Nearly 3,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate - taken from a ship off the coast of Beirut six years ago and then stored in a warehouse - has been blamed for the explosion that ripped through the port ...

The Lebanese government has resigned amid growing public anger following a devastating explosion in Beirut on 4 August that killed at least 200 people and injured around 5,000 others. Here is what ...

In-depth: No one has been held accountable for the 2020 Beirut blast, but as political dynamics shift, the resumption of a ...

Investigation into 2020 explosion that killed more than 220 people, injured thousands and devastated swathes of Lebanon's ...

Blowing up things (and each other) is one of human beings’ favorite pastimes. In this article we list some of the most ...

More than 220 people were killed in the explosion ... also notes the deadly 2020 Beirut port blast, which occurred after some ...

Initial investigations into the Beirut port blast indicate years of inaction and negligence over the storage of highly explosive material caused the explosion ... tons of ammonium nitrate, used ...

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Ammonium nitrate is a highly volatile industrial chemical used in fertilizer and explosives, and has been responsible for a ...

Ivorian authorities have cleared the Zimrida, a ship carrying 20,000 tons of ammonium nitrate, deeming it safe after ...

It was an explosion of ammonium nitrate in Beirut that killed more than 220 people, injured at least 6,500 and devastated swathes of the Lebanese capital in 2020. It is not the first time this ...

A vessel loaded with 20,000 tons of ammonium nitrate – the same chemical that left large parts of Beirut in ruins in an explosion in 2020 – is nearing the port of Abidjan. Campaigners have expressed ...