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Iraq demands Turkey 'stop bombardment, withdraw forces' from north
Iraq's foreign ministry summons the Turkish ambassador and hands him a 'strongly-worded memorandum calling for a halt to such provocative actions'
North Korea's Kim holds top party meeting ahead of U.S. deadline
State media says Kim Jong-un presided over the meeting which discussed a new 'transparent, anti-imperialist independent stand'
Kurdish rebel leader calls end to jail hunger strikes in Turkey
Some 3,000 prisoners across different prisons are on hunger strike in solidarity with one of the party's lawmakers
South Korean police apologize for 70-year-old Jeju island massacre
South Korean police apologize for the first time over massacres that killed 10,000 people decades ago and the military expressed deep regret
Turkey, Iran to stage joint raid against Kurd rebels – minister
Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu does not specify which PKK bases the planned operation will target but President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has previously said it will be against militant hideouts in Iraq
North Koreans pay tribute to Kim's father in freezing cold
Kim Jong Il officially remains as the enternal general secretary of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea
Far-right candidate leads as Brazil heads to polls
Facing far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro is leftist candidate Fernando Haddad, a former Sao Paulo mayor who is standing in for jailed ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
Brazil's Lula quits presidential race, Haddad to run instead
The decision comes less than two weeks after Brazil's Superior Electoral Tribunal ruled that the popular but polarizing former president cannot run while serving his 12-year prison sentence
Duterte's PDP-Laban inks deal with North Korea's party
PDP-Laban and the Workers' Party of Korea sign a deal on party cooperation, youth development, as well as 'promotion of world peace'
PDP-Laban to hold historic meeting with North Korean party
The ruling PDP-Laban says this is the 'first-ever visit by a Philippine political party to the North Korean capital' of Pyongyang
Brazil prosecutors probe judge who ordered release of Lula
Attorney General Raquel Dodge says there is evidence that when appeals judge Rogerio Favreto acted professionally, he did so 'motivated by personal feelings and interests'
Lula remains in jail as Brazil judge voids shock release order
Judge Pedro Gebran Neto overturns a shock order to free Lula, which dropped hours earlier from Judge Rogerio Favreto at an appeals court in the southern city of Porto Alegre
PDP-Laban offers to help improve PH-North Korea ties
The ruling party also plans to send a delegation to Pyongyang 'to meet with their counterparts from the Workers' Party of Korea'
Lula says party free to find new candidate for Brazil vote
'I want you to feel totally free to take whatever decision you need because 2018 is an important year for the PT, for the left and for democracy,' writes Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a letter to the Workers' Party
11 Turkish troops killed in deadliest day of Kurdish offensive in Syria
The fatalities follow Turkey sending troops and launching air strikes against Kurdish militia in Northern Syria
Pressing Syria offensive, Turkey urges U.S. pullback
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to expand the offensive against the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) to Manbij, east of Afrin
Turkey expects Trump to 'keep promise' not to arm Syria Kurds
Washington views the Kurdish YPG militia as the most effective fighting force on the ground against ISIS, but Ankara sees them as 'terrorists' linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party
North Korea media grade South's Moon a 'fail'
The Rodong Sinmun the official mouthpiece of the ruling Workers Party says the performance sheet for Moon Jae In s 100 days is poor and very disappointing
Brazil's Lula defiant after corruption trial
Brazil s media talked up the court session as a showdown between two of the most powerful men in Brazil
Turkey angered by U.S. move to arm Syrian Kurds
The issue risks further stoking tensions between Ankara and Washington less than a week before President Recep Tayyip Erdogan heads to Washington to meet his US counterpart Donald Trump
Brazil's ex-president Lula faces corruption court
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva 71 is accused of receiving a seaside apartment as a bribe in a much wider corruption scheme investigated by the so called Car Wash probe upending Brazilian politics
UN accuses Turkey of 'serious' abuses in Kurd majority region
A report from the UN rights office details evidence of massive destruction killings and numerous other serious human rights violations committed between July 2015 and December 2016 in southeast Turkey
Suicide car bombing kills 14 off-duty Turkish soldiers
The government says all signs so far suggests the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party PKK was behind the bombing in the city of Kayseri
Turkey defiant as Kurdish militants claim Istanbul carnage
5th UPDATE Of the 38 fatalities in the twin attacks in Istanbul 30 are police officers
