Thousands of Protestants rocked Lebanon’s parliamentary area on Sunday, demanding the government’s fall in the wake of the catastrophic explosion that destroyed parts of Beirut last week. The violent rally took place around sunset, when an international donor conference launched to fund the enormous cost of recovery decided that the …
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A new video shows the moment an explosion shook the port of Beirut – sending a fireworks explosion of “white hot glass” into the air before leveling dozens of buildings in a powerful wave of destruction. The high-resolution recordings, which are also slower, offer the clearest view of the explosion …
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The US announced on Friday that it was sending $ 17 million in aid to Lebanon after a massive explosion shook its capital Beirut earlier this week, killing at least 150 people and injuring thousands more. National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien said in a statement that the first wave of …
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At least 728 people have been injured in clashes with authorities as thousands of Protestants took to the streets of central Beirut as insurgent police fired tear gas at those trying to break through a barrier to the parliament building. One police officer was also killed. Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan …
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The Lebanese owner of a cruise ship sunk by the enormous explosion that destroyed the port of Beirut is conducting a lawsuit in “all that responsibility”, the country’s landowner said, as anger rages over the disaster. Two crew members of the Queen of the Orient were killed and seven others …
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