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• Death of a Kurdish child in Belgium: Call for resignations 

  A 18 month old girl lost her life when the police opened fire on a vehicle transporting refugees they were pursuing in Belgium. Authorities first attempted to cover up the mater, but the autopsy has revealed the truth.
• Six ISIS members captured in Iraq 

  Six ISIS members have been captured alive in Nineveh city of Iraq.
• “AKP doesn’t have a discourse appealing to Kurds” 

  SAMER coordinator said the AKP tries to ignore the Kurdish question hoping to stop vote loss.
• Crisis in Iraq deepening 

  More accusations of fraud leave Iraq and South Kurdistan in a very delicate situation.
• Official election results for Iraq and South Kurdistan announced 

  ​​​​​​​The Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission has released the official results of the May 12 parliamentary elections in Iraq and South Kurdistan.
• Demirtaş: I am a revolutionary, not a victim 

  HDP Presidential candidate is running his campaign from prison with very limited means.
• Iranian President Rouhani visits Turkey 

  Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is visiting Turkey to attend the Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s extraordinary summit.
• Mother of Icelander internationalist issues open letter 

  Haukur Hilmarsson’s mother, Eva Hauksdóttir, has issued an open letter to the governments of Iceland and the UK, imploring them “to confront Turkish authorities on their obligations to the dead.”
• PUK Co-founder Adel Murad dies in Germany 

  PUK Central Committee Member Adel Murad has passed away.
• Kurdish migrant toddler dies after police chase in Belgium 

  A two-year-old girl of Kurdish origin died in unclear circumstances on Thursday after police gave chase to a van carrying illegal migrants in southern Belgium.
• Reflections on social media and struggle 

  Social media cannot replace the struggle on the street.
• 81 deputies call for emergency meeting of Iraqi Parliament 

  The deputies want to discuss election results stained by accusations of fraud.
• HDP's Yüksekdağ: Free our Presidential Candidate Demirtaş 

  Former HDP co-chair said at her trial that HDP will make history in the 24 June elections.
• Demirtaş announces personal assets 

  HDP’s Presidential Candidate Selahattin Demirtaş announced his personal assets before the June 24 elections.
• Members resigning from Vatan Party want to join the HDP 

  The members who resigned from the Vatan Party after leader Doğu Perinçek said, “If I am president, I will have the HDP shut down” visited the HDP Amed branch and announced that they will be signing up for the HDP en masse in the coming days.
• Journalist Ahmet Şık applies to be a candidate from the HDP 

  Journalist Ahmet Şık announced that he applied to be a candidate from the HDP.
• Erdoğan spends 6 million Liras every day 

  Erdoğan has used 747 million Liras from the discretionary fund in the first 4 months of 2018, spending 6.225.000 Liras every day outside of official expenses.
• German leftist to give DNA sample for PKK investigation 

  A German leftist activist is being forced to submit a DNA sample in the investigation against the opening of a PKK flag during May 1 celebrations held by workers’ unions in Freiburg, Germany.
• Blood spilled again in Iran 

  The people rose up when Iran attempted to split the county of Kazerun in the province of Fars. 6 people were killed when Iranian security forces opened fire, and a further 40 were wounded.
• Why did Erdoğan go to Britain? 

  Erdoğan’s visit to Britain took place when the economic and political crisis in Turkey is deepening.
• Turkey sends troops to Idlib’s Jisr al-Shughour city 

  The Turkish state continues its invasion attacks in Northern Syria, and have sent troops into Idlib’s Jisr al-Shughour city to tear it away from Syria and annex the town, using an “observation point” as an excuse.
• New records from USD and Euro in Turkey 

  As the June 24 elections in Turkey draw near, the rise in the Euro and US Dollar can’t be stopped.
• OPCW confirms likely use of chlorine in Idlib 

  The FFM determined that chlorine was released from cylinders by mechanical impact in the Al Talil neighbourhood of Saraqib, Idlib.
• Towards the end for ISIS in Deir ez-Zor 

  With the Deir ez-Zor Freedom Operation clearing the Baqhous village to the east of the Euphrates of ISIS gangs, ISIS is one step closer to disbanding and the Operation Cizire Storm is one step closer to its goals.
• Germany still turns a blind eye to Afrin 

  The German government responded to an inquiry on the humanitarian crisis in the aftermath of the Turkish state’s invasion of Afrin with an evasive “Civilian rights may have not been protected in Afrin.”