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EU urges independent inquiry into cause of Beirut explosion
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Aug 10 (Xinhua/ANI): European Council President Charles Michel on Sunday urged an independent investigation into the cause of the deadly explosion that rocked the city of Beirut and inflicted heavy casualties last Tuesday.
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Lebanese protesters storm labour ministry building in Beirut
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], Aug 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Lebanese protesters have stormed the buildings of the ministries of refugee affairs and labour in central Beirut, media reported on Sunday.
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India slams Pak over cross-border terrorism in UNSC debate, calls for focu
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], Aug 7 (ANI): In a strong attack on Pakistan over cross-border terrorism, India said on Friday that perpetrator of 1993 Mumbai blasts continues to enjoy patronage in a neighbouring country, a hub for arms trafficking and narcotics trade, along with other terrorists and terrori
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16 Port employees detained in Beirut explosion
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], Aug 7 (Sputnik/ANI): Sixteen employees of the Lebanese capital's port were detained in the explosion case, a military court spokesman, acting judge Fadi Akiki, said on Thursday.
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UN chief offers condolences to victims of Beirut port explosion
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [USA], Aug 5 (Sputnik/ANI): Antonio Guterres, the secretary-general of the United Nations, has offered his condolences to the victims of Tuesday's massive twin blasts in the Lebanese capital of Beirut, including several UN employees who suffered injuries.
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Five staffers of Dutch Embassy injured in Beirut explosion, says Foreign M
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], August 5 (Sputnik/ANI): Five staffers of the Dutch Embassy in Lebanon were injured in the dramatic explosion in the port of Beirut, Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok said.
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Qatar, Iraq to send field hospitals to help people injured in Beirut blast
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], Aug 5 (Sputnik/ANI) - Fully equipped field hospitals from Qatar and Iraq to assist victims of the Beirut port blast will arrive in Lebanon on Wednesday, Lebanon's National News Agency reported.
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Death toll from Beirut blast rises to 78
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], Aug 5 (Sputnik/ANI): The death toll from a powerful explosion in the port of Beirut has increased to 78 people, more than 4,000 people were injured, the Al Jazeera television channel reported citing the Lebanese Health Ministry.
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Twin blasts rock Iraqi airbase in Northern Saladin Province
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], July 28 (Sputnik/ANI): A twin explosions took place in the late hours of Monday on the Majid al Tamimi military facility, formerly known as the Speicher operating base, in the Saladin province in northern Iraq, the official press service has said.
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Gujarat: Man accused of transporting RDX for 1993 Mumbai blasts tests posi
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Rajkot (Gujarat) [India], July 25 (ANI): Abdul Sattar Hamdani, a person accused of transporting RDX from Porbandar for the 1993 Mumbai serial blast case, tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday.
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Blasts heard at site where bus seized by armed man in Ukraine's Lutsk
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kiew [Ukraine], July 21 (Sputnik/ANI): Blasts were heard at the site where an armed man seized a bus in the Ukrainian city of Lutsk, a correspondent for Ukraine's Channel 24 reported on Tuesday.
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Questions raised after Pak-origin UK Home Secy refuses extradition of Dawo
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 18 (ANI): Questions have been raised after the British government refused a request from the Indian government to extradite a suspect in the devastating bomb blasts in Gujarat's Surat in 1993.
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