"One of our core values is courtesy," Gwinnett County police said. The officer was fired because his conduct "violated our policy and did not meet our core values." ... ( read original story ...)
Boozy strolls OK each night for rest of 2020 in Georgia city
Bibb County Commission has temporarily relaxed liquor laws to allow open containers of alcohol outside in downtown areas every night. ( read original story ...)
Kuwait to rebuild the destroyed wheat silos in the port of Beirut, says envoy
Kuwait will rebuild the national wheat silos in the port of Beirut, in a gesture of solidarity and brotherhood with Lebanon and the Lebanese people, according to Lebanon’s state news agency NNA. This ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus surge in Lebanon compounds the misery in a battered country
An alarming spike in novel coronavirus cases since the devastating explosion at Beirut's port is compounding Lebanon's misery at a time when the country was already laid low by overlapping financial, ... ( read original story ...)
Lebanon blast: Why can’t migrant workers go home?
As Lebanon grapples with the aftermath of an explosion that killed more than 200 people and left thousands homeless, the country has plunged deeper into an economic, political and humanitarian crisis, ... ( read original story ...)
Foreign affairs minister heading to Lebanon for 1st overseas trip since start of pandemic
Champagne will meet with Lebanon's president and foreign minister as well as witness the devastation wrought by the deadly explosion earlier this month, according to a statement released Saturday. ( read original story ...)
Lebanon blast
An aerial view of the flattened warehouse at the port of Lebanon's capital Beirut next to the crater left by the explosion at the other warehouse that housed a huge cache of ammonium nitrate and which ... ( read original story ...)
Hezbollah shot down an Israeli drone in southern Lebanon
Hezbollah shot down an Israeli drone near Ayta ash Shab in southern Lebanon on Saturday, according to the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Manar news, which was later confirmed by the IDF. Ayta ash Shab is ... ( read original story ...)
Mike Pompeo to visit Israel and UAE to discuss new diplomatic ties
US secretary of state is also expected to address other security challenges in region ... ( read original story ...)
Pompeo to visit Israel and UAE with peace, Iran and China on agenda, sources say
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Israel on Monday and the United Arab Emirates a day later to discuss the countries' normalisation deal, according to two sources briefed on his itinerary ... ( read original story ...)