Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

Seven Years Before Beirut Explosion, Lebanese Military Failed to Flag Deadly Cargo

The MV Rhosus was allowed to sail into Beirut’s port carrying 2,750 tons of potentially explosive ammonium nitrate, even after an inspection by the Lebanese navy, documents show. Lebanon's Armed ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Lebanon explosion: DePaul graduate, Chicago man relieved family in Beirut mostly untouched by blast

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 ...
NBC 6 South Florida

Lebanon's Justice Minister Resigns in Wake of Explosion

Lebanon’s justice minister has resigned in protest, the third Cabinet member to do so following last week’s devastating explosion in Beirut, the state news agency reported Monday. Marie-Claude Najm’s ...
WRBL

Survivor search grips a grieving Beirut a month after blast

BEIRUT (AP) — People throughout Lebanon observed a moment of silence Friday to mark one month since the devastating Beirut explosion, while rescuers dug through the rubble of a building destroyed in ...