Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

Seven Years Before Beirut Explosion, Lebanese Military Failed to Flag Deadly Cargo

The MV Rhosus was allowed to sail into Beirut’s port carrying 2,750 tons of potentially explosive ammonium nitrate, even after an inspection by the Lebanese navy, documents show. Lebanon's Armed ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Lebanon explosion: DePaul graduate, Chicago man relieved family in Beirut mostly untouched by blast

CHICAGO (WLS) -- After video of a monstrous explosion in Beirut began spreading across the globe, one Chicago resident worried about his family. "I was just trying to keep calling everyone and keep ...
WCPO Cincinnati

Massive explosion in Beirut kills more than 70, injures hundreds

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Lebanon's health minister says more than 70 people were killed and more than 3,000 were injured in the huge explosion that rocked Beirut. The blast Tuesday flattened much of the city ...
Naija Gist - Latest

Here's what we know about the explosion in Beirut, Lebanon

Hundreds are injured and dead persons are being pulled from the wreckage. 4..Lebanon is currently grappling with an economic crisis and there is tension ahead of Friday's verdict in a trial over the ...