What to Know About the Turkey-P.K.K. Conflict
The fighting has taken more than 40,000 lives over the past four decades. The group’s leader is now calling for its fighters to put down their arms.
Anxiety in Gaza and Israel as Cease-Fire Nears End of First Phase
A series of hostage-for-prisoner swaps agreed under the first phase of the cease-fire is complete, and no one knows how long the uneasy calm will last.
Ocalan Says PKK Fighters Should Disarm
Abdullah Ocalan, the leader of the guerrilla Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or P.K.K., called on his fighters to lay down their arms after decades of fighting the Turkish state.
Proposed bill to give schools freedom on milk choices amid MAHA push
The Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act will allow schools to expand milk offerings and allow for whole reduced-fat, and other options that changes current USDA policies.
House DOGE subcommittee chair Greene threatens criminal referrals over foreign aid spending
House DOGE subcommittee Chair Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., said she was considering investigations and criminal referrals over foreign aid spending.
Austrian Parties Reach Deal to Form Government Without Far Right
The announcement was a victory for mainstream political parties, after earlier talks involving the hard-right Freedom Party broke down.
He Was America’s Highest-Ranking Military Officer. Then Came the War on D.E.I.
During his decades-long path to become America’s highest-ranking military officer, Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. won the crucial support of President Trump.That all changed when Mr. Brown publicly talked about…
Houston police union slams ‘rogue’ judge for letting man accused of killing deputy out on bond: ‘Disgraceful’
A man charged with capital murder in the 2024 death of Harris County Deputy Fernando Esqueda is out of jail after Judge Hilary Unger's decision to grant him bond.
Al-Assad Becomes a Punchline in Syria’s Comedy Scene
Comics had already been trying to foster stand-up in Syria before Bashar al-Assad’s fall. Now, they are telling jokes in a liberated country, while warily eyeing the new government.
North Korea Is Sending More Troops to Russia, South Korea’s Spy Agency Says
The fresh deployment comes after North Korea suffered heavy casualties on the front lines in Russia’s war against Ukraine, the South’s spy agency says.



