Saturday, 17 February, 2024 , 07:36 AFP — Abdullah Ocalan, who founded the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) nearly half a century ago and has languished in solitary confinement on a prison island since 1999, is hailed as an icon by some Kurds but denounced by many Turks as a terrorist who deserves to die.
Friday, 16 February, 2024 , 16:27 AFP — Two Iranian directors said they have been barred from travelling to the Berlin film festival for their new movie's premiere Friday for breaking one of their country's biggest taboos: showing a woman pursuing a "normal life".
Friday, 16 February, 2024 , 12:28 AFP — Two Iranian directors said they have been barred from travelling to the Berlin film festival for their new movie's premiere Friday for breaking one of their country's biggest taboos: showing a woman pursuing a "normal life".
Wednesday, 14 February, 2024 , 08:32 AFP — Candidates running for seats in the Iran assembly in charge of appointing the country's supreme leader began election campaigns on Wednesday, state media reported.
Wednesday, 14 February, 2024 , 02:38 AFP — Influencers on X are monetizing misinformation about conflicts in the Middle East, leveraging the platform's contentious policies that researchers say prioritize engagement over accuracy.
Tuesday, 13 February, 2024 , 15:03 AFP — Iranian authorities have handed down a jail sentence of over five years to the uncle of Mahsa Amini, the young Iranian-Kurdish woman whose custody death sparked months of protests, over his anti-government views expressed during the 2022 demonstrations, rights groups said on Tuesday.
Friday, 9 February, 2024 , 14:34 AFP — Turkey's pro-Kurdish party on Friday selected two low-profile candidates to run for mayor of Istanbul after the wife of the repressed community's jailed elder statesman dropped out of the March 31 vote.
Friday, 9 February, 2024 , 13:55 AFP — Turkey's pro-Kurdish party on Friday selected two low-profile candidates to run for mayor of Istanbul after the wife of the repressed community's jailed elder statesman dropped out of the March 31 vote.
Wednesday, 7 February, 2024 , 06:08 AFP — Farmer Nizar al-Awwad has stopped irrigating his land in northeast Syria from a local river polluted by an oil spill that residents and officials in the Kurdish-held area blame on Turkish strikes.
Tuesday, 6 February, 2024 , 15:56 AFP — An Iranian believed to be the country's oldest woman has died at the age of 125, local media reported on Tuesday.