Turkish court jails 9 staff of opposition daily
UPDATED The suspects are charged with links to the Kurdistan Workers Party and the movement of Fethullah Gulen who is blamed for the failed coup bid in July
Truck bomb kills 18 in Turkey
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus describes the bombing as an atrocious and heinous terrorist attack
'Huge disaster' averted in Turkey as suspects blow themselves up
3rd UPDATE The bombing comes two days before the first anniversary of Turkey s deadliest terror attack in its modern history in Ankara
Activity at North Korea nuclear site fuels test fears
North Korea has already conducted two nuclear tests this year – in January and September – and experts say it is capable of carrying out a 3rd as soon as the order is given
Brazil's leftist Workers' Party slips in nationwide polls
Brazilians want change as they struggle through a devastating recession and the fallout from a massive embezzlement and bribery scheme centered on prestigious state oil company Petrobras
Political killings overshadow Brazilian elections
Analysts say that a recent spate of killings points to a darker political shift in Rio the second biggest city in Latin America s leading economy as police linked militias muscle in
11 killed in attack, clashes with Kurdish rebels in Turkey
Militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party PKK killed 10 Turkish soldiers and a village guardsman in two separate incidents in Turkey
Brazil's Rousseff urges vote against 'coup' in Senate trial
Rousseff to senators: I ve come to look your excellencies in the eye to say that I did not commit a crime
Brazil's Rousseff to face accusers in impeachment showdown
Rousseff s testimony will come just hours before a final vote to decide her fate with everything pointing to her being convicted
Brazil police urge graft charges against ex-leader Lula
Lula s lawyer brands it a politically motivated move
11 Turkish police killed in PKK suicide bombing
4th UPDATE The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party says it carried out the assault in retaliation for the continued isolation of the group s jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan and the lack of information about his welfare
Brazil's Rousseff enters final act of impeachment
If she is removed from office her former vice president turned rival Michel Temer will be sworn in to serve until 2018 shifting Brazil to the right after 13 years of leftist rule under Rousseff s Workers Party
3 killed, 40 wounded in PKK car bomb attack in eastern Turkey – official
The Turkish security forces have been hit by near daily attacks by the PKK since a two and a half year ceasefire collapsed in 2015 leaving hundreds of police and soldiers dead
Brazil's Rousseff ahead of trial: 'I'm innocent'
UPDATED I am innocent Rousseff insists There is no injustice more devastating than to condemn an innocent person
Brazil Senate debates impeachment end game
UPDATED Suspended President Rousseff s opponents only need a simple majority of the 81 senators votes to open an impeachment trial
Kurdish rebel group TAK claims Istanbul bombing
UPDATED We again warn foreign tourists who are in Turkey and who want to come to Turkey: foreigners are not our target but Turkey is no longer a reliable country for them the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons says
5 dead in Turkey bombing blamed on Kurdish rebels
Prime Minister Binali Yildirim blamed the killer PKK referring to the outlawed rebel Kurdistan Workers Party
S. Korea navy fires warning shots after North incursion
In recent weeks Pyongyang has been urging Seoul to accept leader Kim Jong Un s proposal for military talks aimed at easing cross border tensions
New era for Brazil as Rousseff cedes power to Temer
It is urgent to restore peace and unite Brazil says interim president Michel Temer
Brazil's Rousseff suspended to face impeachment trial
5th UPDATE A nearly 22 hour debate in the Senate closes with an overwhelming 55 22 vote against Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff
North Korea sings praises of 'motherly' ruling party after congress
The concert features the country s first all women group the Moranbong Band whose members sing songs about love of the ruling party or family
Families, friends divided over Brazil political crisis
My son was making provocative comments on Facebook so I unfriended him says 54 year old Dayse Lima a supporter of President Dilma Rousseff
Brazil Senate committee recommends Rousseff impeachment
The special committee s decision was non binding but marked the last formal stage before the full Senate votes May 11 on whether to put the leftist leader on trial
Brazil high court suspends Rousseff impeachment architect
The speaker of Brazil s lower house of Congress is the architect of the impeachment drive expected to force Rousseff to step aside from office on May 11
Rousseff rallies Brazil anti-impeachment crowd
The traditional Labor Day celebrations were dominated by anger at the impeachment drive described by Rousseff as a coup
Brazil Senate forms impeachment committee
The Senate committee – comprising 21 of the 81 senators – is to debate Rousseff s fate for up to 10 working days before making a recommendation to the full upper house
