The Lebanese capital Beirut was rocked on Tuesday evening local time by an explosion that has killed at least 78 people and injured thousands more. The country’s prime minister Hassan Diab said the ...

New Delhi: The powerful blast near Delhi’s Red Fort on Monday, which claimed at least 12 lives, was reportedly triggered by ammonium nitrate—a chemical believed ...

A gigantic amount of ammonium nitrate recently exploded in Beirut, killing hundreds, injuring thousands while causing catastrophic damage. Chemically, it's not at all surprising that ammonium nitrate ...

The colossal explosion in Lebanon’s capital this week was apparently caused when more than 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate detonated. The stockpile had been left for years at the city's port in a ...

Ammonium nitrate on its own is not itself classified as dangerous. PARIS and LONDON -- An explosion at a warehouse stocked with 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate in the Beirut port changed the face of a ...

Despite a plethora of rules regulating ammonium nitrate, the chemical has become the most common explosive used in terror ...