Ammonium nitrate on its own is not itself classified as dangerous. PARIS and LONDON -- An explosion at a warehouse stocked with 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate in the Beirut port changed the face of a ...

The city of Beirut was rocked by one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history. In a matter of seconds, a massive blast tore through Lebanon’s capital, killing 218 people, injuring over 7,000, ...

The enormous explosion has left up to 300,000 people homeless, say authorities. LONDON and PARIS -- The death toll in Tuesday's massive explosion in a Beirut warehouse has climbed past 100 as search ...

Two video compilations showing clips of the 2020 Beirut port explosion and a video said by two experts to be synthetic media have been miscaptioned online as the U.S. attack on Iran’s Fordow nuclear ...

BEIRUT — On Monday, Lebanon marked the fifth anniversary of the deadly port explosion that rocked Beirut and its surrounding areas in August 2020, as the investigation into the blast remains stalled ...

BEIRUT — A major explosion battered the Basta area of central Beirut early Saturday. At least four airstrikes hit the site, Lebanese state media and Reuters reported, citing security sources. Photos ...

The Lebanese have never seen accountability for any of the country's gravest crimes. Justice—when pursued at all—is politicized, obstructed, and often denied. Five years since the Beirut explosion, ...

BEIRUT — Sarah Copland recalls the day vividly. She and her 2-year-old son Isaac were in the living room of their Beirut apartment eating dinner when they heard a loud bang. “I didn’t know what it was ...

With a silent march, moving testimonies, and the symbolic planting of 75 trees in honor of the victims, Lebanon commemorated on Aug. 4 the fifth anniversary of the devastating explosion that rocked ...

In the aftermath of the port explosions, UNESCO launched the LiBeirut initiative to mobilize funds for the city's reconstruction. The organization coordinated the rehabilitation of 280 educational ...

Search-and-rescue efforts were ongoing early Saturday following an Israeli airstrike in the Basta neighborhood of Beirut. (Bilal Hussein/AP) This live coverage has ended. For the latest updates, ...