BEIRUT, Lebanon, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- German naval forces assumed responsibility over a U.N. maritime task force deployed in Lebanese waters to curb weapons smuggling.

SEOUL, July 17 (UPI) -- South Korea's National Assembly has voted to keep its 360-strong troop deployment on U.N. peacekeeping duties in southern Lebanon until the end of 2010.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, July 15 (UPI) -- Peacekeepers with the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon conducted maritime exercises off the coast of Lebanon to facilitate cooperation with the Lebanese navy.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 1 (UPI) -- U.N. officials in Lebanon said their peacekeeping mission there could change dramatically in the aftermath of the June parliamentary elections.

NAQOURA, Lebanon, March 20 (UPI) -- The U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon commemorated its 31st anniversary with a wreath-laying ceremony at its headquarters in Naqoura with Lebanese commanders.

TEL AVIV, Israel, June 15 (UPI) -- The commander of a U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon said the guerrilla group Hezbollah hasn't regrouped in the southern part of Lebanon.

JERUSALEM, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Israel is considering using force along the Syrian-Lebanese border if the United Nations fails to stop weapons smuggling.

RAS AL NAQOURA, Lebanon, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- The new commander of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon is talking with Lebanese and Israeli officers to avoid exchange of fire across the border.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Lebanon's defense minister says the army will keep a shipment of seized weapons, destined for Hezbollah, to use against any Israeli violations.