Wednesday, 20 January, 2016 , 00:09 AFP — Kurdish forces have destroyed thousands of homes in northern Iraq in an apparent attempt to uproot Arab communities, Amnesty International said Wednesday.

Tuesday, 19 January, 2016 , 14:35 AFP — Syria's leading Kurdish militia said Tuesday it had arrested and would prosecute four of its fighters accused of damaging property in a town reclaimed from the Islamic State group.

Monday, 18 January, 2016 , 08:51 AFP — Three Turkish policemen were killed and four wounded in a roadside bomb attack blamed on Kurdish rebels in the southeast of the country, the security services said Monday.

Sunday, 17 January, 2016 , 15:22 AFP — In the heart of the Calais migrant shantytown in northern France known as the "Jungle", a cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" rings out from the ramshackle headquarters of the camp's very own radio station.

Saturday, 16 January, 2016 , 16:56 AFP — Kurdish PKK rebels while claiming responsibility Saturday for a car bombing in southeast Turkey this week apologised for having killed civilians and especially three children in the attack.

Saturday, 16 January, 2016 , 12:20 AFP — The European Union on Saturday condemned as "extremely worrying" Turkey's arrest of academics who signed a petition criticising a military crackdown in the Kurdish-dominated southeast.

Saturday, 16 January, 2016 , 01:25 AFP — Turkish police on Friday detained at least 18 academics who signed a petition criticising a military crackdown in the Kurdish-dominated southeast, triggering new alarm about freedom of expression in the country.

Friday, 15 January, 2016 , 16:22 AFP — Turkish police on Friday detained at least 18 academics who signed a petition criticising a military crackdown in the Kurdish-dominated southeast, triggering new alarm about freedom of expression in the country.

Friday, 15 January, 2016 , 13:04 AFP — Turkish police on Friday detained over a dozen academics who signed a petition criticising the military crackdown in the Kurdish-dominated southeast that angered President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, triggering new alarm about freedom of expression in the country.

Friday, 15 January, 2016 , 07:57 AFP — Turkish police on Friday detained 21 academics for "terror propaganda" over a petition denouncing military operations against Kurdish rebels in the southeast that was severely criticised by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the state media said.