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Latest news LIVE updates: WHO airlifting medical supplies to Lebanon

Lebanese Prime Minister declared a national mourning on Wednesday for the victims of the explosions that took place the previous evening. Stay tuned for latest news live updates

In pics: Massive explosion hits Beirut, world reacts with shock

Initially, video taken by residents showed a fire raging at the port, sending up a giant column of smoke, illuminated by flashes of what appeared to be fireworks

No indication of attack in Beirut: US defence officials contradict Trump

US defence department officials say they do not know what Trump was talking about, CNN reports

Shocked and saddened: PM Modi on explosion in Lebanon's capital Beirut

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed shock at the loss of lives in a massive explosion that rocked Beirut and said India's thoughts and prayers are with the bereaved families and the injured

Trump says US military believes Beirut explosion was likely a bomb attack

The explosion flattened much of a port and damaged buildings across the capital, sending a giant mushroom cloud into the sky

More than 70 dead, thousands injured as massive explosion rocks Beirut

The sudden devastation overwhelmed a country already struggling with both the coronavirus pandemic and an economic crisis

Massive explosion shakes Lebanon's Beirut; over 10 dead, hundreds injured

The explosion appeared to be centred around Beirut's port and caused wide scale destruction and shattered windows miles away

Lebanon in 'final hours before' declaring it cannot pay its foreign debts

Lebanon was set to announce on Saturday it cannot make upcoming dollar bond payments and wants to restructure $31 billion of foreign currency debt.

Crisis-hit Lebanon forms govt led by Hassan Diab with Hezbollah's support

The heavily indebted state has been without an effective government since Saad al-Hariri quit as premier in October

Lebanese lawyers want fugitive Carlos Ghosn prosecuted over Israel trip

Ghosn -- who holds Lebanese, French and Brazilian citizenship -- jumped bail in Tokyo in mysterious circumstances and arrived in his native Lebanon early on Monday

Japan likely to speak with Lebanon via diplomatic route over Ghosn's escape

The former industry heavyweight also has French and Brazilian citizenship.

The great escape to Lebanon: How Carlos Ghosn pulled of a Harry Houdini

The 65-year-old faced charges of financial misconduct and raiding corporate resources for personal gain, allegations he denies.

Lebanon's Hezbollah says govt should not resign as protests spread

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah warned that the group's ministers would not allow poorer Lebanese to bear the brunt of an economic overhaul through higher taxes that would cause a social explosion

United Nations gives strong support to Lebanon's political independence

Guterres pointed to the sudden resignation of Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri while he was in Saudi Arabia, which was later rescinded

Lebanese PM Saad Hariri resigns amid tensions with Hezbollah

Lebanon is sharply divided along a camp loyal to Saudi Arabia, headed by the Sunni Muslim Hariri, and a camp loyal to Iran represented by Hezbollah

Lebanon abolishes 'marry your rapist' law, joins other Arab States

The law was ratified by the full parliament

Multiple suicide bombings kill five in eastern Lebanon: Officials

Al-Qaa is one of several border posts separating Lebanon and war-torn Syria