Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan suggested yesterday that Turkey might impose economic sanctions to force Iraqi Kurds to crack down on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) — which has bases in Iraq’s Kurdish-run north — saying Turkey’s developing economy is a part of its political and diplomatic might.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – When it comes to his views on Canada’s presence in Afghanistan, it’s like father like son for the new mullah in the Arghandab district north of Kandahar city.

Iraq’s neighbors and other Arab countries gathered Saturday to discuss the future of the war-torn country — but the crisis involving Kurdish separatist rebels along the border between Iraq and Turkey threatened to overshadow the event.