Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri clarified Thursday that his latest warning on the economic situation was not related to the status of the Lebanese lira, as he emphasized that only Parliament is eligible to “interpret the Constitution.”

“The economic situation is dangerous and does not have the resilience it enjoyed during the eras of the formation of the previous governments,” Berri told a delegation from the Editors Syndicate.

Lebanon is one of nine countries across Africa, Asia and the Middle East to receive mine clearance, mine risk education and capacity development from the Global Mine Action Program 2 (GMAP2) of the UK Department for International Development.

In Lebanon, the Mine Advisory Group (MAG) will deliver a £2m program with the support of Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) and the Geneva International Center for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD), the British embassy said in a statement.

Israel is building a massive wall along its northern border, saying the barrier is needed to protect civilians from Hizbullah attacks, but the project has raised tensions with Lebanon, which fears the fence will encroach on its territory.

The Israeli military insists the entire barrier is being constructed in Israeli territory, and the U.N. peacekeeping force in the area agrees. But Hizbullah has never fully accepted the border, and a senior Israeli military official stressed the need for the wall, saying that while Israeli intelligence closely monitors the group, "we are prepared for the possibility that they will surprise us."

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri is reportedly annoyed that a draft Cabinet line-up submitted to President Michel Aoun has “failed” to meet approval, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Thursday.

The Foreign Ministry in Lebanon welcomed on Thursday the decision of Paraguay to move its embassy back to Tel Aviv, the ministry said in a statement on Thursday.

President Michel Aoun has reportedly made a number of reservations about a government formula presented by PM-designate Saad Hariri, mainly a suggestion to allocate the justice ministerial portfolio to the Lebanese Forces Movement, al-Akhbar daily reported Thursday.

A bomb explosion rocked the Palestinian refugee camp of Mieh Mieh in the southern city of Sidon shortly after midnight, the National News Agency reported on Thursday.

Speaker Nabih Berri on Wednesday called on “everyone” to offer concessions to facilitate the stalled formation of the new government, as he issued an austere warning over the country's economic situation.

“Any party cannot achieve what it wants in the government formation process and everyone, without exception, must offer concessions for the sake of the country in order to overcome this crisis,” Berri was quoted as saying during his weekly Ain el-Tineh meeting with lawmakers.

The Lebanese Forces has warned that the government formation process has reached a “dead end,” cautioning that the country might descend “from a government crisis to a national crisis.”

“Things have reached a dead end and it is not right to conceal the truth from the people: no government is looming in the horizon and vacuum will reign indefinitely, because someone is betting on something that we do not know,” LF sources told An Nahar newspaper in remarks published Wednesday.

The international community has warned Lebanon that planned aid could go to other countries should the government formation impasse continue, media reports said.

“Senior diplomatic officials have told some (Lebanese) officials over the phone that the European Union and the United States, and even the United Nations, are dismayed by the current Lebanese situation and that if the government deadlock continues, aid earmarked for Lebanon could go to other countries,” al-Joumhouria newspaper reported on Wednesday.