Friday, 14 August, 2015 , 16:33 AFP — Turkish bomb disposal experts were taken aback on Friday when the controlled explosion of a car bomb in the Kurdish-dominated southeast caused a massive blast that scattered debris and caused panic amongst bystanders.

Friday, 14 August, 2015 , 15:17 AFP — A senior figure in the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on Friday warned that Turkey would pay "a heavy price" for its offensive against the rebels amid new deadly clashes in the Kurdish-majority southeast.

Friday, 14 August, 2015 , 12:33 AFP — A man was shot dead as members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) clashed with Turkish security forces in Turkey's Kurdish-majority southeast, security sources said Friday.

Friday, 14 August, 2015 , 10:22 AFP — The Turkish military has started building a concrete wall along the border with Syria following a series of attacks, state media said Friday.

Friday, 14 August, 2015 , 07:53 AFP — Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State (IS) jihadists in northern Iraq appear to have been attacked with chemical weapons, the German defence ministry said Thursday.

Friday, 14 August, 2015 , 03:19 AFP — Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State (IS) jihadists in northern Iraq have reported being attacked with chemical weapons in recent days, the German defence ministry said Thursday.

Friday, 14 August, 2015 , 02:05 AFP — With a ceasefire between Turkey and Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in tatters, the man who could hold the key to restarting the peace process is sidelined and increasingly isolated on a heavily fortified prison island.

Friday, 14 August, 2015 , 02:01 AFP — A US official deemed it "plausible" Thursday that the Islamic State group used mustard gas against Iraqi Kurd fighters this week.

Thursday, 13 August, 2015 , 16:51 AFP — One Turkish soldier and seven suspected members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were killed in new violence blamed on the Kurdish rebels, the army said Thursday.

Thursday, 13 August, 2015 , 15:47 AFP — Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Thursday that coalition talks with the main opposition party had failed, paving the way for snap legislative elections as Ankara battles its biggest security crisis against militants in years.