It is nearly five years since one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history ripped through Beirut, killing more than 200 people and wreaking carnage. The city still has visible wounds today – ...

Pope Leo XIV wrapped up his first foreign trip Tuesday at the site of a deadly 2020 Beirut port explosion that has become a ...

BEIRUT — The Lebanese judge leading an investigation into the huge 2020 Beirut port explosion questioned two port employees on Friday, resuming his probe after years of obstruction, according to four ...

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 offered words of ...

The colossal explosion that devastated Beirut's port and gutted entire neighbourhoods of the Lebanese capital deals a fresh blow to an already fragile and deeply unpopular government. The damaged ...

Last week's cataclysmic explosion has ripped Beirut apart but was it strong enough to topple the entrenched ruling class whose greed and incompetence are blamed for it? The masters of Lebanon's ...

A Lebanese army soldier and forensics experts inspect a burnt-out vehicle in Braiqaa, in south Lebanon's Nabatiyeh district, after what the military called a munitions blast — Mahmoud ZAYYAT Lebanon's ...

Experts and residents say that the country is in a state of collapse. One year after the blast that destroyed the port of Beirut and a large part of the city, the families of the dead are still ...

Pope Leo, on his first visit abroad since becoming a pope in May, is on Tuesday set to pray at the site of Beirut's devastating port explosion before holding a Mass by the waterfront to tens of ...

Pope Leo XIV offered a silent prayer at the site of the 2020 Beirut port explosion as he wrapped up his first foreign trip to Turkey and Lebanon on Tuesday. He also met with relatives of some of the ...

Pope Leo XIV greets the crowd upon his arrival to celebrate Mass on the seafront in Beirut, Lebanon, on December 2, 2025. Pope Leo XIV prayed Tuesday at the site of a deadly 2020 Beirut port explosion ...