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Bulgarian court rejects Lebanon’s extradition request over Beirut blast

A Bulgarian court has rejected Lebanon’s request to extradite Igor Grechushkin, a Russian-Cypriot shipowner wanted in ...
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Brother of Beirut explosion victim speaks ahead of Pope Leo IV’s visit to blast site

As part of his visit to Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV will pray at the site of the Aug. 4, 2020, Beirut port explosion — the largest nonnuclear blast in modern history. For William Noun, the brother of a ...
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The Latest: Pope Leo ends first foreign trip with silent prayer at Beirut blast site, Mass at port

Pope Leo XIV offered a silent prayer at the site of the 2020 Beirut port explosion as he wrapped up his first foreign trip to Turkey and Lebanon on Tuesday. He also met with relatives of some of the ...

A year after Beirut’s horrific port explosion, ‘nobody cares that people died’

Families still grieve in a Lebanon engulfed in crises—and direct their rage toward the country’s entrenched ruling class.