Washington is pressuring top Lebanese officials not to allow Hezbollah or its allies to nominate the country's next finance minister, five people with knowledge of the matter said, in an attempt to limit the Iran-backed group's sway over the state.

United Arab Emirates billionaire Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor, who this week scrapped his investments in Lebanon, said the country was still not safe and that he had been threatened with being "slaughtered and killed" last year.

Three people were killed and 44 others injured by Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese government said, as residents of villages near the border defied orders by Israel’s military not to return to their homes.

The election of President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam is a political breakthrough in Lebanon and a harbinger of what could happen in a country long dismissed as unsalvageable. Beirut’s new leadership reflects the aspiration of a majority of the Lebanese people to live in a functioning state free from the dual drivers of its failure: political violence and pervasive corruption.

Lebanon’s new government should prioritize protecting and promoting human rights, accountability, transparency, and the rule of law.

Lebanese officials say firing by Israeli troops has killed two people and wounded 17 in the second day of deadly protests in southern Lebanon.

The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah has left behind lots of rubble. Some experts fear that much of it will be dumped into the environment without controls.

Chevy Sonic hit the Peterbilt head-on, then bounced off and hit a telephone pole with the rear of the vehicle.

Roy Worrall, 39, was arrested in connection to the robbery that happened Jan. 19 in the 700 block of Lehman Street, according to a news release from the Lebanon City Police Department. According to charging documents, officers responded to the Penn Jersey convenience store after receiving reports a robbery happened around 10:30 a.m.

Concerns over governance issues and underfunding of critical services are being brought to light after two select board members resigned in December.

A 20-year-old and juvenile are now facing charges after allegedly chasing and running over a fox with snowmobiles in Heidelberg Township.The two suspects turne