Standing under the rain, United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres, who is visiting Lebanon, laid a wreath at a memorial bearing the names of the victims..

The Lebanese judge leading the investigation into last year's massive blast at Beirut's port on Thursday ordered the release of six people, including security..

A report by the U.S. domestic intelligence agency, which aided Lebanon in the probe, said that less than a quarter of that amount had exploded, Mr. Diab said.