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'Hero' Lebanon hostage-taker turns self in after bank drama
AFP, Published on 11/08/2022
» BEIRUT - Bystanders hailed as a hero an armed customer who held bank staff hostage for hours Thursday in Lebanon because he couldn't access funds frozen after the country's economic collapse.
Lebanon awaits results of first vote since multiple crises
AFP, Published on 16/05/2022
» BEIRUT - The results of Lebanon's first elections since multiple crises ravaged the country were expected Monday, with opposition groups hoping for modest but unprecedented gains.
Foreign firms vie to rebuild ravaged Beirut port
AFP, Published on 14/04/2021
» BEIRUT: Eight months after a massive blast ripped through Beirut port and nearby districts of the Lebanese capital, a host of foreign companies with different national interests are competing to rebuild it.
'Execute them': Lebanon protesters demand revenge after blast
AFP, Published on 08/08/2020
» BEIRUT - Mock gallows nooses tied to brooms: Lebanese protesters on Saturday clamoured for bloody revenge against a leadership they blame for the massive blast that engulfed their capital.
Two huge Beirut explosions kill 78, injure thousands
AFP, Published on 05/08/2020
» BEIRUT: Rescuers worked through the night into Wednesday after two enormous explosions ripped through Beirut's port, killing at least 78 people and injuring thousands, and destroying buildings across the Lebanese capital.
Apocalyptic scenes as blasts ravage Beirut
AFP, Published on 05/08/2020
» BEIRUT - An entire port engulfed in fire, ships ablaze at sea and crumbling buildings: the site of the massive blast in Beirut's harbour area resembled a post-nuclear landscape.
Muppets help conflict kids in new Arabic 'Sesame Street'
AFP, Published on 02/02/2020
» DUBAI - A band of Muppets, both old favourites and new friends, will star in an Arabic retooling of "Sesame Street" with a regional twist.
Tears, grief mark 17th anniversary of Indonesia's Bali bombings
AFP, Published on 13/10/2019
» DENPASAR: Hundreds of mourners and survivors on Saturday commemorated the 17th anniversary of the Bali bombings that killed more than 200 people on the Indonesian resort island, as Islamic militant attacks continue to plague the country.
Sword-wielding men attack Indonesia police HQ in latest terror
AFP, Published on 16/05/2018
» PEKANBARU, Indonesia: Four men were shot and killed as they staged an attack on a police headquarters that left one officer dead and two wounded, Indonesian authorities said Wednesday, after a wave of deadly suicide bombings claimed by the Islamic State group.
Another family behind new Indonesia suicide bombings: police
AFP, Published on 14/05/2018
» SURABAYA (INDONESIA) - A family of five, including a child, carried out the suicide bombing of a police headquarters in Indonesia's second city Surabaya on Monday, police said, a day after a deadly wave of attacks on churches staged by another family.