Stray bullet hits Middle East Airlines plane while landing in Beirut, no casualties
No one among the passengers or crew was hurt, the head of the Lebanese airline company said, after a bullet hits the plane while landing at the airport.
Nov 11, 2022, 12:58 PM ISTPlumes of white smoke cover Beirut port, triggers panic among residents
According to local media reports, the smoke covered the port, where a major fire broke out on September 10, on Saturday night.
Sep 13, 2020, 13:13 PM ISTNightmares, flashbacks, fatigue: Beirut faces mental health crisis after blast
More than two weeks after a massive explosion tore through Beirut killing 181 people and leaving entire neighbourhoods in ruins, Sandra Abinader still jumps at the slightest sound.
Aug 24, 2020, 14:25 PM IST'Impossible' that Beirut port blast was caused by Hezbollah arms, says Lebanon President Michel Aoun
Lebanese President Michel Aoun dismissed as "impossible" the chance that a vast explosion in Beirut`s port this month was caused by a blast from a deposit of Hezbollah arms, but said that all possibilities would be investigated.
Aug 18, 2020, 14:12 PM ISTLebanon: Woman goes into labour in Beirut as explosion shatters hospital room
The devastating explosion that rocked Beirut, earlier this week, left a pregnant woman rattled when the blast ripped through her hospital delivery room. Despite the deadly blast, doctors and staff helped the woman successfully deliver the baby boy.
Aug 13, 2020, 08:52 AM ISTLebanon Cabinet resigns over Beirut blast that left 160 dead, says Health Minister
Lebanon Cabinet on Monday (August 10) resigned over last week's devastating explosion at the Beirut port which left 160 people dead and almost 6,000 injured.
Aug 10, 2020, 20:50 PM ISTLebanon : Beirut police fire tear gas as protesters regroup
"After the enormous Beirut catastrophe, I announce my resignation from government," Lebanon's information minister Manal Abdel said in a statement.
Aug 10, 2020, 12:08 PM ISTFrench President Emmanuel Macron to host donor conference to raise emergency relief for Lebanon's capital Beirut
President Macron visited Beirut on Thursday becoming the first world leader to do so after explosions rocked Lebanon's capital.
Aug 09, 2020, 15:24 PM ISTNASA maps damage due to explosions that shook Lebanon's capital Beirut on August 4; see picture
As per NASA, such maps can help identify badly damaged areas where people may need assistance.
Aug 08, 2020, 16:19 PM ISTBeirut blast a wake-up call on dangers of ammonium nitrate, experts warn
Lebanese authorities said 2,750 tonnes of the industrial chemical had been stored for six years at Beirut port without safety measures. That stockpile exploded on Tuesday, killing more than 150 people, injuring thousands and leaving about a quarter of a million people homeless.
Aug 08, 2020, 12:24 PM ISTHow was Beirut ruined in just 12 seconds?
How was Beirut ruined in just 12 seconds? Know in this video..
Aug 07, 2020, 13:26 PM ISTDeath toll from Beirut blast reaches 100 and could rise, Lebanese Red Cross head
Tuesday`s blast at port warehouses storing highly explosive material was the most powerful in years in Beirut, already reeling from an economic crisis and a surge in coronavirus infections.
Aug 05, 2020, 12:12 PM ISTNo Indian hurt in Beirut explosions, shared our helpline numbers: Indian envoy to Lebanon
The latest media reports said that as many as 10 people have died in the explosions and over hundreds have been injured
Aug 04, 2020, 23:26 PM ISTHuge explosions in Lebanon's Beirut kill 10, injure hundreds; watch
Lebanon`s state news agency NNA and two security sources said the blast had occurred in the port area where there are warehouses housing explosives.
Aug 04, 2020, 22:22 PM IST100 injured in clashes between protesters, riot police in Lebanon
The clashes broke out following the attempts by protesters to break barbed barriers set up by security forces at the entrance of the roads leading to the Parliament's headquarters.
Jan 19, 2020, 09:57 AM ISTSyrian government steps up air strikes in northwest, seizes small town
Syrian government forces pounded positions in the northwest of the country on Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, in the heaviest day of air strikes since launching a major campaign against the rebel-held territory nearly four weeks ago.
May 27, 2019, 00:18 AM ISTRussian air strikes kill 21 civilians in east Syria: Monitor
Russian air strikes killed 21 civilians early Wednesday in a village held by the Islamic State group near the Euphrates River in eastern Syria, a monitor said.
Dec 06, 2017, 20:14 PM ISTHariri, back in Beirut, attends national day parade
Saad al-Hariri attended independence day celebrations in Beirut on Wednesday after returning to Lebanon for the first time since resigning as prime minister in a broadcast from Saudi Arabia.
Nov 22, 2017, 13:06 PM ISTIslamic State jihadists retake nearly half of Syria border town Albu Kamal
Islamic State group jihadists have retaken nearly half of Albu Kamal in eastern Syria in a counter-attack on what had been the last significant town under their full control, a monitor said Friday.
Nov 10, 2017, 17:09 PM ISTThree Lebanese kidnapped in Iraq freed: Ministry
Three Lebanese nationals kidnapped in the Iraqi capital Baghdad last week have been freed and were expected to arrive in Beirut later on Sunday, Lebanon`s interior ministry said.
Oct 29, 2017, 18:10 PM IST