Lebanese judge charges PM, ex-ministers over Beirut port blast

Prime Minister Hassan Diab and three former ministers charged with negligence over Beirut port explosion. Lebanon’s investigating judge has charged caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab and three former ministers with negligence over the Beirut port blast that killed 200 people and ruined a swathe of the capital in August. The others are former finance minister Ali Hassan Khalil, as well as former public works ministers Ghazi Zeaiter and Youssef Finianos, state news agency NNA said on Thursday. Zeaiter told Reuters he would make a statement once he was officially informed of the charges. He headed the public works and transport…