The colossal explosion in Lebanon’s capital this week was apparently caused when more than 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate, a highly volatile chemical, detonated. The stockpile had been left for years ...

After a deadly blast involving the chemical at the port in Lebanon's capital city, Beirut, residents of Newcastle, north of Sydney, are calling for the removal of 12,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate ...

Ammonium nitrate, which Lebanese authorities have said was the cause of the Beirut blast, is an odorless crystalline substance commonly used as a fertilizer that has been the cause of numerous ...

Lebanon’s National News Agency reported that Prosecutor General Judge Jamal Hajjar held a lengthy meeting with Judge Tarek Bitar, the lead investigator into the Beirut Port explosion, to review the ...

Bulgarian police have arrested the Russian owner of the ship that transported ammonium nitrate to Beirut in 2013, seven years before the catastrophic 2020 port explosion. Igor Grechushkin, owner of ...

Lebanese judge Tarek Bitar has completed his investigation into the 2020 Beirut port blast, a years-long case that involves ...

Beirut: Syria's military said a large-scale drone attack targeted its bases near the border with Iraq on Monday, the biggest such incident since the start of the Middle East war. The army reported "a ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Seismological data suggests that six blasts preceded the Beirut port explosion, the last of them a combustion of fireworks that apparently set off a warehouse full of ammonium ...

Pope Leo XIV offered a silent prayer at the site of the 2020 Beirut port explosion as he wrapped up his first foreign trip to Turkey and Lebanon on Tuesday. He also met with relatives of some of the ...

Judge Tarek Bitar has sent the case to attorney general for review ...