Car bomb kills 18 in Beirut suburb

A powerful car bomb that tore through a busy area of Beirut has killed at least 18 people in the bloodiest attack yet on Lebanese civilians linked to Syria’s civil war.

The blast, in a neighbourhood that is a stronghold of Hezbollah, is the second in just over a month to hit one of the Shiite militant group’s bastions of support, and the deadliest in decades.