PM-designate Najib Miqati held a new meeting Thursday with President Michel Aoun at the Baabda Palace.

Unlike after the previous meetings, Miqati left the palace without making a statement. "Hopefully things will be fine," he told reporters.

In collaboration with the FBI, the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut has conducted a training on countering public corruption at the Internal Security Forces (ISF) academy in Aramoun, the Embassy said on Wednesday.

"Twenty-four ISF members and four judges were able to complete the training and benefit from the knowledge of the FBI experts," the Embassy added in a statement.

A group of young men on Wednesday attacked a gas station in the southern town of Msayleh and assaulted its owner and his three sons, al-Jadeed TV reported.

Prime Minister-designate Najib Miqati on Wednesday postponed a visit to the Baabda Palace to Thursday, al-Jadeed TV said.

U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea on Wednesday held talks in Diman with Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi.

Judge Ghada Aoun issued on Wednesday a search warrant for Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh in the case against the Mecattaf firm and the SGBL bank, TV networks said.

The search warrant was issued after Riad Salameh refrained from attending several sessions in the case of the illegal money transfers of the beforementioned company and bank.

Prime Minister-designate Najib Miqati “had made up his mind and was intending to present a new cabinet line-up to President Michel Aoun” on Tuesday, according to media sources.

The sources told al-Liwaa newspaper, in remarks published Wednesday, that “local parties including Hizbullah have contacted Miqati to convince him to give more time for solving the conflicts and finding common ground with Aoun,” before deciding on the line-up.

The Free Patriotic Movement on Wednesday denied that its leader Jebran Bassil is interfering in the cabinet formation process.

Prime Minister-designate Najib Miqati may submit a draft cabinet line-up to President Michel Aoun in the coming hours, sources close to him said in remarks published Wednesday.

Representative of Fuel Distributors Fadi Abu Shakra confirmed in a TV interview Tuesday that "there will be a follow-up to the security meeting, that was held at the Grand Serail, to control the market,” and that “decisions will be taken later.”

Abu Shakra said that “several ships are unloading,” and called on citizens “to be patient,” because “it will take more than one day” to fulfil the market needs.