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Police detain north Lebanon man threatening to kill wife

(The Daily Star)- Police Sunday detained a man who threatened to kill his wife with a rifle after she fled with her children to her parents’ house in northern Lebanon. A statement issued by the Internal Security Force said that the Zgharta police station received information that J.M. was...

Turkish-backed forces closing in on Syria's al-Bab

Turkish-backed forces in northern Syria aim to push Islamic State militants further south from al-Bab and are currently 12 or 13 km (8 miles) from the town, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday. Turkey launched an incursion into Syria in August in support of largely Turkmen and...

Death toll rises to 26 in Pakistan shipbreaking blast

(The Daily Star)- The death toll from an explosion and fire at a Pakistan shipbreaking yard last week has risen to 26, officials said Sunday. More than 50 others were wounded in the incident when a gas cylinder exploded and started a fire inside an oil tanker at the Gadani yard in the...