Wednesday, 9 July, 2025 , 15:46 AFP — The disarmament of the Kurdish militant group PKK will happen quickly but establishing a Turkish political framework to ensure the switch to democratic politics will be crucial to its success, its jailed founder said Wednesday.

Wednesday, 9 July, 2025 , 10:47 AFP — A Kurdish military commander met with Syria's leader in Damascus on Wednesday in the presence of a US envoy to discuss stalled efforts to integrate the country's autonomous Kurdish administration into the Syrian state.

Wednesday, 9 July, 2025 , 08:41 AFP — More than 30 percent of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region now has 24-hour state electricity, authorities said Thursday, with plans to extend full coverage by the end of 2026.

Wednesday, 9 July, 2025 , 08:12 AFP — The Kurdish militant PKK group's disarmament process will happen quickly but establishing a Turkish political framework to ensure the switch to democratic politics will be crucial, its jailed founder said Wednesday.

Wednesday, 9 July, 2025 , 07:14 AFP — Both the disarmament of Kurdish PKK militants and the creation of a Turkish parliamentary committee to oversee the peace process will be "crucial", the group's jailed founder said Wednesday.

Wednesday, 9 July, 2025 , 06:57 AFP — The process of PKK militants disarming will happen quickly, the group's founder Abdullah Ocalan who is jailed in Turkey, said two days before a first ceremony to lay down weapons.

Wednesday, 9 July, 2025 , 06:47 AFP — Both the disarmament of Kurdish PKK militants and the creation of a Turkish parliamentary committee to oversee the peace process will be "crucial", the group's jailed founder said Wednesday.

Wednesday, 9 July, 2025 , 06:37 AFP — The process of PKK militants disarming will happen quickly, the group's founder Abdullah Ocalan who is jailed in Turkey, said just days before a first ceremony to lay down weapons.

Tuesday, 8 July, 2025 , 14:33 AFP — Brushing aside increasingly urgent official warnings to stay clear of Iran, some European tourists still head to the Islamic Republic, which is accused by Western governments of practicing "hostage diplomacy".

Monday, 7 July, 2025 , 15:38 AFP — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met lawmakers from the pro-Kurdish DEM party Monday to discuss the next steps after PKK militants agreed to end their decades-long insurgency.