Lebanese Justice Minister Marie-Claude Najm has assigned Judge Tarek Bitar as a new lead investigator in the Beirut explosion probe to replace Fadi Sawan, who earlier faced accusations of political bias while investigating the blast, state-run news agency NNA reported

A human rights watchdog on Wednesday condemned the Lebanese authorities for the lack of results in an inquiry into the destructive explosion that rocked the capital of Beirut on August 4, 2020, killing hundreds of people and destroying half of the city

The capital of Afghanistan's southern province of Uruzgan, Tirinkot, and the country's capital and largest city, Kabul were rocked by bomb explosions, local sources told Sputnik on Tuesda

The CTD officials arrested MPA Faisal Zaman after the court cancelled his bail over charges of orchestrating murder of PTI leader Malik Tahir Iqbal.  

The former skipper shared the pictures of both Fawad Alam and Ertugrul Ghazi and appreciated him for courage during the Test match against New Zealand.

Caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab and the three former cabinet ministers summoned by the court on charges of criminal negligence refused to attend the hearings citing their constitutional rights, Attorney Firas Kleib, a member of the Prosecution bureau of the Beirut Bar Association, told Sputnik

The Lebanese caretaker prime minister, Hassan Diab, has been surprised by charges filed against him on Thursday in connection with the probe into the case of the Beirut port explosion on August 4, the Lebanese government said in a statement on Thursday