The Syrian Civil Defense says ordnance from Syria’s 13-year conflict exploded in the coastal city of Latakia, collapsing a building and killing at least 16 people.

An investigation by Human Rights Watch found that the August 4, 2020, Beirut port explosion, one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history, arose from the government’s failure to protect ...

Near the end of World War II, on May 21, 1944, sailors, marines and soldiers were loading munitions onto several vessels at Pearl Harbor’s West Loch. Just after 3 p.m., a huge explosion occurred ...