Who owned the chemicals that blew up Beirut? No one will say
In the murky story of how a cache of highly explosive ammonium nitrate ended up on the Beirut waterfront, one thing is clear — no one has ever publicly come…
The blast that blew away Lebanon’s faith in itself
They gather in groups, wearing black, in the shadow of buildings gutted by the explosion that shook this city on Aug. 4. Men, women and children from Christian and Muslim…
Beyond the explosion
On August 4, 2020, nearly 2,750 tonnes of improperly stored ammonium nitrate exploded in the seaport in Beirut, killing more than 200 people, injuring more than 6,000, and displacing thousands…
Curse of the IEDs
Pakistan has been in the grip of brutal and senseless attacks by militants using improvised explosive devices (IEDs) for some time now. In the latest attack, 27 security personnel were…
Texas town devastated by massive explosion
It was like Iraq, a nuclear bomb, a tornado. Those were the words used by US officials to describe the devastation created by a blast at a fertiliser plant in…
