UK sends first asylum seeker to Rwanda: British media

Britain has sent a first asylum seeker to Rwanda as part of a controversial but voluntary scheme for irregular migrants whose applications have been rejected, British media reported on Tuesday. The British government last week adopted a highly-criticis…

Gas blast kills eight at Beirut restaurant: minister

A fire caused by a gas canister explosion killed at least eight people at a restaurant in Beirut on Tuesday, a Lebanese government minister and firefighters said. The state-run National News Agency quoted the Beirut Fire Brigade as saying that “eight v…