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 »Belarus holds elections as street protests rattle strong president
MINSK (Reuters) – Belarus has begun voting in a presidential election on Sunday against Alexander Lukashenko, a former teacher who emerged from obscurity to face the biggest challenge in years against the man who was once “the last dictator of Europe “was named by Washington. A woman wearing a protective …
Read More »Blast rocket military base in Somali capital, killing at least eight people
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 »Japan’s ruling pacifist party proposes strike capability to stop missile attacks
TOKYO (Reuters) – The Japanese pacifist took a step closer to acquiring weapons capable of attacking North Korea on Friday after a ruling party committee approved proposals to consider acquiring strike capacity to stop missile attacks. ballistic. Giving long-range ammunition to Japan’s Self-Defense Forces is controversial for a country that …
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