#BREAKING One killed, eight injured by gunfire at Beirut blast protest: hospital
#UPDATE Gunfire killed two people and wounded 12 at a #Beirut rally organised by the Shiite Hezbollah and Amal movements Thursday to demand the dismissal of the Beirut blast lead investigator, a doctor said u.afp.com/wk5q
VIDEO: 🇱🇧 Gunshots are heard in #Beirut as members of the Lebanese army mobilise in the streets of the capital after clashes erupted following protests against the judge investigating Beirut blast, killing three and injuring 20
VIDEO: 🇱🇧 The Lebanese army are deployed in #Beirut as gunfire exchanges turn the capital into a war zone a few blocks from the Justice Palace, where hundreds of protesters had gathered to demand the removal of judge Tarek Bitar, the lead investigator in the port blast
#UPDATE Tank deployments and exchanges of gunfire turned #Beirut into a war zone on Thursday, with at least three people killed, after a demonstration organised by Shiite parties against the lead port blast investigator turned violent u.afp.com/wk57
#UPDATE Four people were killed and 20 wounded by gunfire at a #Beirut rally organised by the Shiite Hezbollah and Amal movements Thursday to demand the dismissal of the lead investigator into last year's port blast u.afp.com/wk5q
#UPDATE Six people were killed and 30 wounded by gunfire at a #Beirut rally Thursday organised by the Shiite Hezbollah and Amal movements to demand the dismissal of the lead investigator into last year's port blast u.afp.com/wk5q
#UPDATE Heavy fighting claimed at least six lives and left dozens wounded in Lebanon's capital #Beirut Thursday as an escalation of tensions around last year's massive portside explosion turned parts of the city into a warzone u.afp.com/wkcA
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#BREAKING Biden says still considers Xi a 'dictator'
#UPDATE US President Joe Biden said after a summit with Xi Jinping that he still considers the Chinese president a "dictator", after he sparked fury from Beijing by making the comparison earlier this year.
"Well look he is, I mean he's a dictator in the sense that he's a guy who's running a country, a Communist country, that's based on a form of government totally different than ours," Biden said at the end of a news conference when a reporter asked if he would still use the term to describe Xi
#BREAKING China will not begin armed conflict with any nation, President Xi Jinping said Wednesday, after a high-stakes summit with US President Joe Biden.
"China does not seek spheres of influence, and will not fight a cold or hot war with any country," he told a gathering of business leaders in San Francisco
#BREAKING Any compromise with Russia will 'destroy' Ukrainian statehood: presidential aide to AFP
#BREAKING Putin says West used grain deal for 'political blackmail'
VIDEO: Ukrainian firefighters battle flames after a Russian strike on Odesa.
Ukraine's president accused Russia of deliberately targeting grain export infrastructure in the city after Moscow ended a landmark deal and lifted security guarantees in the Black Sea
#BREAKING Putin says situation 'difficult' in Rostov in southern Russia
#UPDATE Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday acknowledged a "difficult" situation was unfolding in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don, where the Wagner mercenary group has taken control of key military sites in an effort to oust Russian military's top brass.
#UPDATE President Vladimir Putin vowed Saturday he would not allow Russia to slip into civil war, after the leader of the Wagner mercenary force seized a key military headquarters overseeing the offensive in Ukraine.
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#BREAKING Titanic sub operator believes passengers have 'sadly been lost': statement
#UPDATE The US Coast Guard now says the discovered debris from the submersible -- which was carrying five passengers down to the wreckage of the Titanic when the small vessel vanished on Sunday -- suggests 'catastrophic loss'
#BREAKING Pakistan offer condolences to family of British-Pakistan nationals on Titanic sub