Kawaguchi has a population of about 600,000 and around 3,000 Kurdish people live there and in the neighboring city of Warabi. A Kurdish restaurant owner in Kawaguchi said he has been the target of ...

Two dozen national flags fly in Zak Amin’s classroom. As an English Learner teacher at Moorhead High School, Amin wants his students to feel seen, so these flags reflect the homelands of students ...

"This is a coup against politics and democracy. Now, they will try to seize the municipalities as well. The government’s ...

Newroz Market sells made-to-order specialties -- including shawarma -- along with shelved delicacies shipped from across the ...

Wound that Will Not Heal On the morning of Friday, March 16, 1988, an eerie silence enveloped the Kurdish city of Halabja until 11:30 a.m., when it was shattered by the roar of Iraqi warplanes. For ...

For more than 40 years, the Turkish government has fought the PKK in eastern Turkey, northern Iraq and Syria. Recent efforts ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Mohammad Hussein al-Jassim (Abu Amsha), the notorious commander of the Suleiman Shah Brigade, ...

Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) chief Mazloum Abdi on Monday urged Syria’s interim government to “bear its responsibility” for ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is getting rid of his main rival in the 2028 presidential election. Authoritarianism, ...

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu was arrested at his home on corruption and terrorism charges. He was growing in popularity and ...

ISTANBUL: Turkish police detained Istanbul's powerful mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, Wednesday (Mar 19) over two investigations into ...

The state-run Anadolu Agency said prosecutors issued warrants for the mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, and some 100 other people.