Pope Leo XIV prayed Tuesday at the site of a deadly 2020 Beirut port explosion that has become a symbol of Lebanon’s dysfunction and official impunity as he offered words of consolation to Lebanon’s ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 4 (UPI) --Lebanon, long plagued by impunity and a lack of accountability, marked the fifth anniversary Monday of the Beirut port explosion that devastated large parts of the ...

BEIRUT — Holy icons no longer witness Mass at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in the Lebanese capital and there are no pews five years after an explosion in the main port sent a devastating shock ...

The Lebanese have never seen accountability for any of the country's gravest crimes. Justice—when pursued at all—is politicized, obstructed, and often denied. Five years since the Beirut explosion, ...

Massive explosion on August 4, 2020, killed more than 200 people Blast devastated swathes of the Lebanese capital Despite promises, no-one has yet been held accountable Political interference, legal ...

In the aftermath of the port explosions, UNESCO launched the LiBeirut initiative to mobilize funds for the city's reconstruction. The organization coordinated the rehabilitation of 280 educational ...

BEIRUT — On Monday, Lebanon marked the fifth anniversary of the deadly port explosion that rocked Beirut and its surrounding areas in August 2020, as the investigation into the blast remains stalled ...

“It was impossible not to be impacted by the Beirut explosion,” says Sarah Hermez, co-founder of Creative Space Beirut (CSB). The free fashion school was founded in 2011 to offer high-quality design ...

Pope Leo XIV prays at the site of the Beirut port blast in August 2020, in Beirut, Lebanon, Dec. 2, 2025. (CNS photo/Yara Nardi, pool via Reuters) Pope Leo concluded his visit to Lebanon with a ...

A waterfront Mass in the Lebanese capital capped the pope’s three-day visit to the Middle Eastern nation with the largest proportion of Christians. A waterfront Mass in the Lebanese capital capped the ...