Rivalries and factions have prevented the formation of a new government able to tackle the financial crisis,poverty and aftermath of the Beirut explosion.
Officials in Dakar want the exact quantity of the material that caused the Beirut explosion removed from its complex urgently and away from the city centre.
Arson and explosives investigators deemed a fire on a Cranbourne West phone tower as suspicious and warranting further investigation.
The red,white and cedar green of the Lebanese flag illuminated Rabin Square in a rare show of Israeli solidarity with Beirut as it reels from a devastating explosion.
In this episode,national editor Tory Maguire is joined by Europe correspondent Bevan Shields to discuss the aftermath of yesterday's horrific explosion.
A deadly explosion in Lebanon has reignited concerns about the stockpiling of ammonium nitrate near residential areas in Australia.
The explosion in the Amuwo Odofin area of Lagos destroyed more than 50 buildings,which either collapsed or caught fire,in three different neighbourhoods.
A middle-aged couple have been seriously burned in a blast south of Sydney.
Emergency services for the Catalonia region called the blast a"chemical accident"and advised residents to refrain from going outside as a preventive measure.
The National Monument,commonly known as Monas,is near major government offices in the capital including the Home Affairs ministry.
Authorities called for 60,000 residents in four towns to flee their homes ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday following a new blast at an east Texas chemical plant that has been burning for more than 12 hours.