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  1. 01Şahap Eraslan: How the digital order takes our will away
  2. 02Adile Hanım: In Kobanî, the Doors Stayed Shut, and the Truth About 'Integration' Comes Out
  3. 03Şahap Eraslan: The Invisible Faces of Racism — Part 2
  4. 04After Sipan
  5. 0510 young men from Raperin held hostage in Libya; families told to pay $4,000 each
  6. 06Mazlum Abdi urges Rojava families to keep children in Kurdish-language schools

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ISIS clash near Pirdê: fleeing militants take shelter in shop, Kurdish youth Murad Zana killed

KDP, PUK reach deal on parliament: Session set for October, speakership to PUK

KDP, PUK reach deal on parliament: session set for October, speakership to PUK

KDP, PUK reach deal on parliament: session set for October, speakership to PUK

Family says Betül Aluş has been held by ex-Nusra commander for five months, tells The Cradle

Barzani: Baghdad Is Blocking Kurdistan's Air Defenses, Says US Withdrawal Repeats 2011 Mistake

Clan leader's appearance at Left Party victory party throws Berlin into turmoil: who are the Remmos, from Mardin to Neukölln?

Iran's Araghchi: We're awaiting a firm US answer on Hormuz, we won't back down

Turkey's Fidan Ties Başika Withdrawal to Shengal Disarmament

Saudi Arabia shifts Riyadh schools to remote learning for a week, no reason given

HRW: Syria's Reconstruction Drive Leaves Displaced Residents Without a Say

Sarallar and Şahinler clans reconcile at MHP headquarters

MIDDLE EAST

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  1. 01WSJ: Trump rejected Iran's seven-day Hormuz proposal, expects strikes to resume after midterms
  2. 02Iraqi PM Tells UN: Baghdad Plans New Energy Routes via Turkey, Syria, Jordan
  3. 03Iraq Suspends All Flights to and from Iran Over US Sanctions

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UEFA: Infantino's apology changes nothing, FIFA boycott stands

WORLD

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  1. 01Burnham: Scots have the right to self-determination, but not a new referendum
  2. 02After Houthi advances, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan to hold emergency military talks
  3. 03Germany: Two officers dismissed for fleeing colleagues during shooting

ECONOMY

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Iraq's Central Bank lifts audit requirement for Kurdistan Region firms: reports can now be filed in Erbil

Germany to cut fuel tax by 17 cents a liter

Neçirvan Barzani urges Baghdad to guarantee Kurdistan Region's budget share

Turkey revokes operating license of Iranian bank

POLITICS

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Esenyurt Students Choose Kurdish Class, Ministry Assigns No Teacher

Burnham: Scots have the right to self-determination, but not a new referendum

Kurtulmuş ties PKK law to disarmament: "Law won't apply until the group dissolves"

DEM Party sources: Öcalan to coordinate disarmament body, not sit as a member

HUMAN RIGHTS

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Iraq to hand over remains of 153 Anfal victims, all women and children, to Kurdistan Region

Iran: IRGC brigadier general among three killed in Sistan-Baluchestan clashes

German-based aid worker sentenced to 10 years in Iran

Family finds son's grave, 21 years on, in TV news footage

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  1. 01Ex-police officer given aggravated life sentence for Ayşe Tokyaz murder
  2. 02YPJ says deal reached in principle to join Syrian Interior Ministry as 1,500-strong force
  3. 03German Activist Alleges Rape in Turkish Detention

CULTURE & ARTS

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Christie's "Murder on the Orient Express" published in Kurdish

'Me Çi Xwend Çi Nexwend': New anthology gathers reading memories of 13 Kurdish writers

Kurdish director Bahman Ghobadi's Scorsese-produced film premieres at Toronto festival

Jan İlhan Kızılhan this time tells the wounds of the human soul through a novel

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