Beirut Port Blast Death Toll Rises to 158

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Saturday 08th August 2020, 05:06 (EET)

The death toll of Beirut’s catastrophic blast has risen to 158, with more than 6,000 injured, the Lebanese Health Ministry media office announced on Saturday.

21 are still reported missing, it added.

Source: Kataeb.org

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14:38The National News Agency has again stopped publishing news until the demands of the Information Ministry's contract workers are met
13:53Kataeb leader Samy Gemayel via LBCI: There's an implicit attempt to extend the parliament's term by staging the polls based on the 1960 law
13:22Jamil Richa via MTV: We haven't received any call for the abductees so far
12:00The Parliament has ratified a law granting the right to access information
10:40Contract workers at the Information Ministry: The National News Agency as well as Lebanon Radio will stop publishing or covering news, including those related to the legislative session, until our demands are met.
20:50Alfa: Alfa subscribers have been facing a slowdown in the mobile data service since 6:30 PM due to a malfunction in the network belonging to Ogero
18:10The second round of legislative session got underway under the chairmanship of Speaker Nabih Berri
17:38LBCI: Gunmen have kidnapped the Lebanese citizen, Joseph Richa, on the Dahr al-Baydar road
17:13The Cabinet session has ended at the Grand Serail
15:42The Cabinet session got underway under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Rafic Hariri
15:07Al-Hayat Hospital is in urgent need of donors with B+ blood type. For donation, please call: 76/611488

14:15Hezbollah: Israel has installed a spy device near the technical fence south of Al-Odaysseh
14:15AFP: UN to vote Thursday on backing ECOWAS action in The Gambia: diplomats
13:17AFP citing spokesman: Adama Barrow to be sworn in at Gambian embassy in Senegal
12:41Reuters: South African mining deaths fall to new record low in 2016
11:57Reuters: Lavrov says Russia invited US to take part in talks on Syria
11:30PM: Poland's priority for Brexit is to guarantee rights of Poles in Britain
11:00Reuters citing Iranian State TV: At least 38 people injured as blazing high-rise building in central Tehran collapses
10:21Tehran: 15-storey building on fire in Tehran has collapsed
10:05Sky News: Avalanche hits hotel after Italy earthquake killing 'up to 30'
09:44Reports: 'Many dead' in avalanche-hit hotel after Italy quake
09:36AFP: Thai Airways to probe Rolls-Royce corruption
09:17Reuters: Samsung chief staves off arrest, but prosecutor keeps chasing
08:35AP: At least 24 children killed when bus, truck collide in India
08:17Reuters: China says Philippines' Duterte to visit again as ties warm up
06:44Reuters: Netflix adds a third more subscribers than expected; shares jump eight percent
20:37Reuters: Ex-US president George H.W. Bush moved to intensive care; wife hospitalized
19:57President: Colombian government, ELN rebels agree to start peace talks
19:48AFP: Nigeria says sending troops, jets to Senegal for Gambia force
19:33Chinese President Xi Jinping at UN: 'Nuclear weapons should be completely prohibited'
19:19WikiLeaks: Assange says would go to US only if rights guaranteed
18:51Reuters: Security turns U.N. in Geneva into ghost town as China's Xi visits
18:29Reuters: Commerce nominee Ross says he supports tariffs as a negotiating tool and punishment for those countries that don't 'play by the rules'
18:28Al Arabiya: Trump US commerce secretary nominee Ross says broadband is 'a path to the future', central component of economic policy
18:06AFP: New Erdogan powers 'huge threat' to democracy, rights group warns
17:37AFP citing US scientists: Planet shatters heat record for third year in a row
16:42Reuters: Russia says joins forces with Turkey to bomb Syria militants
16:16AFP: UK Supreme Court to issue Brexit ruling on Tuesday
15:54AFP: Top general says NATO relevance 'not in question', after Trump remarks
15:26NATO: Contact between Russia and the army Commander Haftar does not help resolve the Libyan crisis
15:07ICRC: Death toll in botched Nigeria air strike rises to 70

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