Fire burns inside silos as grain contents ferment under August sun; surviving southern block is more stable and not at risk of crumbling

Bassam al-Sheikh Hussein agrees to surrender in exchange for bank giving $35,000 of his own money to his brother, in the latest painful episode in Lebanon’s economic free-fall

The armed man is threatening to set himself ablaze unless the bank releases his money, which local media says he needs in order to pay his hospitalized father's medical bills

No injuries reported as section of structure gives way an hour before march to commemorate lives lost in deadly 2020 blast

Families of victims feel let down and abandoned, not only by government stalling but by public apathy as time drags on

Structure had been burning for over a week as fermented grain inside ignited; sister of man killed in the explosion two years ago says the collapse 'shows the state’s failure'

Country's interior ministry instructs security forces to clamp down on events 'promoting sexual perversion'; community lost many of its spaces in Beirut port explosion

Blast-shaken Beirut goes to polls for first time since financial mismanagement dragged it to brink of failed statehood, yet ruling elite expected to weather public anger

Decision comes as silos face risk of collapse and despite calls to preserve them as a memorial site; 'Repairing them will cost a lot,' says Lebanese Information Minister Makari

Francis will go to site of 2020 Beirut blast; last year he insisted Lebanon must remain a 'land of tolerance and pluralism'; country has largest percentage of Christians in Mideast