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EU, US urge Turkey restraint amid PKK onslaught
Aug 04, 2015 (AFP)
Europe and the United States on Tuesday urged Turkey to show a "proportionate response" in the face of daily attacks by Kurdish militants amid growing concern o...
Turkish raids raise Iraqi Kurdish leadership stakes
Aug 04, 2015 (AFP)
Turkey's air strikes in Iraqi Kurdistan have increased the pressure on regional president Massud Barzani, who is a key player in the US-led anti-jihadist war bu...
Turkey vows 'whatever necessary' in fight against militants
Aug 03, 2015 (AFP)
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday vowed to do "whatever necessary" in Turkey's controversial fight against Kurdish militants, with no end in sight to a t...
Two Turkish troops killed in PKK suicide attack
Aug 02, 2015 (AFP)
Two Turkish soldiers were killed and dozens wounded Sunday in a suicide attack claimed by Kurdish militants, as Ankara kept up its air campaign against the rebe...
Kurdish party says Turkey air strike kills 10 civilians; army denies
Aug 02, 2015 (AFP)
Ten civilians were killed this weekend in a Turkish air strike against Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq, a Turkish pro-Kurdish party said ...
Iraqi Kurdistan leadership wants PKK pullback
Aug 01, 2015 (AFP)
Kurdish rebels of the PKK should take their war with Ankara out of Iraqi Kurdistan to prevent Turkish air strikes from causing civilian casualties, the region's...
Some 260 PKK members killed in Turkey air strikes: report
Aug 01, 2015 (AFP)
Around 260 members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) have been killed and hundreds more wounded in Ankara's week-long campaign of air strikes agains...
Pakistan says second round of Afghan-Taliban talks postponed
Jul 30, 2015 (AFP)
A second round of talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban has been postponed, Pakistan's foreign office said Thursday, following the reported death ...
Kurdish party chief dismisses Turkey anti-IS raids as a 'show'
Jul 30, 2015 (AFP)
The co-leader of Turkey's main Kurdish party on Thursday dismissed air strikes and police raids by Ankara against Islamic State (IS) jihadists as a "show", sayi...
Turkey's Erdogan, China's Xi meet amid Uighur strains
Jul 29, 2015 (AFP)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Wednesday, with a Beijing official saying that the two sides will e...
Mongolia marks 25 years of democracy in Russian, Chinese shadows
Jul 29, 2015 (AFP)
Mongolia on Wednesday marked 25 years since its first democratic election, a key milestone in the transformation of the once Communist nation squeezed between g...
Peace process with Kurds cannot continue amid attacks: Erdogan
Jul 28, 2015 (AFP)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that Ankara could not continue the peace process with the Kurds amid continuing attacks against Turkish t...
Afghan-Taliban peace talks likely in China next week
Jul 24, 2015 (AFP)
Afghan officials said Friday they will meet Taliban insurgents next week for a second round of talks aimed at ending 13 years of war, pledging to press for a ce...
China holds Uighur who 'planned bomb attack': report
Jul 20, 2015 (AFP)
China has arrested a member of its mostly Muslim Uighur ethnic minority who planned a bomb attack after returning from a training camp in Syria, state media sai...
US 'friendly fire' kills up to 10 Afghan soldiers
Jul 20, 2015 (AFP)
A US airstrike killed up to 10 Afghan soldiers Monday at an army checkpoint in a Taliban-infested province south of Kabul, one of the deadliest episodes of "fri...
Afghan Taliban leader hails 'legitimate' peace talks
Jul 15, 2015 (AFP)
Taliban leader Mullah Omar Wednesday hailed as "legitimate" peace talks aimed at ending Afghanistan's 13-year war, in his first comments on the nascent dialogue...
Behind the veil: China policies hurt minority businesses
Jul 14, 2015 (AFP)
The Silk Road trading centre of Kashgar has been Muslim for centuries, but despite hordes of people thronging the main bazaar, Gulnur's headscarf shop had barel...
Doubts and divisions among commanders as Taliban talk peace
Jul 13, 2015 (AFP)
Talks last week between Afghan and Taliban negotiators were hailed by officials as a major breakthrough, but insurgent commanders on the ground have responded f...
Chinese police kill 3 'Xinjiang terrorists' in northeast city: local govt
Jul 13, 2015 (AFP)
Police in northeastern China on Monday killed three knife-wielding "terrorists" from Xinjiang, the mainly Muslim region in the far west, who attacked officers, ...
Indonesia jails Uighurs over attempt to join militants
Jul 13, 2015 (AFP)
An Indonesian court Monday jailed three members of China's Uighur minority for six years each after they were caught attempting to join an Islamic extremist gro...
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