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A man walks past a destroyed car at a neighborhood near the scene of Tuesdays explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon. (AP)

Lebanon president rejects global investigation into Beirut port blast

"There are two possible scenarios for what happened: it was either negligence or foreign interference through a missile...

8 Aug 2020 11:56 AM IST

Lebanese army soldiers stand guard in front of destroyed ships at the scene where an explosion hit on Tuesday the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon. (AP)

The ship with ammonium nitrate cargo was not meant to stop at Beirut

The chemicals came to Beirut on a leaky Russian-leased cargo ship that, according to its captain, should never have...

7 Aug 2020 9:28 AM IST

People inspect their car that was damaged in Tuesdays massive explosion in the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. (AP)

Lebanese government orders house arrest of several Beirut port...

Probe is focusing on how 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate came to be stored at the facility for 6 years and why nothing...

6 Aug 2020 9:12 AM IST

A sunken cruise ship caused by Aug. 4 explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, sits in the water. The Lebanese military discovered more than 4 tons of ammonium nitrate near Beiruts port on Thursday, Sept. 3, a find thats a chilling reminder of the horrific explosion a month ago that killed 191 people. (AP)

Lebanese army finds 4 tons of ammonium nitrate in Beirut

It was nearly 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrate stored at Beirut's port for six years that detonated last month, wreaking...

4 Sept 2020 11:15 AM IST