Conflict

Turkey says the PKK presence in Iraq is a national security threat and it is Baghdad’s responsibility to take action.

American officials say the vessel sustained two holes on its port side and two on its starboard side.

Ten years into Syria’s devastating war, the country’s peace prospects have never been gloomier.

Dozens of fighters from both sides killed in ‘unabated’ fighting since Friday in Yemen’s strategic province of Marib.

Amnesty says hundreds of civilians were killed by Eritrean troops in Ethiopian town of Axum last November.

Rights group calls for investigation amid clashes between Central African Republic security forces and armed groups.

UN’s human rights chief warns the systems and policies that allowed grave rights abuses remain in place.

Iraqi PM and US president say those responsible for recent rocket attacks should be ‘held fully to account’.

Luca Attanasio died of his wounds after a World Food Programme convoy came under fire near the eastern city of Goma.

US-brokered negotiations began in September but progress has since slowed and violence has risen sharply.

Talks between the Taliban and the Afghan gov’t resume in Doha after weeks of delays and change in US leadership.

At least four aid workers killed after unidentified gunmen fired at their vehicle in North Waziristan, police say.

The two Asian rivals agree to ‘disengage’ after months of heightened tensions raised the spectre of a full-fledged war.

Clashes erupted last year between both forces over Al-Fashqa, an area of fertile land settled by Ethiopian farmers.