In blow to French efforts to solve political and economic crisis, Adib steps down after terror organization and Shiite group insist on maintaining control of Finance Ministry

After visit from senior US State Department official, negotiations that likely required tacit Hezbollah approval reportedly set to take place in southern Lebanon next month

Lebanese president makes appeal in speech to UN, saying that economic collapse, Beirut blast, political deadlock pose threat to country's continued existence

Military declares site in Ain Qana a closed zone, with conflicting reports blast was in a weapons cache or a gas station

The dead are believed to have been on a dinghy that went adrift while carrying people trying to flee the crisis-hit country

Michael Aoun criticizes allies Hezbollah and Amal for insisting on holding onto Finance Ministry portfolio and naming Shiite ministers in the cabinet

Axios report says major point of contention is who will mediate talks, with Israel wanting Washington alone, while Beirut looks for UN oversight

38 years ago, hours before the Jewish new year, word arrived of bloodshed by an Israeli ally in Beirut. A reporter set off to Lebanon to seek out the truth

France says 'not yet too late' to form government to deal with national crisis, after Beirut fails to meet obligations to Paris to do so within 15 days

Senior officer says military is ready to respond forcefully, not only in ways it has retaliated before, if Nasrallah follows through on his vow to avenge the group's fallen fighter