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Lebanese environment minister resigns in wake of Beirut explosion
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], August 09 (Sputnik/ANI): Lebanese Environment and Administrative Development Minister, Damianos Kattar, resigned on Sunday in the wake of a powerful deadly blast in the port of Beirut, media reported.
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Delhi fire incident: 14 people being treated for burns at Safdarjung Hospi
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 8 (ANI): At least 14 people were injured in an LPG explosion at a jhuggi in the JJ Camp locality of Tigri in the national capital, police said.
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5 injured after LPG explosion in Delhi's Tigri area
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 8 (ANI): At least five people were injured in an LPG explosion at a jhuggi in JJ Camp locality of Tigri in the national capital, police said.
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UN allocates USD 15 million to support Lebanon after Beirut blast: OCHA
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Aug 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations (UN) has allocated USD 15 million to support Lebanon after the huge explosion that devastated the capital of Beirut, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said.
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Lebanon has not asked United Nations to investigate Beirut blast: UN spoke
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Aug 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations (UN) has not received any requests to investigate Tuesday's massive explosion in Beirut that killed more than 150 people and injured some 5,000 others, UN deputy spokesperson Furhan Haq said on Friday.
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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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India to extend assistance to Lebanon, seeks assessment of damage in Beiru
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 6 (ANI): India said on Thursday that it has sought an assessment from Lebanon on the damage during the powerful explosion in Beirut to decide the nature of assistance that can be extended.
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Saudi Arabia, Algeria to send humanitarian aid to Lebanon after deadly Bei
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow/Algiers/Beirut, August 6 (Sputnik/ANI): Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has ordered emergency assistance to be sent to Beirut in solidarity with Lebanon to help the latter cope with the consequences of Tuesday's powerful explosion in the capital city's port, state news agency
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Beirut blast death toll reaches 135
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar] Aug 6 (Sputnik/ANI): The death toll from the devastating explosion at the port of Beirut has risen to 135, Lebanese Health Minister Hamad Hassan said on Wednesday.
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Beirut Governor raises estimates of damages from port blast to USD10-15 bi
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], Aug 6(Sputnik/ANI): Beirut Governor Marwan Abboud said on Wednesday that damage from the explosion in the port could be more than previously announced figures and amount to $15 billion, Al Arabiya broadcaster reported.
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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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French President to visit Lebanon tomorrow
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Paris [France], August 5 (Sputnik/ANI): French President Emmanuel Macron will leave for Lebanon on Thursday in order to affirm Paris' solidarity with the Middle East country following the powerful explosion in the port of Beirut, the Lebanese Council of Ministers confirmed on Wednesday, acco
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