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Penny pinching and power cuts; Lebanon’s middle class squeezed by crisis

Reuters About 80% of the population of 6.5 million are...

Shots, tear gas and flames as protests against Beirut explosion grow

Beirut (Reuters) - Lebanese riot police fired tear gas...

India seizes 740 tonnes of chemical that caused Lebanon blast

Chennai (Reuters) - Indian customs authorities have seized a...

Factbox: What is ammonium nitrate, the chemical that blew up Beirut?

Reuters The larger the quantity, the greater the risk it...

Macron vows to help mobilise aid for Lebanon after devastating blast, warns on reforms

Beirut (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday promised aid to blast-stricken Lebanon but reassured angry citizens reeling from a lethal explosion that...

Factbox: The assassination of Lebanon’s Hariri and its aftermath

Reuters The tribunal named four Hezbollah members wanted over the killing... Lebanon’s Rafik al-Hariri was assassinated in 2005. Here are some details about him, his death,...

Background on Lebanon’s Hezbollah

Reuters Shadowy groups, which Lebanese security officials and Western intelligence say are linked to Hezbollah, launched suicide attacks on Western embassies and targets and kidnapped...

Israel not involved in Beirut blast, Israeli official says

Tel Aviv (Reuters) - Israel has nothing to do with a huge explosion at the Beirut port area on Tuesday, an Israeli official said.“Israel...

Shots, tear gas and flames as protests against Beirut explosion grow

Beirut (Reuters) - Lebanese riot police fired tear gas...

Factbox: What is ammonium nitrate, the chemical that blew up Beirut?

Reuters The larger the quantity, the greater the risk it...

India seizes 740 tonnes of chemical that caused Lebanon blast

Chennai (Reuters) - Indian customs authorities have seized a...

Macron vows to help mobilise aid for Lebanon after devastating blast, warns on reforms

Beirut (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday...