https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/03/1080657747_0:183:3068:1908_1200x675_80_0_0_536d5d1433e7d0437213406c3d8371a6.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202010181080806176-thirteen-dead-over-100-injured-in-bomb-blast-in-afghanistans-ghor-province/ KABUL (Sputnik) – Thirteen people are dead and 102 others sustained injuries after a car bomb went off near the police headquarters in Afghanistan’s western province of Ghor on Sunday, the head of the central hospital said. The blast took place in the provincial capital of Firuzkoh. Along with the police headquarters, judiciary offices, women’s affairs department and a […]
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Late last month, Arizona State University placed dozens of students and four Greek chapters on interim suspension, pending an investigation of their alleged violations of COVID-19 safety protocols. The photos displayed in a local news broadcast that night—dozens of students packed together, maskless, on a boat; sorority sisters packing together for rush week—were shocking. But even more surprising was the revelation that they hadn’t been unearthed […]
Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito issued a broadside against the high court’s 2015 gay marriage decision on Monday when the court declined to hear a case brought by a Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue a marriage license for same-sex couples. The two justices agreed with the decision not to hear the case, but used the occasion to take a legal baseball […]
by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio for VT Mediterranean Another terrible explosion, another alleged Hezbollah deposit in the crosshairs, another suspicion that it is an Israeli attack on Lebanon. On the afternoon of Tuesday 22 September, a devastating explosion was seen and heard in the south of the country, according to local sources. The news was promptly picked up by Middle East Eye (below) but also by […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202009181080508683-iraqi-soldier-injured-by-blast-that-hit-international-coalition-convoy/ CAIRO (Sputnik) – An Iraqi serviceman has been injured by an explosion that hit a convoy of the international coalition in the northern part of the country, the national security services said. “As a result of the explosion one serviceman sustained slight injuries”, the security services said in a statement on late Friday, as quoted by the INA news […]
AMMAN (Sputnik) – The recent powerful blast at an ammunition warehouse in the Jordanian city of Zarqa, northeast of the Amman capital, has been blamed on the high temperature, according to an initial investigation, a senior military source in the General Command of the country’s Armed Forces said on Friday. “According to a preliminary investigation, the explosion has been caused by the extremely high temperature, as […]
The motorcade of Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh was apparently targeted in an assassination attempt. A roadside bomb went off as the vehicles passed by, killing at least 10 people but leaving the top official unharmed. The deadly incident happened on Wednesday morning in the Taimani area in northwestern Kabul. The powerful explosion left the street covered with rubble and seriously damaged one of the cars. […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202009091080404142-blast-in-afghanistans-capital-targeting-vice-president-kills-two-reports-claim/ Afghanistan’s Vice President Amrullah Saleh is reported not to have been harmed after being targeted by a blast in the country’s capital Kabul. The explosion is said to have killed two people. According to reports, the explosion took place in the morning rush hour on Wednesday, with Xinhua quoting a witness as saying: “We heard a huge blast in […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Max Gorbachev. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202009061080381823-natanz-blast-iran-identifies-forces-responsible-for-sabotage-at-countrys-largest-nuclear-site/ Iranian officials previously said that a fire and explosion on 2 July at the country’s largest uranium enrichment facility was the result of sabotage and vowed to respond if it finds evidence that foreign forces were involved in it. Tehran has identified those behind the blast and fire at the Natanz nuclear facility, said spokesperson for Iran’s […]
GENOA, Italy (Sputnik) – An independent international investigation is the only way to bring to justice those who were directly or indirectly responsible for the massive blast at the port of Beirut on August 4, former Lebanese minister of state for administrative development May Chidiac said in an interview. “If the Lebanese are calling for international assistance, it is to them and not to those in […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202009011080332929-at-least-3-soldiers-killed-five-others-injured-in-bomb-blast-in-capital-of-afghanistans-paktia/ KABUL (Sputnik) – At least 3 soldiers were killed and at least five others were injured in a bomb attack in Gardez, the capital of Afghanistan’s eastern Paktia Province, a Paktia Security Command spokesperson said in a statement. “Unfortunately, three of our soldiers were killed and five others were wounded in the attack. The situation is now normal and […]
Congressional Democrats are calling the director of national intelligence’s cancellation of additional in-person election security briefings “outrageous,” after the change was announced on Friday. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption toggle caption Patrick Semansky/AP Congressional Democrats are calling the director of national intelligence’s cancellation of additional in-person election security briefings “outrageous,” after the change was announced on Friday. Patrick Semansky/AP Congressional Democrats are calling the director of national […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/07/1080093547_0:6:3073:1734_1200x675_80_0_0_638d16b56046bb37e6f41149b01d2043.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008301080318451-death-toll-in-beirut-blast-reaches-190/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The massive explosion that erupted at the port of Beirut on August 4 destroyed half of the city’s buildings. The authorities say the improper storage of 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate in the port was the reason behind the blast. The number of those killed in the powerful blast in the port of Beirut in early […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202008241080260380-nine-killed-17-injured-by-twin-blast-in-philippines-south-reports-suggest/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – At least nine people were killed and 17 others injured as a result of two consecutive explosions in the Philippines’ south province of Sulu, media reported on Monday, citing the Philippine authorities. According to China’s Xinhua news agency, citing the Philippine military and police, the first blast occurred near a grocery store along a busy street […]
Aoun: Impossible that Beirut blast was caused by Hezbollah arms [ Editor’s Note: President Aoun is stepping very carefully through the political landmine that is before him. One small misstep can eliminate his coming through this unscathed. Hence he has said that all input on what happened will be accepted and evaluated. But the big question there will be ‘evaluated by whom and what are their […]
