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Lebanese army seizes Hezbollah weapon truck, reports say

The Lebanese Army has seized a Hezbollah truck loaded with weapons in the Iqlim al-Kharoub region near Sidon, media reports said Tuesday.

The weapons, including detonators and grenades, were taken from a warehouse in Wardaniyeh after it was targeted by an Israeli strike.

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Netanyahu says war with Hezbollah and allies has 'redrawn' Middle East map

Before leaving for Washington to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel's wars with Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon and its confrontations with Iran had "redrawn the map" in the Middle East.

"But I believe that working closely with President Trump we can redraw it even further, and for the better," he said.

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Salam says he's the one picking ministers after 'consultations' with blocs

Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam has reassured that the government formation process is “moving forward positively according to the reformist, salvation course” that he had pledged and in line with the “standards” that he has already announced.

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UN special coordinator for Lebanon to discuss ceasefire, 1701 with top Iran officials

United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert has begun a visit to Tehran, where she is set to meet with senior Iranian officials.

The trip is part of the Special Coordinator’s ongoing consultations with regional and international stakeholders, her office said in a statement Monday.

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Israel says hit weapons storage facilities in Lebanon

The Israeli military said it had located and destroyed several weapons storage facilities in southern Lebanon, where troops are continuing to operate as a fragile ceasefire enters its third month.

Israel said Monday soldiers had found mortar shells, missiles, rockets, explosives, firearms and a large amount of military equipment belonging to Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, without providing evidence. The military said it also killed a number of Hezbollah militants located close to Israeli troops.

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Lebanese-American charged with stabbing Rushdie to soon go on trial

In 2022, Salman Rushdie was about to deliver a lecture before a live audience in western New York when a man ran towards him and plunged a knife into the author's hand as he raised it in self-defense.

"After that there are many blows, to my neck, to my chest, to my eye, everywhere," Rushdie recalled in a memoir that followed. "I feel my legs give way, and I fall."

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Japanese court upholds conviction of American who allegedly helped Ghosn hide pay

The conviction of a former American Nissan executive for allegedly helping fugitive former Chairman Carlos Ghosn hide income was upheld by a Japanese appeals court Tuesday, which also rejected prosecutors' bid to overturn his acquittals on other counts.

Greg Kelly, a lawyer and former executive vice president at Nissan Motor Corp, was convicted in 2022 of charges related to only one of eight years during which prosecutors said he under-reported Ghosn's income. Kelly, who received a 6-month sentence suspended for three years and was allowed to return to Tennessee, did not attend the hearing.

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Iran guards chief says Hezbollah defied 'heavy blows'

Iran's Revolutionary Guards chief Hossein Salami on Monday said that Hezbollah “remained resilient despite the heavy blows it received” during the latest war with Israel.

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Iran denies sending cash to Hezbollah through airport

The Iranian foreign ministry on Monday said the media reports claiming that Tehran is sending money to Hezbollah through Beirut airport are “an Israeli media campaign aimed at obstructing reconstruction” in Lebanon.

The Wall Street Journal had reported Friday that Israel had complained to the U.S.-led ceasefire committee that "Iranian diplomats and others are delivering tens of millions of dollars in cash to Hezbollah to fund the group’s revival."

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What is the latest govt. line-up that has emerged?

Hezbollah and the Amal Movement will get four ministers in the new government and are supposed to agree with President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam on the fifth minister, the Nidaa al-Watan newspaper reported on Monday.

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