Every shot sent shock waves all around and left ears ringing: the tanks of the Iraqi army's 9th armoured division were advancing through the streets of Mosul's Intisar neighbourhood. When Iraqi forces finally punched into the streets of Mosul in the past few day, the three-week-old offensive...

(The Daily Star)- Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused Europe on Sunday of abetting terrorism by supporting Kurdish militants and said he did not care if it called him a dictator. Turkey drew international condemnation for the arrest on Friday of leaders and lawmakers from the...

(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...

(Daily Sabah)- A 63-year old mother may face with a five-year-long prison sentence for throwing a plastic slipper at her 38-year-old son, who filed a complaint to the police even though she missed the target. During a heated argument in her home in Honaz district of southwestern Denizli...