Beirut explosion

A huge fire has razed Beirut’s port, sending up orange flames and a huge plume of black smoke after weeks of recovering from the horrific port explosion that devastated entire neighborhoods last month. The fire occurred on Thursday, September 10. The fire appeared to have started in a warehouse belonging to a private company that […]

Lebanon’s health minister has said the country’s ‘whole government’ has resigned in the wake of the deadly explosion in Beirut last week. Hamad Hassan spoke with reporters at the end of a cabinet meeting and said Prime Minister Hassan Diab will head to the presidential palace to ‘hand over the resignation in the name of […]