Alexandra Shulman discovers how everyone can be a global chef thanks to ingenious video cook-alongs 

World tour of food you do in your own kitchen: Alexandra Shulman discovers how everyone can be global chefs thanks to ingenious video cook-alongs A Cook’s Tour sees participants get a box of ingredients sent to their door  The box is accompanied by instructions and a live video link to a cook-along They are guided … Read more

Tragic Beirut explosion in 2020 was so violent it created an atmospheric wave

Tianjin, China – Container storage explosion On August 12, 2015, a series of explosions killed approximately 173 people and injured hundreds of others at a container storage station in the city’s port. Responders to initial reports of a fire at the site were not able to bring the blaze under control because, unknown to the firefighters, … Read more

Chemical stockpile that caused Beirut blast ‘shipped by business with ties to Syria’s Assad’

Chemical stockpile that caused Beirut explosion ‘was shipped by business with ties to figures linked to Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’ Three figures with ties to the Syrian regime shared London office with Savaro Ltd Savaro reportedly purchased 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate that blew up George Haswani and Imad and Mudalal Khuri are Syrian-Russian nationals They … Read more

Chemical stockpile that caused Beirut blast ‘shipped by business with ties to Syria’s Assad’

Chemical stockpile that caused Beirut explosion ‘was shipped by business with ties to figures linked to Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’ Three figures with ties to the Syrian regime shared London office with Savaro Ltd Savaro reportedly purchased 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate that blew up George Haswani and Imad and Mudalal Khuri are Syrian-Russian nationals They … Read more

Israel ‘launches air strikes against Iranian military targets in Syria killing six’

Israel ‘launches air strikes against Iranian military targets in Syria killing six’ Syria’s official news agency reported explosions in the central town of Masyaf  Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said attack killed six foreign paramilitaries Israel has previously acknowledged carrying out dozens of airstrikes in Syria  By Joe Davies For Mailonline Published: 16:51 GMT, 26 … Read more

Arab Pop Idol judge’s husband charged after shooting dead a masked intruder

Moment Arab Pop Idol judge’s husband kills home intruder brandishing a fake gun: Lebanese star’s partner is charged by cops after shooting man 16 times ‘to defend his family’ Fadi El-Hachem shot Syrian Mohammed Hassan al-Moussa 16 times in January Dentist Mr El-Hachem is the husband of former-Arab Idol judge Nancy Ajram  Mr El-Hachem charged with … Read more

Arab Pop Idol judge’s husband charged after shooting dead a masked intruder

Arab Pop Idol judge’s husband is charged by police after shooting dead a masked intruder armed with a fake gun in Lebanon Fadi El-Hachem shot Syrian Mohammed Hassan al-Moussa 16 times in January Dentist Mr El-Hachem is the husband of former-Arab Idol judge Nancy Ajram  Mr El-Hachem charged with ‘intentional killing, but in legitimate self-defence’ Mr … Read more

Lebanon is hit by ANOTHER explosion at ‘Hezbollah arms depot’

Lebanon is hit by ANOTHER explosion: Hezbollah arms depot destroyed after massive blast caused by ‘technical error’ weeks after Beirut disaster Hezbollah operatives surrounded the blast site after a fire broke out in Al Qana Sources said there were injuries but Hezbollah has not confirmed any casualties It comes weeks after the blast which killed … Read more

Beirut on fire again: Third blaze after devastating port blast

Beirut faced fresh misery today as a third fire broke out in the space of a week in a city still reeling from the catastrophic port explosion which killed nearly 200 people last month.  Black clouds of smoke were pouring from the futuristic Zaha Hadid-designed shopping centre today on the main road that passes by … Read more

Huge fire breaks out in the rubble of Beirut’s port just weeks after explosion decimated the area 

Huge fire breaks out in the rubble of Beirut’s port just weeks after an explosion decimated the area Huge column of black smoke and red flames leapt from the steel wreckage of Beirut port this afternoon A store of oil and tyres went up in flames, the army said, but it is not yet clear … Read more