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Kurdish refugee's top math medal stolen after Rio ceremony: organizers


Wednesday, 1 August, 2018 , 17:19 AFP A Kurdish refugee turned Cambridge University professor who was awarded math's most prestigious prize in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday had the gold medal stolen from him just minutes later, organizers said.

Kurdish refugee's top math medal stolen after Rio ceremony: organizers


Wednesday, 1 August, 2018 , 17:11 AFP

Kurdish refugee wins 'Nobel of mathematics' Fields medal


Wednesday, 1 August, 2018 , 15:21 AFP Kurdish refugee turned Cambridge University professor Caucher Birkar and an Italian who once preferred football to math on Wednesday were among four winners of the prestigious Fields medal, dubbed the Nobel prize for mathematics.

Outrage in Turkey after mother, baby killed by 'PKK roadside bomb'


Wednesday, 1 August, 2018 , 15:11 AFP Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday vowed to fight Kurdish militants to the "last terrorist" after a mother and her 11-month-old baby were killed in a roadside bomb attack blamed on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).

British Iranian Kurd one of four Fields math medal winners


Wednesday, 1 August, 2018 , 14:29 AFP Caucher Birkar, a Cambridge University professor of Iranian Kurdish origin, on Wednesday was named one of four winners of the prestigious Fields medal, often known as the Nobel prize for mathematics.

British-based Iranian Kurd one of four Fields math medal winners


Wednesday, 1 August, 2018 , 13:31 AFP Caucher Birkar, a Cambridge University professor of Iranian Kurdish origin, was named Wednesday one of four winners of mathematics' prestigious Fields medal, often known as the Nobel prize for math.

Kurds eye decentralised Syria in talks with government


Saturday, 28 July, 2018 , 11:46 AFP A US-backed Kurdish-led alliance said on Saturday that it is seeking a roadmap for a decentralised Syria in talks with the government which opened in Damascus this week.

Kurds eye decentralised Syria in talks with government


Saturday, 28 July, 2018 , 10:07 AFP A US-backed Kurdish-led alliance said on Saturday that it is seeking a roadmap for a decentralised Syria in talks with the government which opened in Damascus this week.

Syria's Kurds: from the margins to de facto autonomy


Friday, 27 July, 2018 , 16:16 AFP Syria's Kurds have benefited from the chaos in the war-wracked country to carve out de facto autonomy in the territory they control in the north and northeast.

US-backed Kurd-led alliance in first talks with Damascus


Friday, 27 July, 2018 , 15:06 AFP A US-backed Kurdish-led alliance is holding talks in Damascus for the first time on the future of the swathe of northern Syria under its control, an alliance official said on Friday.