
The explosion came on the eve of a ceasefire declared by the Taliban during the festival of Eid.
The...
Friday, 31 July 2020
The Trump administration is planning to withdraw some federal security forces from Portland, Oregon, after weeks of clashes with protesters.
US Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said the pullout was...
Wednesday, 29 July 2020
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has warned that the city's hospital system could face "collapse" as it grapples with a sharp rise in coronavirus cases.
She said the city was "on the verge of a large-scale...
Tuesday, 28 July 2020
Former Malaysian PM Najib Razak has been found guilty of all seven charges in the first of several multi-million dollar corruption trials.
He had pleaded not guilty to the charges of criminal breach of...
Monday, 27 July 2020
The Sudanese government is sending more troops to the restive Darfur region, following a spike in violence there.
Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said the forces would protect people during the farming...
Saturday, 25 July 2020
China has ordered the closure of the US consulate in the south-western city of Chengdu, the latest in a tit-for-tat escalation between the two countries.
China said the move was a "necessary response"...
Friday, 24 July 2020
China has launched its first rover mission to Mars.
The six-wheeled robot, encapsulated in a protective probe, was lifted off Earth by a Long March 5 rocket from the Wenchang spaceport on Hainan Island...
Wednesday, 22 July 2020
An annual Hindu pilgrimage to a Himalayan cave shrine in Indian-administered Kashmir has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Officials cited rising cases as the reason, saying the health concerns...
Monday, 20 July 2020
The United Arab Emirates' historic first mission to Mars is under way, after a successful lift-off in Japan.
The Hope probe launched on an H2-A rocket from Tanegashima spaceport, and is now on a 500-million-km...
Sunday, 19 July 2020
The FBI has launched an investigation after hackers hijacked Twitter accounts of a number of high-profile US figures in an apparent Bitcoin scam.
"The accounts appear to have been compromised" to perpetrate...
Thursday, 16 July 2020
Billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates are among many prominent US figures targeted by hackers on Twitter in an apparent Bitcoin scam.
The official accounts of Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Kanye...
Wednesday, 15 July 2020
On Tuesday morning, at home under virus lockdown in Melbourne, historian Jenny Hocking finally laid eyes on the secret letters she had fought for years to see.
The scans on her screen were 45-year-old...
Tuesday, 14 July 2020
California has reimposed restrictions on businesses and public spaces amid a spike of coronavirus infections in America's most populous state.
Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday ordered an immediate halt...
Monday, 13 July 2020
The first federal execution in the United States for more than 17 years is set to go ahead in Indiana on Monday following a ruling by an appeal court.
Daniel Lewis Lee and an accomplice were convicted...
Saturday, 11 July 2020
The US has announced sanctions against Chinese politicians who it says are responsible for human rights violations against Muslim minorities in Xinjiang.
China is accused of mass detentions, religious...
Friday, 10 July 2020
The US police officer accused of George Floyd's murder told him to stop talking as he repeatedly gasped under the man's knee, according to court documents.
The unarmed black man cried out for his late...
Tuesday, 07 July 2020
TikTok has said it will quit Hong Kong after China imposed a new security law on the city.
"In light of recent events, we've decided to stop operations of the TikTok app in Hong Kong," a spokesman told...
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