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An airstrike was reported near an Iranian compound in Lebanon, according to the state-run National News Agency. It was not immediately clear how close the strike was to the Iranian facility. 

Earlier, Iran warned it would consider Israeli embassies in neighboring countries as targets if its embassy in Lebanon is attacked, according to AP.

In Lalitpur-1, the RSP has taken a narrow lead over the Nepali Congress. RSP candidate Buddharatna Maharjan has secured 7,071 votes, while NC candidate Udaya Shumsher Rana has received 7,064 votes. CPN-UML’s Chetnath Sanjel has got 4,020 votes, while other candidates are trailing behind.

Vote counting has begun in Bajura for the House of Representatives election. Ballot boxes were safely brought to the counting center in Martadi after the polls. About 45,390 votes, or 51.66 percent of the total 87,861 voters, were cast in the district.

UML candidate Asmita Thapa is leading with 1,405 votes ​​​​after counting five wards of Likhu Rural Municipality.

RSP’s Bishwaraj Pokharel got 945 votes, while Congress’ Kumar Luintel received 683 and CPN’s Ambir Gurung 543 votes. Four wards are yet to be counted.

Nepali Congress candidate Tek Bahadur Gurung from Manang district has won in the House of Representatives election held on Thursday. Gurung collected 2,415 votes to emerge victorious.

Chief election officer in the district Ram Prasad Paudel informed that Gurung, who had been leading the vote count from the very beginning, was announced victorious. 

His nearest rival from the Nepali Communist Party (NCP), Yashoda Subedi Gurung, collected 454 votes. Similarly, Ram Bahadur Gurung (Nawin) of the Mangal National Organization got 9 votes.

Manang, having a single constituency, recorded 54.80 percent voter turnout. There were a total 7,000 voters listed for the election. 

District election officer Jivan Kunwar said the number of invalid votes was 45.

Birajbhakta Shrestha of Rastriya Swatantra Party has been declared victorious. He collected 24,592 votes. 

Shrestha's nearest rival Suman Sayami of the Nepali Communist Party received 3,217 votes. Nepali Congress' Sapana Rajbhandari is behind with 2,835 votes.

Shrestha, who had become the Minister for Youth and Sports, is a central secretariat member of RSP. It is the second time he got elected to the House of Representatives from the same constituency. Earlier, he was elected HoR member in 2079BS. 

RSP leader Shrestha is a graduate in commerce. He is known for preservation of culture, language and Guthi tradition. He has forwarded the development agenda like carbon trading and forest conservation.

The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) is leading in 96 constituencies according to the vote count released under the House of Representatives elections held on Thursday. 

According to the Election Commission, vote counting is currently in progress in 135 constituencies by 5 pm today, the RSP is leading in 96 constituencies, while Nepali Congress in 11 constituencies, CPN-UML in 10 constituencies and Nepali Communist Party in nine places. 

Similarly, the Shram Sankriti Party is leading in three places, and the Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Progressive Democratic Party, Janata Samajwadi Party Nepal, and independent candidates are ahead in one place each.

So far, one candidate from RSP and one from the Nepali Congress have been victorious. 

RSP's candidate Ranju Darshana has won from Kathmandu Constituency- 1 with 15,455 votes, and Congress's Yogesh Gauchan Thakali has won from Mustang with 3,307 votes. 

Candidates of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) have taken an early lead in all five constituencies of Jhapa in terms of the number of votes bagged so far under the House of Representatives elections.

RSP candidate Balendra Shah has taken the lead with 5,254 votes in electoral Constituency No. 5 while his closest contender CPN-UML candidate KP Sharma Oli has received 1,579 votes.

Similarly, in Constituency No. 4, RSP's Shambhu Prasad Dhakal is leading with 1,775 votes, followed by Lal Prasad Sanwa Limbu of the CPN-UML with 300 votes.

In Jhapa Constituency No. 3, Prakash Pathak has taken an initial lead with 2,281 votes. The candidate of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party and its president, Rajendra Prasad Lingden, is in second place with 1,610 votes.

In Constituency No. 2, Indira Ranamagar has taken an initial lead with 4,580 votes, while Devraj Ghimire of the CPN-UML has received 716 votes.

Likewise, in Constituency No. 1, Nisha Dangi has taken the lead with 3,170 votes. She is being followed by Kebal Rai of the Shram Sanskriti Party with 1,320 votes.