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Peace with Israel? That depends, says Lebanese President

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 17 10:36 AM

PARIS, France - Lebanese President Michel Aoun, ally of Israel's arch-foe Hezbollah, seemed to leave the door open to eventual peace with the Jewish state, in an interview with French news channel BFMTV. Read more »

Higit 135,000 overseas Filipino na ang umuwi dahil sa pandemic: DFA

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 02:37 PM

Pumalo na sa higit 135,000 overseas Filipino ang umuwi sa bansa dahil sa coronavirus pandemic, ayon sa Department of Foreign Affairs. Read more »

FBI to join Beirut blast probe: US envoy

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 14 04:12 AM

The FBI will join investigators probing the cause of the huge port blast that destroyed swathes of Beirut, the top career diplomat at the US State Department said Thursday. Read more »

Mga OFW hati sa desisyong umuwi matapos ang pagsabog sa Beirut

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 13 11:30 AM

MAYNILA - Hati ang ilang overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) sa Beirut, Lebanon hinggil sa desisyong pag-uwi na lamang sa Pilipinas matapos ang malagim na pagsabog na kumitil sa buhay ng higit sa 130 katao at ikinasugat ng libu-libong iba pa.   Read more »

Beirut blast conspiracy tales spread on social media

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 13 04:50 AM

Within hours of the Beirut mega-blast, conspiracy theories on what caused the disaster in the Lebanese capital spread like wildfire on social media. Read more »

COVID-19 toll hits record high in blast-hit Lebanon

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 12 05:39 AM

Seven people died of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said, and 309 new cases were recorded over the same period. Read more »

'I don't want to die': Blast traumatizes Beirut children

Rouba El Husseini, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 12 01:41 AM

"I don't want to die." Those were the first words Hiba's six-year-old son screamed after the massive explosion at Beirut port sent shards of glass flying around their house. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: August 11, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 12 12:34 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

A reckoning over Beirut blast

Hassan Ammar, AP
Posted at Aug 11 01:15 PM

Protesters celebrate after removing a concrete slab from a barrier to open a road leading to the parliament building during demonstrations on Monday following Tuesday's massive explosion which devastated Beirut, Lebanon last August 4.  Read more »

Lebanon government resigns over blast fallout

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 11 01:42 AM

(UPDATED) Lebanon's prime minister Hassan Diab announced his government's resignation Monday amid popular outrage over the deadly Beirut port explosion that has reignited angry street protests.  Read more »

PH Army assures public explosives, ammo secured after deadly Lebanon blast

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 10 01:17 PM

The Philippine Army on Monday assured the public its explosives and ammunition are properly stored following the twin blasts in Lebanon that killed 158 people and injured some 6,000 others.   Read more »

World pledges 250 million euros for Lebanon's people: France

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 10 07:31 AM

World leaders on Sunday pledged more than 250 million euros for disaster-struck Lebanon, conference host France said, with the emergency aid to be delivered "directly" to a population reeling from the deadly port blast in Beirut.   Read more »

Pope urges international solidarity for Lebanon

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 09 08:23 PM

Pope Francis urged international solidarity with Lebanon Sunday, in the wake of the explosion that devastated the capital Beirut and as France hosts an international donors conference to aid reconstruction efforts. Read more »

MVP reaches out to FIBA exec Khajirian after Beirut blasts

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 09 08:19 PM

Manny V. Pangilinan, the chairman emeritus of SBP, has offered his sympathies to Hagop Khajirian, FIBA's executive director for Asia and the chief executive of the FIBA Asia Secretariat. Read more »

Beirut blast triggers more anti-government protests

Joseph Eid, AFP
Updated as of Aug 09 11:46 AM

A Lebanese protester waves the national flag during clashes with security forces in downtown Beirut on Saturday, following a demonstration against a political leadership they blame for a monster explosion that killed more than 150 people and disfigured the capital Beirut.  Read more »

DFA maglalaan ng P15 milyon para sa repatriation ng mga Pinoy sa Lebanon

Michael Delizo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 08 07:23 PM

Maglalaan ang Department of Foreign Affairs ng P15 milyon para sa repatriation program sa Lebanon matapos ang pagsabog doon na nagdulot ng malawak na pinsala sa capital city na Beirut. Read more »

1 more OFW still missing, 11 more injured in Beirut blasts, DFA reports

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 08 02:03 PM

Another Filipino was reported missing while 11 others were added among the list of injured in the twin blast that hit Beirut, Lebanon, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Read more »

'Buhay pa ko'? Pinay domestic worker recounts horrific experience in Beirut blast

Aleta Nieva Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 08 01:11 PM

MANILA - A Filipino domestic worker in Lebanon already considers it her second life after surviving the twin blasts that killed over 130 people and wounded 5,000 others in the country’s capital of Beirut.   Read more »

Lebanon president rejects global probe into port blast

Hashem Osseiran and Jean-Marc Mojon, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 08 05:23 AM

Lebanon's president Friday rejected any international probe into the catastrophic port blast, saying a missile or negligence could have been responsible as rescuers desperately combed the rubble for survivors. Read more »

At Beirut's 'ground zero', rescuers race to find survivors

Jean-Marc Mojon, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 08 05:03 AM

Rescuers from Lebanon, France, Germany, Russia and other countries worked shifts to try to find an entrance to a control room buried under metres (yards) of rubble. Read more »