(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...

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...

A suicide attacker detonated an ambulance packed with explosives in Tikrit Sunday, killing nine people at the southern entrance to the city, police and hospital sources said. The bomber struck during the busy morning rush hour. Authorities declared a curfew in the city, saying they had...