Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has urged U.S. mediator Amos Hochstein to visit Lebanon and to take the necessary measures to stop the Israeli violations, after a gas drilling ship crossed the so-called Line 29 and entered a sea area disputed by Lebanon.

Berri stressed, in a press interview, that Lebanon will not tolerate the Israeli violations.

President Michel Aoun on Sunday held phone talks with caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati and a number of officials following the reports about the entry of the gas drilling ship Energean Power into a sea border area disputed by Lebanon, the Presidency said.

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati on Sunday urged the U.N. and other international parties to compel Israel to stop its “dangerous provocations,” after a gas drilling ship crossed the so-called Line 29 and entered a sea area disputed by Lebanon.

There are "clear indications" that caretaker PM Najib Miqati will be re-appointed as premier with more than 65 votes from a host of parliamentary blocs, political sources said.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has called for the formation of a new government that would enjoy the support of "all parties."

The Shiite Duo and the Progressive Socialist Party lean toward re-appointing Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati, media reports said Friday.

On the other hand, the Lebanese Forces party has stressed the need to name a sovereign PM, who guarantees that only the state take the war and peace decisions. The LF might suggest former President of the U.N. Security Council Nawwaf Salam, while the reformist MPs reportedly prefer not to name an LF-backed candidate and might name MP Halima Qaaqour.

Sweden has chosen “Sustainable Sweden” as a theme for the Swedish National Day celebrations on June 6th. The event will take place in the historic citadel in Byblos in partnership with the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), Byblos Municipality, Volvo Cars and others.

"The aim is to showcase sustainable solutions from different sectors, and to demonstrate that you can host an event with zero plastic waste, recycling and no food waste," UNEP Representative Sami Dimassi and Sweden Ambassador to Lebanon Ann Dismorr said Friday in a joint statement.

A soldier was killed Friday and five others were injured in an exchange of fire during a raid carried out by the Lebanese Army in Baalbek.

The army announced in a statement the death of its soldier.

President Michel Aoun met Friday with a delegation from the Council of Arab Ministers for Social Affairs.

"We hope to come up with recommendations that we can work on for the benefit of the Lebanese people," Head of the Council Minister Ayman Al-Mufleh said.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said Friday that his party has not participated in the parliamentary elections "for titles" but "to serve people."

"We have to start working and to complete what we had started in 2005," Geagea noted in a meeting, praising his team who he said contributed to the party's success.