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Putin, Xi hold talks in Kyrgyzstan as regional summit begins
Aug 31, 2026 (AFP)
Iran's leader Masoud Pezeshkian, Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan, India's Narendra Modi and Pakistan's Shehbaz Sharif were also among those in Bishkek to attend t...
Kurdish rebels say ready to resist Iran, await uprising
Mar 09, 2026 (AFP)
After saying that he would be "all for" a Kurdish offensive on Iran, US President Donald Trump appeared to backtrack Saturday, saying he did not want such an at...
As Iran conflict spills over, Iraq's Kurds say 'this war is not mine'
Mar 07, 2026 (AFP)
Iraq's Kurdish region has found itself caught in the crossfire of a regional war triggered by US and Israeli attacks on the Islamic republic. Dressed like the K...
Strikes on Iranian opposition groups in Iraq's Kurdistan
Mar 07, 2026 (AFP)
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Saturday morning they had targeted "separatist groups" in Iraq's Kurdistan, as the war against Israel and the United States ent...
Iran hits Kurdish groups in Iraq as conflict widens
Mar 05, 2026 (AFP)
The conflict that began Saturday with US-Israeli strikes that killed Iran's supreme leader has spread across much of the region, sparking global economic pressu...
Exiled Kurd group says Iran conducted deadly strike on fighters in Iraq
Feb 13, 2026 (AFP)
US court rules Marine can keep adopted Afghan war orphan
Feb 13, 2026 (AFP)
In 2020, Joshua and Stephanie Mast were granted an adoption of a severely wounded orphan who was discovered a year earlier by the US military on the battlefield...
Pakistan seeks out perpetrators after deadly separatist attacks
Feb 01, 2026 (AFP)
Around a dozen sites remained sealed off, with troops combing the area a day after militants stormed banks, jails, police stations and military installations, k...
US judge grants asylum to Chinese man who filmed alleged Uyghur camps
Jan 29, 2026 (AFP)
Guan Heng, 38, had been detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in August, sparking fear among activists and supporters that he could be sent b...
Kurdish women braid their hair in show of solidarity with Syria Kurds
Jan 23, 2026 (AFP)
Syrian government troops have recently been retaking parts of the country held by the Kurds' de facto autonomous administration, which has long touted the parti...
Iranian Kurd opposition party in Iraq accuses Iran of attack on HQ
Jan 21, 2026 (AFP)
"At dawn today, the occupying Iranian state... targeted one of the Kurdistan National Army's headquarters" using missiles and drones, said the Kurdistan Freedom...
Chinese victim of Kabul restaurant bombing laid to rest
Jan 20, 2026 (AFP)
The explosion ripped through a Chinese restaurant in the Shahr-e-Naw district on Monday, killing six Afghans and wounding more than a dozen people. The shrouded...
Beijing urges Afghanistan to protect Chinese citizens after bombing
Jan 20, 2026 (AFP)
China, which shares a rugged 76-kilometre (47-mile) border with Afghanistan, has close ties with the Taliban government. "China has made urgent representations ...
Destination Syria: Kurds rally to support their people; Yazidi IS survivor says world has abandoned Kurds
Jan 20, 2026 (AFP)
"We're going to Rojava to defend every centimetre of the land of Kurdistan," the 58-year-old teacher said of the semi-autonomous Kurdish territory in northeast ...
Syrian president declares Kurdish a national language
Jan 16, 2026 (AFP)
The decree is the first formal recognition of Kurdish national rights since Syria's independence in 1946. It stated Kurds were "an essential and integral part" ...
Turkey 'in talks' with Pakistan and Saudi over defence pact
Jan 15, 2026 (AFP)
"At present, there are discussions and talks underway, but no agreement has yet been signed," Fidan told reporters. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's "vi...
Turkey will help Syria against Kurdish fighters if asked: defence ministry
Jan 08, 2026 (AFP)
And Turkey's top diplomat said Ankara had been working "intensively" with Syrian and American officials in a bid to end the unrest. Deadly clashes erupted this ...
Iraq-based Kurdish opposition calls for strike in Iran on Thursday
Jan 07, 2026 (AFP)
The protests began on December 28 when shopkeepers in Tehran staged a strike over high prices and economic stagnation, but they have since spread to other place...
Casualties in Afghanistan as residents, gold miners clash: Taliban
Jan 06, 2026 (AFP)
"A clash between employees of a contracted company and local residents over the extraction of a gold mine in Chah Ab district of Takhar province has resulted in...
Seven killed in clashes between Syria govt, Kurdish forces in Aleppo
Jan 06, 2026 (AFP)
The implementation of a March deal to merge the Kurds' semi-autonomous administration and military into Syria's new Islamist government has stalled, and tension...
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