Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that the U.S. did not know about and was not involved in a wave of exploding pagers targeting Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon, and urged restraint

More explosions have been heard in Beirut and other cities in Lebanon on Wednesday, with reports emerging that hand-held walkie-talkie devices have detonated. At least one of the blasts reportedly took place near a funeral organized by Iran-backed Hezbollah for those killed the previous day when thousands of pagers used by the group exploded across the country.