More than two weeks after a massive explosion tore through Beirut killing 181 people and leaving entire neighborhoods in ruins, Sandra Abinader still jumps at the slightest sound. "The other day, I was trying to open a jar and the popping sound made me jump back and scream. I felt for a...

The 10 firefighters who received the call a bit before 6 p.m. - alerting them of a big fire at the nearby port of Beirut - could not know what awaited them. The brigade of nine men and one woman could not know about the stockpile of ammonium nitrate warehoused since 2013 along a busy...

Credit ratings agency S&P Friday downgraded more Lebanese government debt issues after missed payments, citing the country's worsening economic crisis following the devastating explosion in Beirut earlier this month. S&P Global Ratings maintained the "selective default" or "SD"...

A Lebanese judge leading investigations into Beirut's port blast issued two new arrest warrants Friday, a judicial source told AFP. "The investigating judge, Fadi Sawan, continued his investigations... and today issued two arrest warrants," the source said. According to the official...