Report by Maroun Nassif, English adaptation by Yasmine Jaroudi Nearly six years after the ammonium nitrate explosion that devastated Beirut on August 4, 2020, Lebanese authorities uncovered highly flammable petroleum-based materials that had remained stored at the port for more than a year and a ha»»»

Share: Photo- Judge Tarek Bitar was appointed lead investigator into the Beirut Port blast ( background ) after the removal of his predecessor Judge Fadi Sawwan in February, 2021 . The background of Bitar’s picture shows the huge silos of Beirut Port that exploded on Aug 4 , 2020, killing some 225 »»»

Lebanese judge Tarek Bitar has completed his investigation into the 2020 Beirut port blast, a years-long case that involves possible charges against dozens of people, a judicial official told AFP on Monday. Since 2023, the investigation into the massive Beirut port explosion, which killed more than»»»

The investigating judge in the Beirut port explosion case, Judge Tarek Bitar, concluded his investigations and referred the entire file to State Prosecutir Judge Jamal Hajjar, for his review and opinion, the National News Agency said. NNA said Hajjar will particularly look into the issue of the 70 »»»

Pontiff expected to appeal for peace in Middle East and address the region’s Muslims and Christians. Pope Leo XIV has chosen Turkiye and Lebanon as the destinations for his first trip abroad as pontiff. The Vatican said on Tuesday that Leo, the first pope who hails from the United States, will trav»»»

Pope Leo XIV is preparing to travel to Lebanon later this year, in what could be his first journey abroad since being elected head of the Catholic Church in May. Archbishop Paul Sayah, deputy to Lebanon's highest-ranking Catholic leader, told the BBC the Vatican was "studying" the trip but that the»»»

VATICAN CITY - Pope Leo plans to visit Lebanon, the country's senior Catholic official announced on Wednesday, in what could be the first visit outside Italy by the new leader of the global Church. The pope will travel to Lebanon "by December", Cardinal Bechara Rai told the al-Arabiya television ch»»»

Several workers are unaccounted for, officials say. Aug. 11 (UPI) -- At least one person is dead and several are injured, including those trapped in rubble, after an explosion at the U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works about 15 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, officials said. Allegheny County Emergency Se»»»

The Lebanese judge leading an investigation into the devastating 2020 Beirut port explosion questioned two port employees on Friday, resuming his probe after years of obstruction, according to four judicial and two security officials. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were »»»