US envoy says diplomacy 'urgent' to stop Israel-Lebanon border clashes

"The conflict... between Israel and Hezbollah has gone on for long enough," the presidential envoy said on a visit to Beirut. "It's in everyone's interest to resolve it quickly and diplomatically -- that is both achievable and it is urgent." The powerful Iran-backed Hezbollah movement, an ally of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, stepped up attacks on northern Israel last week after an Israeli strike killed one of its senior commanders. Coinciding with the envoy's visit and what Hezbollah called "Israeli threats of war against Lebanon"...