Prime Minister Najib Miqati arrived Monday in Egypt, on an official visit.

He participated in the fourth edition of the World Youth Forum, held in Sharm El-Sheikh under the patronage of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

Marwan Habib, a 32-year-old Lebanese man who faced dozens of sexual harassment and assault allegations in Lebanon, has been arrested in the U.S. for breaking into a woman's Miami Beach hotel room and assaulting her.

President Michel Aoun held talks Friday afternoon in Baabda with Prime Minister Najib Miqati.

Speaking after the talks, Miqati said Aoun requested the meeting to discuss his call for holding a national dialogue conference.

President Michel Aoun held talks Friday with visiting French senator Ronan Le Gleut, who was accompanied by the counselor of the French abroad for Lebanon and Syria, Lucas Lamah.

Le Gleut conveyed to Aoun French Senate President Gérard Larcher’s warm wishes with the beginning of the new year and his “permanent keenness on consolidating the ties of friendship between France and Lebanon in the various fields.”

Al-Mustaqbal Movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri announced Friday that he has discussed the issue of national dialogue in a phone call with President Michel Aoun.

A statement issued by Hariri’s office said the former premier called Aoun after the presidential palace telephoned the Center House regarding the President’s proposal about holding a national dialogue conference.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi held separate talks Friday with Army Commander General Joseph Aoun and French Ambassador to Lebanon Anne Grillo.

In his meeting with Aoun, al-Rahi lauded “the Lebanese Army’s efforts to preserve the security of the country and citizens” and its “measures to prevent all kinds of smuggling.”

Hizbullah’s MP Ali Fayyad said that obstacles should be removed for Cabinet to convene.

"It is indispensable that Cabinet convenes, this is our conviction. But first we should remove the obstacles,” Fayyad said in a radio interview, adding that he expects a solution to be reached soon.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said Friday that Parliament is "autonomous."

“There are no restrictions on the draft laws or proposals that the Parliament Bureau decides to discuss,” Berri affirmed.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Wednesday charged that the latest speech of Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah was “full of fallacies and lies” regarding Saudi Arabia’s role in Lebanon and the region.

Speaking to Sky News Arabia, Geagea added that “taking up arms is not at all the LF’s plan.”

Prime Minister Najib Miqati said Wednesday, after meeting with President Michel Aoun, that they have agreed on opening an extraordinary legislative session.

Miqati described the meeting at the Baabda Palace as “fruitful” and affirmed that “Cabinet will be asked to convene within two days.”