Scepticism and cautious hope as PKK takes historic step to disband1 day agoOrla GuerinSenior international correspondentReutersAfter 40 years, with 40,000 people killed, and without securing a...

Scepticism and cautious hope as PKK takes historic step to disband12 hours agoOrla GuerinSenior international correspondentReutersAfter 40 years, with 40,000 people killed, and without securing a...

Life inside Iraq's 'Forbidden Zone' controlled by Turkey8 hours agoSimona FoltynBBC World ServiceReporting fromIraqi KurdistanPhil CallerNestled in the mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan sits the...

Police raid barbers and vape shops suspected of being fronts for crime gangs35 minutes agoEd ThomasUK editorPolice officers smash through the back doors of a bright, modern barber shop in the market...

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei (Image: Getty)Iran’s hardline rulers are poised to amputate the fingers of three prisoners in a brutal act of state-sanctioned torture, campaigners have claimed....

British detectives warned people smugglers “our reach is global” after four suspected traffickers were arrested in war-torn Libya.A Syrian suspected of transporting migrants across the central...

UK to host 40 countries for illegal migration summit25 minutes agoMark EastonHome editorHarrison JonesEPAThe UK is hosting a two-day international meeting to tackle what it calls the global threat of...

Istanbul mayor arrested ahead of selection to run against Erdogan29 minutes agoEmily WitherBBC NewsReporting fromIstanbulDearbail JordanBBC NewsReutersThe main rival to Turkey's President Recep...

Istanbul mayor arrested ahead of selection to run against Erdogan3 hours agoEmily WitherBBC NewsReporting fromIstanbulDearbail JordanBBC NewsReutersThe main rival to Turkey's President Recep Tayyip...