Lebanon

Fugitives in Fairmont Nile City Hotel gang-rape case arrested

By BBC | 3 years ago

Lebanese security forces have arrested five fugitive suspects linked to the raping a woman at a luxury hotel in the Egyptian capital, Cairo. EgyptR...

The massive blast in Lebanon’s capital city, Beirut, occurred on Tuesday, August 4, 2020. [PHOTO | COURTESY]

Lebanon’s government to resign in wake of deadly blast

By CNN | 3 years ago

Three Lebanon cabinet ministers have already quit, along with seven members of parliament following devastating explosion....

President Michel Aoun said the Beirut blast was caused by 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored unsafely in a warehouse. [PHOTO | FILE]

Angry Beirut residents demand answers after blast

By BBC | 3 years ago

People in Lebanon call for justice after a blash that left at least 135 dead and over 4,000 injured....

Lebanon mourns after huge explosion kills at least 78, injures over 4,000 others

By BBC | 3 years ago

President Michel Aoun said 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate had been stored unsafely in a warehouse for six years....

Maids dumped outside embassy as Covid-19 pandemic bites

By BBC | 3 years ago

Scores of maids have been dumped outside a Beirut embassy amid an ongoing economic crisis in Lebanon, heightened by the coronavirus pandemic. Lebanon�...