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Lebanon reeled Monday from a deadly explosion that burned alive people desperate to fill plastic containers with fuel in a country sinking ever deeper into darkness and chaos.

Aoun says he hopes new government will be formed ‘in next few days’

President Michel Aoun said Monday he hoped a new Lebanese government would be formed “in the next few days”, shortly after US ambassador urged a swift formation to save the … Read More

Iran’s new President Ebrahim Raisi on Monday said that the “defeat” of the United States in Afghanistan must usher in a durable peace in the neighbouring war-wracked country.

A charred body was found Monday at the site of a fuel tank blast in north Lebanon a day earlier, state-run news agency reported, bringing the death toll up to … Read More

Iran’s new ultraconservative President Ebrahim Raisi on Monday said that the “defeat” of the United States in Afghanistan must usher in a durable peace in the neighbouring war-wracked country.

Haiti’s hospitals were swamped on Sunday by thousands of injured residents after a devastating earthquake the day before killed at least 1,297 people as authorities raced to bring doctors to … Read More

Three Turkish soldiers were killed and two were wounded by explosives planted by militants in northern Iraq, Turkey’s defence ministry said on Monday.

Four Palestinians were killed on Monday in clashes with Israeli security forces at Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, where violence has escalated over a wildcat Jewish settlement.

Victorious Taliban fighters patrolled Kabul on Monday after a stunningly swift end to Afghanistan’s 20-year war, as thousands of people mobbed the city’s airport trying to flee the group’s feared … Read More