and atolls of Micronesia. The men, said to be mariners from the Micronesian island of Pulap, were

At least 30 people were killed and 2, 500 were injured, Lebanon’s health minister said. With the wounded still streaming into hospitals and the search for missing people underway, the figures were likely to go higher.... Prime Minister Hassan Diab declared a national day of mourning for Wednesday. What caused it: “ Highly explosive materials, ” seized by the government years ago, were stored near where the explosions occurred, said Maj.... Abbas Ibrahim, the head of Lebanon’s general security