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International leaders will hold talks on Sunday to raise aid for Beirut, five days after the massive explosion which devastated the Lebanese capital. The virtual conference – set up by France and the United Nations – starts at 14:00 Lebanon time (11:00 GMT). US President Donald Trump has said he …

Dozens of protesters in Beirut have entered the foreign ministry during a wider demonstration over Tuesday’s huge explosion that left at least 158 dead. Several thousand people are on the streets in a planned protest, but there has been violence. Police fired tear gas at stone-throwing demonstrators. Sounds of gunfire …

A black man who called out “I can’t breathe” before dying at the Forsyth County Detention Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina was killed as a result of brain injury that was caused by positional and compressional asphyxia during prone restraint. Five officers and a nurse were last month charged with …

Health authorities fighting Covid-19 in Liberia say they have forcibly placed under quarantine five people who were taken off a plane while attempting to return to the US after attending a funeral in Liberia. The incident happened when one of those who had travelled with the group from the US …

The United States government has warned its citizens not to travel to Nigeria for security reasons. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs, in the advisory published on the website warned Americans against travelling to Borno, Yobe, and the Northern part of Adamawa State due to terrorism. They were also …

Lebanon’s ambassador to Jordan has announced her resignation, following a cataclysmic blast that ravaged central Beirut, saying “total negligence” by the country’s authorities signalled the need for a leadership change. It is the second resignation by a Lebanese official since the explosion that wounded at least 5,000 and destroyed entire …

Protesters clashed with Lebanese security forces at anti-government demonstrations in Beirut on Thursday. Officers deployed tear gas on dozens of people near parliament. Demonstrators were angered by Tuesday’s devastating blast, which officials say was caused by 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored unsafely since 2013. Many in Lebanon say government …

The US government has ordered 100 million doses of an experimental coronavirus vaccine. Johnson & Johnson, which is behind the jab, announced the $1bn-deal on Wednesday, noting that the government may purchase a further 200 million doses at a later stage. The vaccine is based on the same technology the …

Rescue workers in Lebanon are searching for more than a hundred people who are missing after a huge explosion devastated the port area of the capital Beirut on Tuesday. The blast killed at least 100 people and injured more than 4,000 others. The whole city was shaken by the explosion …

Lebanon is in mourning after a huge explosion in the capital Beirut killed at least 100 people and injured more than 4,000 others on Tuesday. The whole city was shaken by the blast, which began with a fire at the port which exploded into a mushroom cloud. President Michel Aoun …