The Times of India - Middle East

Group of protesters take over Lebanon foreign ministry

Sat, 08 Aug 2020 20:16:41 GMT

A group of protesters led by retired Lebanese army officers stormed the foreign ministry in Beirut Saturday and declared it the headquarters of the revolution.

Protests in Beirut amid public fury over massive blast

Sat, 08 Aug 2020 18:28:38 GMT

Trump to meet Iraqi PM as ties rebound

Sat, 08 Aug 2020 07:16:17 GMT

Possibility of external role: Lebanon prez on blast probe

Sat, 08 Aug 2020 06:09:24 GMT

Former Saudi official accuses Crown Prince of trying to get him killed

Sat, 08 Aug 2020 06:05:50 GMT

Lebanon president rejects global probe into port blast

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 18:26:16 GMT

Lebanon's president Friday rejected any international probe into the catastrophic port blast, saying a missile or negligence could have been responsible as rescuers desperately combed the rubble for survivors. The entrenched ruling class has come under fire once again since Tuesday's explosion, which killed at least 154 people and devastated swathes of the capital.

Lebanese president says blast probe looking into external interference among possible causes

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 14:38:18 GMT

US ambassador says Iran is world No. 1 sponsor of terrorism

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 09:01:10 GMT

Macron says aid to blast-stricken Lebanon will not go to 'corrupt hands'

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 05:58:01 GMT

Lebanese judge: 16 port staffers arrested over Beirut blast

Thu, 06 Aug 2020 23:51:29 GMT

Lebanon's state-run news agency says 16 employees at Beirut's port have been detained over this weeks explosion that killed more than 100 people and wounded thousands. They include port and customs officials as well as maintenance workers and their managers. Lebanon's foreign minister said that an investigating committee had been given four days to determine responsibility for the blast.

Israel claims 'excellent vaccine in hand', set to start human trials

Thu, 06 Aug 2020 17:19:20 GMT

Israel on Thursday claimed that it already has in hand an "excellent" vaccine against the coronavirus pandemic, but it has to go through regulatory processes which are set to begin with human trials following the autumn holidays.

'Good chance' of finding Beirut survivors: French rescue team

Thu, 06 Aug 2020 14:22:28 GMT

"We are looking for seven or eight missing people, who could be stuck in a control room buried by the explosion," said a colonel leading a rescue team that arrived in Lebanon late on Wednesday.

What political fallout from the Lebanon blast?

Thu, 06 Aug 2020 13:32:26 GMT

Lebanon's ruling elite was already under enormous pressure from a protest movement that rejects it as inept, corrupt and beholden to the country's myriad sectarian groups rather than the national interest.

Lebanese clear blast rubble from roads around cratered port

Thu, 06 Aug 2020 12:53:41 GMT

France's Macron heads to Lebanon after deadly mega-blast

Thu, 06 Aug 2020 11:41:04 GMT

French President Emmanuel Macron was expected in Lebanon on Thursday, two days after a monster blast sowed unfathomable destruction in Beirut and brought Paris's Middle East protege to its knees. The highest-ranking foreign official to visit the country since Tuesday's tragedy, Macron will visit the site of the blast that obliterated part of Beirut port.

What footage of the Beirut explosion tells us about the blast

Thu, 06 Aug 2020 10:13:49 GMT

Amid chaos, stories of heroism emerge

Thu, 06 Aug 2020 04:41:14 GMT

Dutch envoy’s wife injured, several embassies damaged

Thu, 06 Aug 2020 04:39:16 GMT

2-week emergency in Lebanon; port staff put under house arrest

Thu, 06 Aug 2020 04:38:20 GMT

Beirut looks for survivors, answers

Thu, 06 Aug 2020 04:33:09 GMT

The death toll rose to more than 135, but with an untold number still missing, officials expected that figure to rise. More than 5,000 people were injured, overwhelming the city’s hospitals. Beirut governor Marwan Abboud described the disaster as “an apocalyptic situation” that has made an estimated 3,00,000 people temporarily homeless.