UN Security Council warns against holding Iraqi Kurd vote

Turkey launched a military drill with tanks close to the Iraqi border today, the army said, a week before Iraq's Kurdish region is set to hold an independence referendum. Despite opposition from Turkey, Iran and the United States, the Kurdistan Regional ...

The Turkish police on Monday detained 11 people in capital Ankara over suspicion of having links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).Counterterrorism forces conducted an operation at dawn to apprehend 15 suspects allegedly linked to PKK.Two heads ...

A total of 12 outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants were killed in separate counter operations in southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq Saturday, military statements said on Sunday.The operations in northern Iraq were conducted in the Zap and ...

Turkey, Iran and Iraq on Thursday urged Iraq`s Kurdistan region to abandon a planned referendum on independence, threatening unspecified "counter-measures" if it goes ahead with the vote. Istanbul: Turkey, Iran and Iraq on Thursday urged Iraq`s Kurdistan ...

Turkey has summoned the German ambassador to Ankara to condemn what it called a rally organised by supporters of Kurdish militants in Cologne, the foreign ministry said. "We condemn the permission given for the organisation of an activity by the PKK ...

The Parliament of the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan convened for the first time after two years of suspension, and is scheduled to discuss referendum on independence of the Kurdish region.

U.S. authorities have indicted 19 people, including 15 Turkish security officials, for attacking protesters who held demonstrations outside the Turkish Ambassador's residence in Washington DC on May 16, 2017 against the visit of President Recep Tayyip ...

Turkish security forces on Monday thwarted a bomb attack planned by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants, according to an official statement.

Explosives planted by Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants ripped through a Turkish military vehicle travelling through southeast Turkey on Monday, wounding 17 soldiers, the military said. The vehicle was passing through the Yuksekova district of Hakkari ...