World Oct 15, 2021
Deadly shooting rocks Beirut as tensions over blast probe erupt
President Michel Aoun vowed that those responsible for Thursday's gunfire would be held accountable.
World Aug 1, 2021
If one thing can outweigh what happened to Lebanon that day, it is what hasn't happened since.
World Dec 27, 2020
The blast that blew away Lebanon's faith in itself
by Samia Nakhoul
The lack of answers over the catastrophe is making it difficult for an already crippled nation to rise from the ashes again.
World Sep 4, 2020
Race against rain to save historical homes of Beirut
by Stefanie Glinski
Built in 1920, the house that Riad Asad’s family has called home for decades outlasted 15 years of civil war but took what could be a fatal blow in last month's mammoth, port-side explosion. Asad says his family — who has sought refuge outside Beirut ...
World Aug 13, 2020
Who owned the chemicals that blew up Beirut? No one will say
by Maria Vasilyeva, Lisa Barrington and Jonathan Saul
A probe reveals an intricate tale of missing documentation, secrecy and a web of small, obscure companies that span the globe.
World / Politics Aug 11, 2020
Lebanon's prime minister announced his government's resignation on Monday, saying a huge explosion that devastated Beirut and triggered public outrage was the result of endemic corruption. The Aug. 4 detonation at a port warehouse of what authorities said was more than 2,000 tonnes of ammonium ...
World Aug 5, 2020
Initial investigations point to negligence as cause of Beirut blast, source says
Initial investigations into the Beirut port blast indicate years of inaction and negligence over the storage of highly explosive material caused the explosion that killed more than 100 people, an official source familiar with the findings said. The prime minister and presidency have said that ...
World Aug 5, 2020
Former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn's house in Lebanon was damaged by a massive explosion in downtown Beirut on Tuesday, a Brazilian newspaper reported, citing his wife Carole. Carole Nahas told O Estado de S. Paulo that her family is safe but the house, ...
Business Feb 11, 2020
Carlos Ghosn used Nissan-Mitsubishi venture to inflate pay, companies' lawyers allege
Carlos Ghosn, the fugitive former auto executive, used a joint venture between Nissan and Mitsubishi to inflate his pay, effectively clawing back a cut to his declared wages, and to cover a personal tax debt, lawyers for the companies said on Monday. Ghosn, the former ...
National / Crime & Legal Jan 15, 2020
Ghosn claims French envoy warned him of Nissan plot against him
Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn, speaking in Beirut after his dramatic escape from Japanese justice, said on Tuesday that the French ambassador had warned him shortly after his arrest that his own company was plotting against him. "Frankly, I was shocked by the arrest and ...
National / Crime & Legal Jan 15, 2020
'I'm happy he did it': In Beirut, Ghosn's wife slams Japanese justice system
Carlos and Carole Ghosn, the former first couple of carmaker Nissan, are united again in Beirut. They hold hands in the street and whisper together in a mix of Arabic and French. They kiss. But the pair's most visceral display of unity comes when they ...
National / Crime & Legal Jan 9, 2020
Carlos Ghosn, speaking publicly for the first time since his dramatic escape from Japanese justice, said on Wednesday he had been treated "brutally" by Tokyo prosecutors and was the victim of an inside job to oust him from the helm of automaker Nissan. The one-time ...