Tuesday, 1 July, 2025 , 11:15 AFP — Fighters from the Kurdistan Workers' Party will soon destroy their weapons as a "goodwill gesture" to signal their commitment to disarming after decades of conflict with Turkey, two commanders said.

Monday, 30 June, 2025 , 19:29 AFP — Militants from the PKK will begin laying down their weapons at a disarmament ceremony in Iraqi Kurdistan in early July, the Kurdish media outlet Rudaw reported on Monday.

Monday, 30 June, 2025 , 17:31 AFP — Iranian authorities have arrested hundreds of people and executed dozens in a wave of repression following the 12-day war with Israel, activists say, accusing the Islamic republic of using fear to compensate for weaknesses revealed by the conflict.

Monday, 30 June, 2025 , 17:29 AFP — A press freedom NGO expressed concern on Monday over the detention of a Syrian Kurdish journalist who was arrested days earlier in Damascus by the new government's security forces.

Monday, 30 June, 2025 , 12:04 AFP — Militants from the PKK will begin laying down their weapons at a disarmament ceremony in Iraqi Kurdistan in early July, the Kurdish media outlet Rudaw reported on Monday.

Monday, 30 June, 2025 , 11:28 AFP — A French court on Monday sentenced seven Afghans and two Iraqi Kurds to seven to eight years in jail over the fatal capsizing of a boat carrying would-be asylum seekers from France to England in 2022.

Monday, 30 June, 2025 , 09:24 AFP — A French court Monday sentenced seven Afghans and two Iraqi Kurds to seven to eight years in jail over the deadly capsizing of a boat carrying migrants from France to England in 2022.

Monday, 30 June, 2025 , 08:54 AFP — A French court Monday sentenced nine Afghan and Kurdish men to seven to eight years in jail over the deadly capsizing of a boat carrying migrants from France to England in 2022.

Sunday, 29 June, 2025 , 05:58 AFP — A court hearing that could upend the leadership of Turkey's main opposition CHP is the latest bid to hobble the party behind a wave of spring protests that shook the government, analysts say.

Friday, 27 June, 2025 , 11:46 AFP — Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has re-emerged after the war with Israel but faces a struggle to maintain the authority he has wielded over the Islamic republic in over three-and-a-half decades of rule, analysts say.