Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi emphasized on Thursday that the Free Patriotic Movement led by MP Michel Aoun will not succeed in widening the gap between the Christians and Muslims, al-Mustaqbal daily reported.

“Aoun will not be succeed to drag us against our convictions of Muslim-Christian partnership,” said Rifi in an interview to the daily.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat stressed on Sunday that the Minister of Environment is not to blame for the waste management crisis and that those who put the letter of conditions are accountable.

“The areas of Metn, Aley and Chouf need to know where they should throw the trash. Those who put the letter of conditions are to blame. It is not the fault of the Environment Minister,” said Jumblat in statement addressing people of Shahhar.

Israel has arrested a Swedish man of Lebanese origin and charged him with being an agent of Hizbullah, Israeli authorities said on Sunday.

Hassan Khalil Hizran, 55, was detained on July 21 but his arrest was kept under wraps until now.

Speaker of Paraguay arrived in Beirut at the head of a parliamentary delegation at the official invitation from Speaker Nabih Berri, the state-run National News Agency said on Sunday.

Six members of parliament and several members of the Lebanese community in Paraguay accompanied the Speaker.

A 25-year-old man who was believed to be missing overnight came back home Sunday morning after claims that he was tortured and robbed by unknown assailants, the National News Agency reported.

Janah Chafiq Abdul Khaleq, from Aley's Majdal Baana was believed to be missing when contact was lost with him at night.

“You Stink" campaign activists held a protest in downtown Beirut on Saturday to shed light on the country's ongoing waste management crisis and to pour their anger on officials for failing to find a solution to the problem.

The demonstrators, who gathered in Martyrs Square, criticized the authorities for lacking the ability to resolve the garbage crisis that erupted when the landfill in the town of Naameh, south of Beirut, was closed on July 17.

Speaker Nabih Berri, Prime Minister Tammam Salam and Deputy PM Defense Minister Samir Moqbel attend Thursday the inauguration of a major extension of the Suez Canal in Egypt.

The three officials are expected to return to Beirut the same day.

President Barack Obama has warned that any possible rejection by the Congress of the Iran nuclear deal, would force the U.S. to attack Iran, a move that could lead to a Hizbulalh retaliation against Israel.

"It would be destructive both to the U.S. and to Israel," Obama told Jewish leaders on Tuesday, according to Israeli media reports.

Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil warned on Monday that the government may be unable to pay the salaries of the government employees and civil servants by the end of September in light of the cabinet paralysis.

“Paying the wages of the public sector is starting to become a pressure card on the Finance Ministry. One of the ministries has started experiencing this pressure and may be unable to pay starting today,” warned Khalil in an interview to the As Safir daily.

Iran's Ambassador to Beirut Mohammed Fathali stressed that his country's nuclear deal will reflect positively on Lebanon and the region, the state-run National News Agency reported on Saturday.

“The nuclear deal will affect Lebanon and the region positively. We believe that this agreement will pave way for positive atmospheres,” said Fathali after a meeting with Marada leader Suleiman Franjieh on head of a delegation.