Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An explosion was heard and large plumes of smoke were seen rising in Beirut's southern suburbs on Friday after Israeli airstrikes pounded the capitals of Iran and Lebanon as the U.S ...

Israel’s intense barrage of airstrikes on Wednesday hit without warning deep inside the Lebanese capital of Beirut, blowing buildings open to the elements and reducing apartment blocks to rubble in parts of the city that have traditionally escaped attack.