…from PressTV, Tehran [ Editor’s Note: This investigation took fifteen years and cost a billion dollars, a fact that should launch an investigation into the crime of milking this investigation as a cash cow. The question arises, what is the point of having any UN investigation, when this case shows it does not have the capacity to do one in any reasonable amount of time? This […]
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In 2005, a deadly explosion in Beirut killed the country’s first post-civil war Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Four Hezbollah members were indicted for his murder and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon is shortly set to deliver a verdict on their guilt. However, the country has recently been shaken by another catastrophic blast. An examination of a report into Beirut’s 4 August explosion, which killed more than […]
The US and its “international partners” will offer financial aid to Lebanon, which is struggling to deal with the economic fallout of the massive port blast — but only if it commits to “real change,” a senior US official said. US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, David Hale laid out Washington’s conditions for aid as he spoke in Beirut on Saturday. The senior diplomat […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008141080173063–hezbollah-leader-israel-will-pay-the-price-if-it-turns-out-tel-aviv-was-behind-beirut-blast/ Immediately after the tragedy occurred, reports emerged that Israel could have been behind the powerful explosion that left more than 200 people dead and 5,000 injured. Tel Aviv, which has been involved in a series of military clashes with Lebanon, has categorically denied the allegation. Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah said Israel will pay the price if it turns out […]
A letter from Lebanese security officials warning that the 2,750 metric tons of ammonium nitrate dangerously stored in the port of Beirut could destroy the city was sent to both the prime minister and the president in late July, according to Reuters. The new information underscores the level of incompetence over the handling of the infamous port that led to a catastrophic blast that killed more […]
LEBANESE PREMIER RESIGNED UPDTATE ON 11 AUGUST Lebanon’s government resigned Monday as the fallout from last week’s deadly explosion deepened a political crisis in the country’s blast-ravaged capital. Prime Minister Hassan Diab said he would resign along with all of his ministers. “We will back down and stand with the people. We need to open the door for the people,” he said in an address to […]
‘Execute Them’: Lebanon Protesters Demand Revenge After Blast August 10, 2020 ‘Execute Them’: Lebanon Protesters Demand Revenge After Blast2020-08-102020-08-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/lebanon-protests-e1597069282791.jpg200px200px Above photo: Lebanese protesters, enraged by a deadly explosion blamed on government negligence, clash with security forces for the second evening near an access street to the parliament in central Beirut on August 9, 2020. The huge chemical explosion that hit Beirut’s port, devastating large parts of the […]
The Israel Defence Forces’ relations with the Lebanese political and militant group are extremely hostile, with the two fighting numerous skirmishes and engaging in a full-scale 34-day long war in 2006. Israeli Defence Minister and alternative Prime Minister Benny Gantz has taken aim at Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, claiming that his organization poses a threat to Lebanon and its population. “While Nasrallah is our biggest enemy […]
Tehran has cautioned against politicizing the devastating blast in Beirut, arguing that Washington should drop sanctions on Lebanon if it is serious about helping the nation recover from the catastrophe. “If America is honest about its assistance offer to Lebanon, they should lift sanctions [against it],” Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Monday during a news conference. In response to a question about French President […]
As an investigation continues into the deadly explosion that took place on 4 August in Beirut, killing over 150 and injuring up to 6,000, French President Emmanuel Macron visited the city on Thursday, saying that “France will never let Lebanon go,” in a remark slammed as a “neocolonialist foray by a European leader”. Iran has urged countries to refrain from politicising the deadly 4 August blast […]
Days after the deadly explosion in Beirut that killed over 150 people and transformed the bustling city into a pile of rubble, reports have traced the origin of the ammonium nitrate, implicated in the blast and stored at a port warehouse, to a vessel that docked there years ago, “The Rhosus”. The huge chemical blast that hit Beirut’s port, turning swathes of the Lebanese capital into […]
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said the mammoth explosion that rocked Beirut was likely an accident, pouring cold water on a theory floated by the president, who claimed the Pentagon assessed that a “bomb” had set off the blast. “[We’re] still getting information on what happened,” Esper told the Aspen Security Conference on Wednesday, but added “most believe it was an accident as reported, and beyond […]
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The initial blast of Tuesday’s devastating explosion in Beirut—which has killed at least 100 and injured thousands more—rocked the city’s BBC bureau so severely it knocked a reporter to the floor as she conducted a remote interview. Nearby, women and several children were caught on home security footage watching the explosion from their couch before the blast knocked windows into them. In another video, a terrified […]
The massive blast that shook Beirut was likely caused by a fatal mishandling of hazardous materials, mirroring the explosion that leveled a fertilizer plant in France some two decades ago, a chemist and detonations expert told RT. Tuesday’s explosion tore through a port chemical depot and sent a towering fireball and mushroom cloud into the sky over Beirut, leaving more than 70 people dead and some […]
A MASSIVE explosion rocked Beirut, Lebanon on Tuesday. As reported earlier by Cristina Laila The National News Agency reported that the explosion was at a warehouse for firecrackers near the port. A Powerful explosion has occured in Beirut. It’s not yet clear what caused the blast. #Beirut pic.twitter.com/h7ayT5DKdK — Sputnik Insight (@Sputnik_Insight) August 4, 2020 But now there are conflicting reports including a report at Al-Hadeth […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/04/1080061282_0:0:3045:1714_1200x675_80_0_0_d7a8fa25289791e21a6e7601cab1bd67.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008051080061263-beirut-port-blast-victim-i-saw-something-like-exploding-fireworks/ On 4 August, a giant blast took place in a warehouse at the Port of Beirut leaving at least 78 people dead and over 4,000 injured. “In the beginning, we saw white smoke. Very thick and massive white smoke”, the victim said in an interview. “I immediately got into the car and wanted to drive away. The explosion occurred […]