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Civilians carry a victim at the explosion scene that hit the seaport, 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)

Beirut explosions: More than 70 killed, thousands injured in the...

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 9:00 AM IST

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

Massive explosion shakes Lebanon-'s capital Beirut

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

4 Aug 2020 9:42 PM IST

Passengers arrive at an airport. PTI photo

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

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

3 Aug 2020 5:21 PM IST

Health workers stretch as they take a break from performing COVID19 rapid tests on residents at a parking lot that has been converted into an extension of the Gat Andres Bonifacio Memorial Medical Center in Manila, Philippines. (AP)

As cases mount, Philippines gives in to health workers-' demand for a...

Medical groups had warned that the country was waging -'a losing battle-' against the coronavirus amid an alarming surge...

3 Aug 2020 1:24 PM IST

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)

Mass jailbreak in Afghanistan as IS militants attack Afghan forces

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

3 Aug 2020 12:03 PM IST

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)

Lebanon ex-PM Hariri assassination verdict due this week

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

3 Aug 2020 10:29 AM IST

Demonstrators chant slogans and hold signs during a rally against Israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside his residence in Jerusalem. (AP)

Netanyahu blames -'biased-' media as Israel protests gain strength

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

3 Aug 2020 9:48 AM IST

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...

2 Aug 2020 5:51 PM IST

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

2 Aug 2020 1:29 PM IST

Japan has so far escaped the worst of the epidemic, with around 35,200 infections and just over 1,000 deaths since the first case was detected in January. (Representational Image: AFP)

US Marines account for most of the -'explosive spread-' in Japan-'s...

The region, which also a popular tourist destination, has declared state of emergency following the recent surge

1 Aug 2020 12:50 PM IST

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam speaks during a news conference in Hong Kong. (AP)

Hong Kong postpones elections by a year citing coronavirus

This comes as a huge blow to Hong Kong-'s democracy supporters as China welcomed the move as -'necessary, reasonable and...

31 July 2020 6:57 PM IST

Mulism pilgrims praying on Mount Arafat, also known as Jabal al-Rahma (Mount of Mercy), southeast of the holy city of Mecca, during the climax of the Hajj pilgrimage amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (AFP)

Pilgrims stone Satan with sanitised pebbles in this year-'s Hajj

Only up to 10,000 Muslims are taking part in the Hajj after millions of international pilgrims were barred due to...

31 July 2020 2:47 PM IST