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 ...

During a visit to Lebanon Tuesday, Pope Leo XIV held mass at Beirut's waterfront, where he prayed for the families of those killed in an explosion there back in 2020. The trip marks Leo's first ...

Background/Aims On 17 September 2024, over 3000 pager devices containing explosives were remotely detonated across Lebanon in ...

As part of his visit to Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV will pray at the site of the Aug. 4, 2020, Beirut port explosion — the largest nonnuclear blast in modern history. For William Noun, the brother of a ...

Bulgaria was reportedly not convinced that Lebanon would not hand the ship owner the death penalty, despite guarantees from ...

On a warm, clear August day in Beirut, Lebanon, five years ago, the lives of countless residents of the Middle Eastern coastal metropolis — including the city’s numerous Christians — changed forever.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pope Leo XIV offered a silent prayer at the site of the 2020 Beirut port explosion as he wraps up his first foreign trip to Turkey ...

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 ...

Pope Leo XIV holds a moment of prayer at the site of the 2020 Beirut port explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.) Listen BEIRUT — Pope Leo XIV prayed ...

BEIRUT — A huge fire has broken out at the Port of Beirut, triggering panic among residents a month after a massive explosion. It was not immediately clear what caused the fire at the facility which ...