Tribunal announces ruling on Hariri assassination

A Lebanese army convoy passes under Lebanese flags with pictures of slain Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in Beirut, Aug. 18, 2020.
Bilal Hussein/AP
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon delivered its verdict in the trial over the 2005 bombing that killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Also, Germany has been the poster child in Western Europe in terms of how it handled the coronavirus pandemic. Protesters have been taking to the streets in German cities each weekend in opposition to government restrictions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Will the demonstrators upset Germany's good record in dealing with the pandemic? A tiny mammal called the elephant shrew, or Somali sengi, which had not been documented by scientists for 50 years, has been rediscovered in Djibouti.
- Verdict delivered in Hariri assassination August 18, 2020
- Catalonians struggle with housing amid pandemic August 18, 2020
- Buying masks from China can get complicated. This businessman connects buyers with sellers. August 18, 2020
- Prepping ballots for voters abroad August 18, 2020
- UK program to boost restaurants has been effective August 18, 2020
- Could German protesters upset Merkel’s virus strategy? August 18, 2020
- Latinos in the DNC August 18, 2020
- ISIS-linked port seizure signals growing terrorism threat in Mozambique August 18, 2020
- Tiny mammal rediscovered in Africa August 18, 2020
- At 20, J-pop boy band ARASHI is still going strong August 18, 2020