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

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

Beirut explosion: Lebanese PM, ex-ministers charged with negligence

Lebanon’s prime minister and three ex ministers have been charged with negligence over the catastrophic Beirut port explosion that left more than 200 dead.  A judicial source confirmed the charges against outgoing premier Hassan Diab on Thursday. Ali Hassan Khalil, a former finance minister and Youssef Fenianos and Ghazi Zaiter, two former public works ministers have … 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

Gogglebox’s Jad Nehmetallah joins forces with MasterChef stars on new project

He’s one of the breakout stars of Gogglebox Australia.  And now Jad Nehmetallah has revealed he has an exciting, and charitable, new project in the works with some of MasterChef’s biggest names.  Jad, 34, is launching a new cookbook called Bake for Beirut, which will help raise funds for those devastated by the Beirut Blast … Read more

Sabine Getty launches charity to help rebuild Lebanon’s community

Socialite Sabine Getty launches charity campaign with other creatives to help rebuild Lebanon’s communities after revealing her mother was in Beiruit at the time of the explosion which killed more than 200 Tatler’s Editor-at-large Sabine Gett, 36,  has created a charity to unite Lebanese  Creatives for Lebanon aims to help the Lebanese people displaced by … Read more