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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.
Indonesia cathedral rocked by Palm Sunday suicide bombing
AFP, Published on 28/03/2021
» JAKARTA: An Indonesian cathedral was rocked by a suicide bombing on Sunday with body parts littering the chaotic scene as Christians inside celebrated the start of Holy Week.
'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.
Indonesia jails IS-linked couple who tried to assassinate minister
Reuters, Published on 25/06/2020
» An Indonesian couple with links to the Islamic State (IS) group who tried to assassinate the country's chief security minister were jailed Thursday.
Indonesian policeman killed by sword-wielding militants
Reuters, Published on 01/06/2020
» Sword-wielding militants killed an Indonesian policeman and critically injured another on Monday in what authorities described as a terror attack by suspected Islamic State-linked extremists.
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.