Turkey’s Kurds await Ankara’s next move after PKK disbands
Tuncer Bakirhan, the co-chair of the Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM party, May 13, 2025. Screengrab/DEM party video/via iKurd.net ANKARA,— Turkish authorities...
Damascus warns Syrian Kurds against delaying state integration
Syria’s Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani, also known as “Naseem,” “Abu Aisha,” “Abu Ammar al-Shami,” “Hussam al-Shafi’i,” and “Zaid al-Attar”,...
PKK disbands its organization, ends armed struggle against Turkey
The Kurdistan Communities Union (Koma Civaken Kurdistan – KCK), the political umbrella group that includes the PKK, at the PKK's...
Islamist Taliban bans chess in Afghanistan over gambling concerns
An Afghan men playing chess in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2009. Photo: Creative Commons/Jim Kelly/flickr/ wikimedia KABUL,— Taliban authorities have banned chess...
Cash for stray dogs as Erbil to pay $2 per dog collected, Iraqi Kurdistan
A municipal worker attempts to capture a stray dog in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, May 2025. Photo: Screengrab from K24 TV...
Russia’s Putin calls for direct peace talks with Ukraine to end the war
Russian President Vladimir Putin, May 2025. Photo: RIA Novosti/kremlin.ru MOSCOW,— Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday proposed direct talks with...
Iranian Kurdish rapper Xatar dies at 43 in Germany
Xatar (Giwar Hajabi), the Iranian Kurdish-German rapper and influential music entrepreneur, has died at the age of 43 in Germany....
India, Pakistan agree to immediate ceasefire
An Indian Border Security Force soldier, right, and Pakistani Ranger soldier conduct an elaborate march during the daily flag ceremony...
PKK holds 12th congress, discusses disbandment and disarmament
The Kurdistan Communities Union (Koma Civaken Kurdistan – KCK), the political umbrella group that includes the PKK, at the PKK's...
Robert Prevost elected as new pope Leo XIV, first American pope
Newly-elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Francis Prevost, appears on the balcony of St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, May 8,...
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