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Turkish police fire gas at protest against southeast curfews

Turkish police fired tear gas and water cannons in Istanbul on Sunday to disperse hundreds of protesters calling for an end to curfews in the southeast, where the military has ramped up operations against Kurdish militants. Some of the protesters threw firebombs at security forces, who...

Iran ready to ship 9 tonnes of enriched uranium to Russia

Iran will export around nine tonnes of enriched uranium to Russia in the coming days, Tehran's nuclear chief was quoted as saying on Saturday, as the country implements curbs to its nuclear program to secure sanctions relief. "In the next few days around nine tonnes of Iran's enriched uranium...

No sign of peace for Turkey's Kurds after Erdogan victory

The shepherd's widow no longer asks God for peace. Like many Kurds in Turkey's southeast, Sevgi Gezici, 22, believed President Tayyip Erdogan would relent in a violent clampdown against Kurdish militants after his party won back its majority in an election in November. Three...