"Climate change is pushing millions of people into famine. It is destroying hopes, opportunities, homes and lives. In recent months, urgent warnings have become lethal realities again and again all around the world," Turk said. "We do not need more warnings. The dystopian future is already here. We need urgent...
Lebanon marks 3 years since catastrophic Beirut blast
The main activist group representing families of those killed has called for a protest march on Friday afternoon, converging on the port. On Thursday, 300 individuals and organisations including Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Amnesty International renewed a call for the United Nations to establish a fact-finding mission, a demand...
Two years after blast, Lebanese still strive for justice
The portside blast of haphazardly stored ammonium nitrate, one of the biggest non-nuclear explosions ever, killed more than 200 people, wounded thousands more and decimated vast areas of the capital.
Justice eludes Beirut couple two years after blast killed daughter
The demonstrations were drained of momentum by a severe economic crisis and the coronavirus pandemic, before the monster explosion presented a stark reminder of the negligence of the country's leaders.
Lebanon’s Hezbollah ready to return to cabinet meetings
Lebanese group Hezbollah and its ally the Amal movement said Saturday they were ready to return to government meetings after three months of political deadlock that has exacerbated the country's economic crisis. Lebanon's government was formed in September after a 13-month political impasse.
Lebanon port blast judge suspends ex-PM Hassan Diab’s summons
Diab had filed a lawsuit against judge Tarek Bitar, who has been thwarted at every turn in his probe of the August 4, 2020 explosion that killed more than 200 people and disfigured parts of the capital.
Beirut blast aftermath: 564,000 children ‘struggling to survive’ in city
Global non-profit Save The Children has said the collapsing Lebanese economy has pushed more than half a million children in Beirut into a struggle for survival.
Beirut blast: Families of victims mark 11 months since disaster
The August 4, 2020 blast at the Beirut port killed more than 200 people, injured thousands and destroyed swathes of the Lebanese capital Lebanon's government resigned after the explosion, but has remained in a caretaker capacity Dozens of relatives of those killed in Lebanon's port blast gathered Sunday to mark...
