Ruth Sherlock

The prime minister announced the resignations Monday after last week's deadly warehouse explosion in Beirut that killed scores of people. A warehouse filled with combustible chemicals blew up.

"May God protect Lebanon," Lebanon's Prime Minister Hassan Diab said as he announced his resignation days after a disastrous explosion rocked Beirut.

Tuesday's blast came against a backdrop of ongoing, unaddressed government dysfunction. Some of the country's chronic problems may help explain how 2,750 tons of explosives were neglected at the port.

The Lebanese people are growing angrier with their leaders after this week's explosion in Beirut, with questions being raised about official negligence as a possible cause in the deadly blast.

In Beirut, city residents continue to search for survivors after a devastating explosion Tuesday. Many residents believe government dysfunction contributed to the disaster.

In Lebanon's devastated capital, at least 137 people are dead and some 5,000 injured. A question looms over the stockpile of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate believed to have exploded: Why was it there?

Medical workers in and outside the country say there's a lack of medicine and tests.

A currency collapse is raising prices for everything and an overall economic collapse is making imported meat soar to about $25 a pound, driving Lebanese to the brink.

Racial reckoning in the U.S. has sparked conversations about racism worldwide. African students at the American University of Beirut share their experience of dealing with discrimination in Lebanon.

Domestic workers in Lebanon regularly suffer mistreatment and racism. An Ethiopian woman shares her experience of domestic work at a time when Lebanon is enduring an economic crisis.