U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea said Friday that her country is still following the policy of pressuring Hizbullah, while noting that Washington has not ceased its support for Lebanon.

Lebanese Democratic Party leader MP Talal Arslan held talks Friday with U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea at his residence in Khalde.

Relatives of victims killed in the Beirut port blast on Friday staged a sit-in outside Speaker Nabih Berri’s headquarters in Ain el-Tineh, demanding that he hold an extraordinary session to grant the families compensations similar to those granted to the families of the army’s fallen soldiers.

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri on Friday contacted the King of Bahrain, Hamad bin Issa Al Khalifa, and the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, to express his condolences on the passing of Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, the late prime minister.

During the phone call with the Bahraini King, Hariri emphasized "the depth of the historic relations between Lebanon and Bahrain," a statement released by Hariri's press office said.

The Lebanese Army on Friday clarified why a U.S. military plane has landed at the Riyaq military airport in the Bekaa.

Caretaker Minister of Social Affairs Ramzi Msharrafieh announced Friday that the Lebanese government’s plan to repatriate Syrian refugees back home was adopted at this week’s Damascus conference on the displaced.

Free Patriotic Movement MP Cesar Abi Khalil said Friday that the party’s lawyers will challenge before US courts the recent sanctions imposed against its leader, Jebran Bassil.

The upcoming fifth round of maritime demarcation talks between Lebanon and Israel reportedly awaits the intervention of the U.S. mediator to solve some hurdles arising during their latest meeting, the Saudi Asharq el-Awsat reported Friday.

Proceedings in a $95 million lawsuit brought by Japanese car giant Nissan against its former chairman Carlos Ghosn began Friday in a court near Tokyo.

Lebanon's coronavirus infections crossed the 100,000 mark on Thursday, as the country prepared to enter a new two-week lockdown in a country where hospital capacity has been saturated.

The health ministry said the number of people who have tested positive with Covid-19 had reached 100,703, including 775 deaths.