Delegations from Ukraine and Russia came face-to-face for talks for the first time since March 2022 – one month after Moscow's full-scale invasion of its neighbour. The setting was an Ottoman- era ...

After 40 years, with 40,000 people killed, and without securing a Kurdish homeland, the banned Kurdistan Workers Party, the PKK, is ending its war against the Turkish state.

Outlawed Kurdish group the PKK, which has waged a 40-year insurgency against Turkey, has announced it's disbanding. More than 40,000 people were killed during its fight for an independent Kurdish ...

Ukraine entered the talks in Istanbul hoping to move forward on their most urgent objective – a full and unconditional ceasefire – though that remained elusive, writes Orla Guerin, our ...

A date has been made for the swap but it's not being made public, Ukraine's defence minister says.