Families of the victims of the Beirut Port explosion staged a protest outside the Customs building at the Port of Beirut, ...

Bulgaria was reportedly not convinced that Lebanon would not hand the ship owner the death penalty, despite guarantees from ...

On a warm, clear August day in Beirut, Lebanon, five years ago, the lives of countless residents of the Middle Eastern coastal metropolis — including the city’s numerous Christians — changed forever.

As part of his visit to Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV will pray at the site of the Aug. 4, 2020, Beirut port explosion — the largest nonnuclear blast in modern history. For William Noun, the brother of a ...

While Gracia Azzi has not been convicted, decision has led to an outcry from relatives of victims and their supporters ...

Hundreds are injured and dead persons are being pulled from the wreckage. 4..Lebanon is currently grappling with an economic crisis and there is tension ahead of Friday's verdict in a trial over the ...

Pope Leo XIV holds a moment of prayer at the site of the 2020 Beirut port explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.) Listen BEIRUT — Pope Leo XIV prayed ...

Background/Aims On 17 September 2024, over 3000 pager devices containing explosives were remotely detonated across Lebanon in ...

BEIRUT — A huge fire has broken out at the Port of Beirut, triggering panic among residents a month after a massive explosion. It was not immediately clear what caused the fire at the facility which ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Pope Leo XIV prayed Tuesday at the site of a deadly 2020 Beirut port explosion that has become a symbol of dysfunction and official impunity and called for justice to prevail, as he ...