BEIRUT (Reuters) – Some Lebanese called for an ongoing uprising on Sunday to assassinate their leaders amid public outrage over this week’s devastating explosion in Beirut, and the country’s top Christian Maronite church said the cabinet should resign to take. A man walks past a truck that caught fire during …
Read More »Lebanese plead for an uprising after protests that shook Beirut
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Some Lebanese called for an ongoing uprising on Sunday to assassinate their leaders amid public outrage over this week’s devastating explosion in Beirut, and the country’s top Christian Maronite church said the cabinet should resign to take. A man walks past a truck that caught fire during …
Read More »Backstory: coverage of the Beirut explosion, wounded and bloody
(Reuters) – Imagine throwing a giant explosion on the floor, removing a falling closet in your house, cutting your forehead by flying glass – and then brushing the blood and it to film news. TV producer Yara Abi Nader is pictured with her face covered in blood, in a selfie …
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An ambulance is seen near an explosion site that rocked a military base in Mogadishu, Somalia August 8, 2020. REUTERS / Feisal Omar MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A huge explosion on Saturday shook a military base in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, near a stadium, killing at least eight people and injuring …
Read More »Police in riot gear stormed a rally on Friday, removing hundreds of protesters by truck
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Riot police fire tear gas at protesters trying to break through a barrier to reach the Beirut parliament building on Saturday in protest of the government’s handling of this week’s devastating explosion in the city . Protesters gather as tear gas is fired by security forces during …
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