PKK declares ceasefire in 40-year conflict with Turkiye: Kurdish media
Outlawed group calls on Ankara to release jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan, held in near total isolation since 1999.
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Kurdish militants declare ceasefire in 40-year conflict with Turkey
Kurdish militants have declared a ceasefire in their 40-year conflict with Turkey.
Kurdish militants declare ceasefire in 40-year insurgency in Turkey
Kurdish militants who have waged a 40-year insurgency in Turkey declared a ceasefire, two days after their imprisoned leader called for the group to disarm.
‘Versions of Hell’: Squid Game and S Korea’s historical homeless centres
South Korea’s wildly popular Netflix show has brought renewed focus on a history of brutality towards the homeless.
Starmer may have weaponised the Windsors, but soft power is the royals’ great asset
Just as in the Oval Office this week, history shows the royals can be deployed to serve British interests – whether they like it or notAs Donald Trump waved his personal invitation from King Charles III to pay a second historic state visit in the Oval …
How JD Vance emerged as the chief saboteur of the transatlantic alliance
Vance snaked his way in first to the row between Trump and Zelenskyy, his second intrusion this month after MunichJD Vance was supposed to be the inconsequential vice-president.But his starring role in Friday’s blowup between Donald Trump and Volodymyr…
Cash Isas: pressure grows against rumoured move to £4,000 allowance
Research shows strong support for keeping tax-free accounts in their current form with £20,000 annual limitCash Isa providers fail to offer savers benefits of more flexible rulesA campaign to “save” cash Isas gathered pace this week, with research publ…
Rail fares rise by 4.6% in England and Wales
Campaigners say if government can find money to freeze fuel duty for motorists they can do similar for railwaysRail passengers in England and Wales face a steep increase in the cost of travel from Sunday, with fares rising by 4.6% and most railcards go…
Millionaire’s eerie abandoned mansion has beds still made and plates stacked in kitchen
This extraordinary mansion hidden in the Italian countryside has been abandoned with everything left inside.
UK may ‘step into the breach’ and shield EU ally from Russia as US commitment weakens
Jennifer Kavanagh said the UK’s arsenal of nuclear weapons, particularly submarine-launched ballistic missiles, allows for the credible threat of retaliation if Germany were to be threatened by Russia.