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Lebanon government resigns days after Beirut explosion
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], Aug 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab on Monday announced the resignation of the government in the aftermath of the devastating August 4 Beirut port explosion.
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Russia's Su-27 scrambled to overtake US stealth planes over Black Sea
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Aug 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian fighter jet Su-27 was scrambled again to overtake US stealth planes over the Black Sea, forcing them to turn away from the Russian border, the national center for the defense control said Monday.
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WHO sends USD 1.7 million worth protective equipment to Lebanon
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Health Organisation (WHO) has sent to Lebanon USD 1.7 million worth of protective equipment to help fight COVID-19, as well as humanitarian aid after the deadly explosion in Beirut, the body's Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu
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Lebanese Justice Minister resigns
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], August 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Lebanese Justice Minister Marie-Claude Najm has submitted her resignation to Prime Minister Hassan Diab, MTV Lebanon broadcaster reported on Monday.
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China sanctions 11 US officials in response to Hong Kong sanctions
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 10 (ANI/Sputnik): China imposed sanctions on the US in response to the restrictions imposed by Washington over an alleged effort to undermine Hong Kong's autonomy, the spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Zhao Lijian, said Monday.
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China denounces statement of 5 western foreign ministers on Hong Kong as m
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], August 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The joint statement of the foreign ministers of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States on Hong Kong is yet another instance of interference in China's domestic affairs, the Chinese embassy in Canada said in a statem
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International meeting of senior national security officials delayed until
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], August 10 (ANI/Sputnik): This year's meeting of high-ranking national security officials has been postponed by a year because of the pandemic, Alexander Venediktov, Deputy Secretary, Russian Security Council told Sputnik.
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US health chief conveys Trump's message of 'Strong Support' to Taiwanese l
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], Aug 10 (ANI/Sputnik): US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar extended words of "strong support and friendship" from President Donald Trump to Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen on Monday during a historic visit to Taipei.
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Moscow's COVID-19 death toll rises to 4,585
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Aug 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Thirteen more coronavirus patients have died in the Russian capital in the past 24 hours, taking the toll to 4,585, the COVID-19 response centre said on Sunday.
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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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Lebanese Police fire tear gas at protesters in Beirut
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], Aug 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The police have deployed tear gas to disperse demonstrators in central Beirut late on Sunday.
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2 people killed, 5 injured in blast in Kabul
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Aug 9 (Sputnik/ANI): At least two people were killed, and five others were injured in a blast in Kabul, media reported on Sunday, citing a police spokesman.
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