The colossal explosion in Lebanon’s capital this week was apparently caused when more than 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate, a highly volatile chemical, detonated. The stockpile had been left for years ...

A massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon on Tuesday killed more than 100 people, injured thousands, and leveled an entire neighborhood. Lebanese officials blamed the blast on more than 2700 tons of ...

BEIRUT (AP) — The Russian owner of a cargo ship linked to a cargo of ammonium nitrate at the center of the massive Beirut port explosion in 2020 has been arrested in Bulgaria, Lebanese judicial ...

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — A Bulgarian court on Wednesday rejected Lebanon’s request to extradite the owner of a ship linked to a cargo of ammonium nitrate at the center of the massive 2020 port explosion ...

When 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate exploded in Beirut’s port on August 4, 2020, it ripped through the city, killing more than 218 people. Among them was three-year-old Alexandra Naggear. Five years ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 4 (UPI) --Lebanon, long plagued by impunity and a lack of accountability, marked the fifth anniversary Monday of the Beirut port explosion that devastated large parts of the ...

Pope Leo XIV offered a silent prayer at the site of the 2020 Beirut port explosion as he wraps up his first foreign trip to Turkey and Lebanon on Tuesday. He also met with relatives of some of the 218 ...

On 4 August, 2020, a large amount of ammonium nitrate stored in Beirut, the Lebanese capital city, exploded, causing more than 190 deaths, 6,500 injuries, and leaving an estimated 300,000 people ...