Even Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr speculated, in the first few hours after the explosion: “No wait, it wasn’t terrorism; it was breathtaking incompetence. Now we are all in danger.” What really caused the Beirut explosions? Rappler is compiling statements of key officials ...
If, as seems to be the case, the Beirut explosion was caused by thousands of tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored in a warehouse, the blast demonstrates the deadly potential of this common agricultural chemical. What is ammonium nitrate? With the chemical formula NH4NO3, ammonium n...
Beirut is a very densely populated city. While there are firefighters and other emergency services, any city experiencing and witnessing an explosion of this magnitude would struggle initially to find the resources to deal with this. Image:A street in the centre of Leb...
BEIRUT (AP) — Yahya Sinwar masterminded an attack on Israel that shocked the world, unleashing a still-widening catastrophe with no end in sight. In Gaza, no figure loomed larger in determining the war’s trajectory than the 61-year-old Hamas leader. Obsessive, disciplined and dict...
In mid August, Marjorie Taylor Greene won the primary election in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District, which is likely
seven people and injured dozensyesterday, and which was triggered by protests organized by Hezbollah and its allies to demand the removal of Judge Tarik Bitar, who has been tasked with investigating culpability for the August 4, 2020 explosion at Beirut’s port, is a consequence of this legacy...
News Confirmed team has verified the location of one video showing a man's bag exploding as he looks over fruit on display at a supermarket in Lebanon's capital city of Beirut. There were a number of other shoppers around him, but none appeared to be affected by the explosion at ...
Each day before beachgoers arrive lifeguards evaluate the conditions in the water and it is important to listen to their advice before entering the water. If there is a threat for rip currents on the day you're at the beach you should heed the warning and stay out of the water....
Who was the deputy Hamas leader killed in Beirut explosion? What will happen to Gaza once the war is over? Pakistan: Rigged election fears could inflame crisis -Asia correspondent,Cordelia Lynch Image:Both India and Pakistan hold elections this year ...
What is Iran's 'axis of resistance'? Israel vows to retaliate after nearly 200 missiles are fired by Iran Image:Deborah Haynes near the Israeli border with Lebanon She says there was then an "explosion" when it eventually hit. "But we did also see some missiles getting th...