Pope Leo said he was "deeply moved" by his visit to the site of the Beirut port blast [Reuters] Pope Leo XIV led a silent prayer at the site of the Beirut port explosion and demanded justice for its ...

Five years ago, one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history ripped apart Beirut's waterfront with a terrifying power. The blast, which many still refer to as "the bomb," was not terrorism, ...

BEIRUT — Sarah Copland recalls the day vividly. She and her 2-year-old son Isaac were in the living room of their Beirut apartment eating dinner when they heard a loud bang. “I didn’t know what it was ...

Friends and relatives of the victims of the 2020 Beirut port blast carry portraits of their deceased relatives as they gather outside the port to commemorate Monday he fifth anniversary of the massive ...

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ROME -- Pope Leo XIV will pray at the site of the 2020 port blast in Beirut that killed over 200 people and compounded Lebanon's economic and political crisis during his first foreign trip as pope ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is saddened to report that the list of more than 200 fatalities and missing in the deadly and destructive explosion which rocked Beirut on 4 August also includes at least ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) -Hundreds of Lebanese gathered solemnly near Beirut's coast on Monday to commemorate a half-decade since the cataclysmic port blast of 2020, when more than 200 people were killed in ...

Tanya can't be alone in a room. Carla, for days, thought a war was starting. Survivors of Beirut's August 4 blast are still in shock over a disaster that disfigured their city. The earth-shaking ...

Agency channels US$35 million in emergency funds to worst-affected by explosion, focusing on shelter and protection needs among Lebanese, refugees and migrants. The tragedy in Beirut has so far left ...

Pope Leo XIV led a silent prayer at the site of the Beirut port explosion and demanded justice for its victims, as he wrapped up his three-day visit to Lebanon. He also met some relatives of the 218 ...