Suit against Hassan Diab over devastating Beirut explosion that killed more than 200 comes amid public anger over senior officials not paying a price

Lebanese police huntinfg for 44 prisoners still on the run following escape from detention center outside Beirut

Interim port boss says the Lebanese capital would be 'wiped out' if flammable materials stored there caught fire

Human Rights Watch calls for an international inquiry into massive explosion that killed nearly 200 people, injured more than 6,000

The Rhosus, a cargo ship sailing from Georgia and bound for Mozambique, is widely understood to have brought ammonium nitrate to Beirut in 2013

Nasrallah calls allegations at UN 'incitement'; journalists brought to tour factory alleged to hold missile depot, report no weapons seen

Widespread corruption at harbor representative of dysfunctional state riddled with graft, experts say; Hezbollah terror group has free rein to smuggle in drugs and weapons

Unclear what caused blaze that broke out Thursday afternoon and covered the city with dark smoke and toxic fumes, 5 weeks after massive blast

State-run National News Agency says fire is at warehouse storing tires and oil, but police say unknown what was in facility; no initial reports of injuries

15 tons of fireworks, jugs of kerosene and acid, thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate, a system of corruption and bribes let the perfect bomb sit for years, New York Times reports

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