Beirut faced fresh misery today as a third fire broke out in the space of a week in a city still reeling from the catastrophic port explosion which killed nearly 200 people last month. Black clouds of smoke were pouring from the futuristic Zaha Hadid-designed shopping centre today on the main road that passes by … Read more
When one of the most powerful explosions on record tore through our eighth-floor apartment in central Beirut last month, it felt like the end of the world. In that millisecond, hundreds of thousands of people didn’t know if they would live or die. My mother and I were catapulted into the living room from our … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: Huge fire breaks out in the rubble of Beirut’s port just weeks after an explosion decimated the area By Ross Ibbetson For Mailonline Published: 11:46 BST, 10 September 2020 | Updated: 11:54 BST, 10 September 2020 Share or comment on this article:
Rescue workers may have found another ‘heartbeat’ under the rubble left when an explosion rocked the Port of Beirut last month – raising fresh hopes a buried survivor might still be alive after the blast. Search operations began on Thursday afternoon after a sniffer dog belonging to a Chilean search and rescue team detected something … Read more
People throughout Lebanon observed a moment of silence on Friday to mark one month since the devastating Beirut explosion, while rescuers dug through the rubble of a building destroyed in the blast, hoping to find a survivor. Images reflected the pain and anguish that persists one month after the August 4 blast that killed 191 … Read more
Beirut blast rescuers ‘detect a heartbeat’ under rubble sparking hopes of finding a survivor a month after the explosion Sniffer dog belonging to the Chilean rescue team first detected something A pulsing signal was detected on Thursday from under the rubble of a building The team used audio detection equipment and detected what could be … Read more
This is the mysterious Russian businessman who owned the ‘floating bomb’ ship that ripped through Beirut, killing more than 180 people and leaving 300,000 homeless. MailOnline tracked down reclusive shipping tycoon Igor Grechushkin to Cyprus, where he lives with his glamorous wife Irina and their three sons. Mr Grechushkin owned the Moldovan-registered cargo ship, the … Read more
Heidi Klum joins Shakira and Becky G along with other stars to raise money for the people of Beirut, Lebanon after this month’s deadly explosion By Dan Heching For Dailymail.com Published: 01:25 BST, 29 August 2020 | Updated: 01:25 BST, 29 August 2020 After tragedy struck earlier this month, she’s standing with others to help … Read more
The Port of Beirut has re-opened for aid shipments over three weeks after a haul of abandoned ammonium nitrate in storage blew up a warehouse causing a cataclysmic explosion that killed 171 people. In aerial photographs released today, aid ships can be seen moored off Beirut’s flattened port. The blast, which took place on August … Read more
Courteney Cox joins designer Zuhair Murad in his initiative to help the people of Beirut after earlier blast left around 180 people dead and another 6,000 injured By Adam S. Levy For Dailymail.com Published: 01:46 BST, 19 August 2020 | Updated: 01:51 BST, 19 August 2020 Courteney Cox modeled a shirt for charity Tuesday as … Read more