( Daily Star )- Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Thursday he was "100 percent sure" Syrian President Bashar Assad ordered a suspected chemical attack this week that provoked international outrage. Lieberman said the alleged attack in the neighbouring country was carried out...

( Daily Star )- Turkey is planning in the next weeks to launch a new cross border military incursion to oust the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) from the Sinjar region of northern Iraq, a report said Thursday. The report in the pro-government Yeni Safak daily was not immediately...

( The New Arab )- Yemeni forces backing the internationally-recognised government are preparing for an assault on a key port town held by Houthi rebels. Fighters aligned to President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi and the government's Arab allies are building up around Hodeidah, despite UN urged for...

( Daily Star )- A homeless Russian man lost his hand Thursday when a homemade device placed in a bag near a school exploded in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don, said Russian authorities cited by local media. The explosion came with Russia on high alert just a few days after a bomb on the...