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"I may be the last republican president": Trump warns GOP ahead of midterms"

ALBAWABA - US President Donald Trump has warned he could be “the last Republican president” if Democrats win control of Congress in the 2018 midterm elections, and has expressed fear that Republican voters might stay home since his name will not be on the ballot. Trump told Punchbowl News he believes a key challenge for the Republican Party will be turning out his supporters to vote in the midterm elections ...

A number of people who took part in the protests have graciously sent us their own non biased photos and videos of their experience on the ground.

August 9th, 2020 - 10:39 GMT

People of Beirut Share Footage of their Protests with Al-Bawaba (Video)

A topless protester wearing a gas mask uses a tennis racket to volley back a tear gas canister during clashes with security forces in downtown Beirut on August 8, 2020, following a demonstration against a political leadership they blame for a monster explosion that killed more than 150 people and disfigured the capital Beirut. PATRICK BAZ / AFP

August 9th, 2020 - 10:22 GMT

Policeman Killed, 238 Protesters Injured in Beirut Demonstration

Lebanese Information Minister Manal Abdel Samad (Twitter)

August 9th, 2020 - 10:18 GMT

Lebanon's Information Minister Resigns as Protesters Take to The Streets

Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko is seen on a screen while speaking to the media outside a polling station after casting his ballot in the presidential election in Minsk on August 9, 2020. Sergei GAPON / AFP

August 9th, 2020 - 09:35 GMT

Europe Not Happy With The Belarus Elections

Taliban prisoners pose as they are in the process of being potentially released from Pul-e-Charkhi prison, on the outskirts of Kabul on July 31, 2020. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on July 31 ordered the release of 500 Taliban prisoners as part of a new ceasefire that could lead into long-delayed peace talks. WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP

August 9th, 2020 - 09:26 GMT

Afghan's Loya Jirga Sets Free 400 Death Row Taliban Prisoners

A picture taken from the coastal road on the northern outskirts of Beirut shows smoke billowing following an explosion in the heart Lebanese capital on August 4, 2020. Two huge explosion rocked the Lebanese capital Beirut, wounding dozens of people, shaking buildings and sending huge plumes of smoke billowing into the sky. Lebanese media carried images of people trapped under rubble, some bloodied, after the massive explosions, the cause of which was not immediately known. JOSEPH EID / AFP

August 9th, 2020 - 09:23 GMT

Huge Ammonium Nitrate Explosion in Beirut's Port Leaves 43-Meter Crater Deep

A picture taken on August 9, 2020, shows graffiti on the wall of a bridge overlooking the port of Beirut, the site of the explosion which killed at least 154 people and devastated swathes of the capital. ANWAR AMRO / AFP

August 9th, 2020 - 09:19 GMT

Dozens of Migrant Workers Missing Following Deadly Beirut Explosion

French President Emmanuel Macron, center, leaves the European Council building in the early morning during an EU summit in Brussels, on July 20, 2020. Leaders from 27 European Union nations met throughout the night of July 19 to assess an overall budget and recovery package spread over seven years estimated at some 1.75 trillion to 1.85 trillion euros. The summit will continue into it's fourth day on Monday. Olivier Matthys / POOL / AFP

August 9th, 2020 - 09:12 GMT

Macron Chairs UN-Backed Conference to Drum Up Support For Lebanon

Martyrs' Square in Tripoli, Libya (Twitter)

August 9th, 2020 - 09:06 GMT

Hundreds Protest Deterioration of Public Services in Tripoli

US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in Bedminster, New Jersey, on August 8, 2020. JIM WATSON / AFP

August 9th, 2020 - 09:01 GMT

Saudi Arabia Might be Going Nuclear and The US Doesn't Like it!

Beirut, Lebanon (Twitter)

August 9th, 2020 - 08:58 GMT

Wife of Netherlands’ Ambassador to Lebanon Dies of Injuries After Beirut Massive Blast

An aerial view taken on August 7, 2020, shows a partial view of the port of Beirut, the damaged grain silo and the crater caused by the colossal explosion three days earlier of a huge pile of ammonium nitrate that had languished for years in a port warehouse, leaving scores of people dead or injured and causing devastation in the Lebanese capital. The city of Beirut can be seen in the background. AFP

August 9th, 2020 - 07:35 GMT

Philippines Charters Flight to Lebanon to Bring Back its People as Four of its Citizens Die in The Beirut Explosions