Mohammad Khalil, the brother of Speaker Nabih Berri’s aide MP Ali Hassan Khalil, has been arrested in the case of the fake cancer drugs that have entered the Lebanese market, media reports said.

Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem has met with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in the presence of Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Mojtaba Amani, Hezbollah said in a statement, without specifying where the meeting was held.

The Delegation of the European Union to Lebanon and the Samir Kassir Foundation have announced the results of the 20th edition of the Samir Kassir Award for Freedom of the Press, in a ceremony held at the Sursock Palace Gardens, in Beirut.

This Award, established and funded by the European Union, is recognized internationally as a flagship prize for press freedom and the most prestigious journalism award in the Middle East, North Africa and Gulf region. Since 2006, the Award ceremony has been held annually to commemorate the anniversary of Lebanese journalist Samir Kassir’s assassination on 2 June 2005 in Beirut, and celebrate his life, his values, and his memory.

Beirut port blast investigator Judge Tarek Bitar on Tuesday scheduled a June 13 interrogation session for former public works minister Ghazi Zoaiter, an Amal Movement member who is one of the accused in the case, the state-run National News Agency said.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Tuesday told his Lebanese counterpart Youssef Rajji in a meeting in Beirut that the issue of disarming Hezbollah is a decision that is up to Lebanon to take, sources told Al-Arabiya’s Al-Hadath channel.

Young men from the Tyre district town of Siddiqin on Tuesday intercepted a UNIFIL patrol that was trying to enter the Grand Mountain area, the state-run National News Agency said.

President Joseph Aoun on Tuesday told visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi that “Lebanon is looking forward to enhancing state-to-state relations with Iran.”

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived Tuesday in Beirut on an official visit and met with President Joseph Aoun and Speaker Nabih Berri.

The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, began Monday a visit to Israel, where she is set to meet with senior officials, her office said.

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Monday that his "doors are always open" for Hezbollah after he met with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Ain el-Tineh, as the gap between Salam and Berri's ally Hezbollah seemed to widen over the group's disarmament.

"I am leaving plenty of room for cordiality with (Hezbollah MP) Hajj Mohammad Raad and my doors are always open for him and Hezbollah," Salam said.