The Lebanese government has resigned amid growing public anger following a devastating explosion in Beirut on 4 August that ... "Whatever the precise charge size, this is unquestionably one ...

That was nearly 3 kilotons of TNT equivalent, so again Beirut was around a third this size, give or take. More recently, the 2015 explosion in Tianjin (China) was only around half the yield of Beirut.

Multiple blasts have shaken the southern suburbs of Lebanon's capital, Beirut, amid Israeli air strikes on the night before the anniversary of the 7 October Hamas attacks against Israel.

The explosion follows further Israeli strikes in the city and Hezbollah has also fired dozens of rockets into northern Israel on Saturday.

United in grief and anger, families of the victims and several thousand Lebanese marked one year since the horrific explosion at Beirut's port with a moment of silence and prayers at the foot of ...

Around 6pm local time on Tuesday 4 August, many people in Beirut turned their gaze to ... which experts say is consistent with the size of the explosion The shockwave shredded the warehouses ...

The main reason why some conspiracy-minded individuals are leaping to the conclusion that a nuke went off in Beirut is that explosion produced a classic mushroom cloud, which is familiar to anyone ...

Three Hezbollah field commanders have been killed in Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon, the Israel Defense Forces confirmed on Wednesday. The announcement came on the heels of the army’s ...

Israeli jets struck the southern suburbs of Beirut early Wednesday for the first time in six days, Lebanese state media reported. The casualty count was not yet clear. The attack comes just one ...

I found out later I had fractured my arm. The energy wave which emanated from the explosion caused windows to shatter and ceilings to collapse all across Beirut. Broken glass, bricks and cement rained ...

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