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Portland Police said on Tuesday some of its officers had been targeted with a "powerful green laser" capable of causing permanent eye damage when some 200 protesters marched on the Portland Police Association (PPA) building late on Monday.

There is no evidence that the leadership of the Iranbacked Shi'ite Muslim group Hezbollah, or the Syrian government, were involved in the 2005 bombing that killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik alHariri, a judge said on Tuesday.

Republicans choose a standardbearer in their effort to snatch back a south Florida congressional district on Tuesday, as three states hold primaries that will help set the stage for elections in November to determine the balance of power in Washington.

Alexander Lukashenko, the leader of Belarus, on Tuesday awarded medals "for impeccable service" to law enforcement officials who have helped him crack down on protesters who have been demanding he step down for the last 10 days.

A U.N.backed court on Tuesday began reading the verdict in the case of four Hezbollah members charged with conspiracy to carry out the 2005 bombing that killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik alHariri and 21 others.

The resolution supports resettling Sikhs and Hindus from Afghanistan in the US under the United States Refugee Admissions Programme pursuant to the Immigration.

Australia was on track on Tuesday to record its lowest oneday rise in new COVID19 infections in a month, buoying hopes that a stringent lockdown in the country's secondmost populous state has prevented a fresh wave of cases nationally.

Amer Fakhoury, an American who was jailed for months in Lebanon and later released over decadesold murder and torture charges that he denied died Monday, his family said. He was 57.

A knifewielding man wounded an Israeli policeman in the Old City of Jerusalem and was shot dead by an officer on Monday, a police spokesman said.

Several individuals including candidates for public office sued President Donald Trump and the U.S. Postal Service's new postmaster general in New York on Monday to ensure adequate funding for postal operations.

Two suspects have been indicted in the 2002 killing of hip hop artist Jam Master Jay, which until now had been one of New York City's most notorious unsolved killings, two law enforcement officials told the Associated Press on Monday.

Two outside experts will be allowed to inspect an immigration detention center in Virginia that has seen the worst coronavirus outbreak at any such facility in the nation, a federal judge said during a virtual hearing Monday.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday eased the strict coronavirus lockdown in and around the capital Manila as his government promised a "refreshed" approach to fighting COVID19 that includes intensified testing.

Mexican soldiers killed nine alleged gunmen along the border with Texas in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas, officials said Monday.

The Pakistani Taliban have brought two splinter groups back into their fold, they announced in a statement, days after the army said antimilitant operations nationwide had brought "hardearned success".

Three police officers were injured and 18 people were arrested as a result of a riot in Seattle involving explosives, bottles and rocks, authorities said.