Middle East
Two massive explosions in Beirut leaves 73 dead, thousands injured
Lebaon's PM said 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored for years in a portside warehouse had blown up, leading to the second explosion
Huge explosion rocks Beirut
The afternoon blast shook several parts of the capital and thick smoke billowed from the city centre
Over 50,000 Indians repatriated from Oman since May due to COVID-19
Indians constitute the largest expatriate community in Oman, while more than nine million Indians work and live in the whole Gulf region
Indian engineer falls to death from building in UAE on Eid al-Adha
Reports say Sumesh was talking over the phone and threw it down minutes before the incident
Prisoners flee amid ongoing IS militant attack on Afghan jail
The assault began on Sunday evening with car bomb detonated at the entrance to the prison, leading to numerous other blasts later
From Hariri assassination to upcoming verdict on Friday: A recap
The special tribunal trying the four suspects accused of the assassination of Lebanon's ex-PM Rafic Hariri delivers its verdict on August 7
Verdict due this week in assassination of Lebanon ex-PM Hariri
The judgment harks back to an event that changed the face of Middle East, leading to protests that pushed Syrian forces out of Lebanon
Israel's Netanyahu rails at media over protests against him
Demonstrators are calling for the resignation of the long-serving leader, who is on trial for corruption charges
Iran detains head of US-based 'terrorist' group
Jamshid Sharmahd, alleged head of opposition royalist group known as the Kingdom Assembly of Iran, is charged with a 2008 bombing
Israeli minister for Jerusalem tests positive
Peretz is the second Israeli minister to have been infected with the virus after former health minister Yaakov Litzman