Associated Press

Parties of former PM and foreign minister targeted after violent clashes in Beirut

Attackers in northern Lebanon set fire to the offices of two main political parties on Sunday, the state-run National News Agency has said.

In the town of Kharibet al-Jindi, an office of the party of the former prime minister Saad Hariri was torched and its windows were broken.

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Alexis Pinturault won his first World Cup slalom in almost six years on Sunday to lead the overall standings.

Several thousand people have turned out in Hong Kong in an unusual display of support for the police force, criticized as abusive by the city’s protest movement.

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Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has apologized  to supporters for the crushing defeat in the British general election.

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Tokyo’s new national stadium is officially completed.