Hezbollah leader defends decision to topple government

The leader of Hezbollah defended the decision to bring down Lebanon’s Western-backed government, saying the Shiite militant group did so without resorting to violence and will not be intimidated by world reaction.

In his first comments since the government collapse on Wednesday, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah also said that his bloc will not support Saad Hariri returning to his post as prime minister in talks today on forming a new government.