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First responders and residents stand amid rubble at the site of an Israeli airstrike

Israel carries out extensive strikes across Lebanon

Israeli strikes on Lebanon killed 182 people and wounded 890, according to an initial toll from authorities, with the capital Beirut hit by the most violent bombardment since the start of the war between Israel and Hezbollah.

Middle East • 08 Apr

This frame grab from AFPTV footage shows damage to building in the town of Dimona

Iran fires long-range missiles for first time in war

Israel said Iranian forces had for the first time fired long‑range missiles, expanding the risk of attacks beyond the Middle East, even as US President Donald Trump said Washington was considering "winding down" its military operation against Iran.

Middle East • 21 Mar

A DJ at his decks in a packed club in Beirut

Watch: DJ priest drops beats and blessings in Beirut

In a packed Beirut nightclub, electronic beats pulsed alongside projected videos of popes in white robes as Catholic priest Father Guilherme Peixoto spun tracks on the turntable.

News Lens • 13 Jan

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike in Marjayoun, near the Lebanon-Israel border

US shows lack of leverage as Israel pounds Lebanon

For nearly a year, one of US President Joe Biden's top priorities has been to prevent the Gaza war from spiralling into an all-out regional conflict.

Middle East • 24 Sep 24

A cloud of dust rose over the port after the collapse

Eight more silos collapse in blast-hit Beirut port

Eight more grain silos at Beirut port have collapsed after they were damaged in the devastating 2020 explosion, in the third such collapse in a month.

World • 23 Aug 22

Lebanon's main grain silo severely damaged at the port of Beirut

Lebanon to demolish blast-hit Beirut silos

Lebanon today ordered the demolishment of Beirut's grain silos, at risk of collapse following a devastating 2020 port explosion, despite calls to preserve them as a memorial site.

World • 14 Apr 22

Fighters from Hezbollah and Amal movements take aim a Kalashnikov assault rifle and a rocket-propelled grenade launcher in Beirut

Six killed as violence erupts during Beirut rally

At least six people were shot dead in Beirut this morning after a protest against the lead investigator into last year's devastating port blast turned violent.

World • 14 Oct 21

Beirut - the Lebanese state has been barely providing one to two hours of power a day for months

Lebanon electricity returns after army supplies fuel

Lebanon's electricity grid is back online after the army supplied fuel to two key power stations that had run out, a minister said, ending almost a day of total blackout.

World • 10 Oct 21

An aerial view of the flattened warehouse at the port of Beirut next to the crater left by the explosion last year

Lebanon blast investigation suspended for second time

The judge investigating last year's deadly Beirut port explosion had to suspend his work today, a court official said, after what rights groups and victims' families condemned as another blatant case of political obstruction.

World • 27 Sep 21

Smoke billows in the towns of Ibl Al-Saqi and Kfar Hamam in southern Lebanon

Israel launches airstrikes on Lebanon after rocket fire

The Israeli air force said it carried out its first air strikes on neighbouring Lebanon in seven years following a second day of rocket fire across the border.

World • 05 Aug 21

A view of Beirut port one year after the explosion

Grief and anger as Beirut marks year since deadly blast

Lebanon is marking the first anniversary of the catastrophic Beirut port explosion, with residents expressing anger and sadness in a city where many are still in mourning and demanding justice.

World • 04 Aug 21

Israa Seblani was standing on a square in Beirut on her wedding day last year when the explosion happened

No happy anniversary for bride caught in Beirut blast

It should have been the happiest of times, but Lebanese doctor Israa Seblani does not even have a photograph of her wedding on display as the memories are so painful.

World • 31 Jul 21

Furniture and artworks were damaged in the Sursock Palace after the Beirut port explosion

The struggle to save Sursock Palace after Beirut blast

The palace owned by the Lebanese and Anglo-Irish family, the Sursock Cochranes, suffered extensive damage to its building and artwork during the Beirut port blast last August.

World • 02 May 21

A man walks by a building damaged by the 4 August blast in Beirut's Gemayzeh neighbourhood

Vulnerable bearing the brunt of Beirut blast fallout

Six months on from the Beirut blast, the most vulnerable in the Lebanese capital are bearing the brunt.

World • 04 Feb 21

A view of the damaged grain silos in Beirut port

Lebanon's prime minister charged over Beirut port blast

Lebanon's investigating judge has charged caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab and three former ministers with negligence over the Beirut port blast that killed 200 people earlier this year.

World • 10 Dec 20

The fire erupted in the duty-free zone of Beirut port

Beirut port fire hits warehouse where food aid stored

A huge fire today at a Beirut port warehouse containing food aid threatened to disrupt humanitarian operations and sparked outrage among Lebanese still reeling from a devastating dockside explosion last month.

World • 10 Sep 20

Lebanon observed a minute's silence for the dead yesterday

Hopes of miracle fade in search for Beirut survivor

Rescue teams kept up their search for survivors in Beirut, even as hopes raised by sensor readings of a pulse beneath the rubble of last month's blast began to fade.

World • 05 Sep 20

Rescue workers at the site of the collapsed building where a pulse was detected

Search continues for possible Beirut blast survivor

Emergency crews are searching rubble for a possible survivor in Beirut after the detection of a pulse drew crowds hopeful of a miracle one month on from a devastating explosion.

World • 04 Sep 20

The sniffer dog detected scent under the rubble

Rescue dog raises hope of Beirut blast survivor

Rescue workers are digging through rubble in a wrecked district of Beirut in search of possible survivors from the massive port blast last month after scanners detected a pulse.

World • 04 Sep 20

Mustapha Adib will replace Hassan Diab as Lebanon's PM

Lebanon names its Berlin envoy as new prime minister

Lebanon has named its envoy to Germany, Mustapha Adib, as the new prime minister to steer the country through a deep crisis after the Beirut explosion compounded a sharp economic downturn.

World • 31 Aug 20

The grain silos at Beirut port were destroyed in the massive blast earlier this month

Half of Lebanese could face food shortages: UN

More than half of Lebanon's population risk facing a food crisis in the aftermath of a Beirut port blast that compounded the country's many woes, a UN agency has said.

World • 30 Aug 20

Funerals are held for the victims of the Beirut blast as Covid cases spike

Hospitals near capacity as Covid cases spike in Beirut

Lebanon's health minister has warned that hospitals are reaching maximum capacity to treat coronavirus patients.

World • 17 Aug 20

The search for the remains of victims of last week's blast are continuing in Beirut

Hezbollah chief seeking 'unity government' in Lebanon

Lebanon's Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah called for the formation of a national unity government days after the cabinet resigned amid fury over last week's devastating Beirut blast.

World • 14 Aug 20

People gather near the devastated harbour area to commemorate the victims of the explosion last week

Beirut explosion death toll rises to 171

The death toll from Beirut's massive explosion on 4 August has climbed to 171, a health ministry spokesperson said.

World • 12 Aug 20

Lebanese protesters clash with security forces near parliament in central Beirut today

Lebanon govt resigns amid outrage over Beirut blast

Lebanon's prime minister announced his government's resignation today, saying a huge explosion that devastated the capital and stirred public outrage was the result of endemic corruption.

World • 10 Aug 20