The Shifting Fortunes of the Kurds

Hackers force US Army to take down websites after plastering them with Trump insults

The U.S. Army has been forced to take down websites that have been compromised by hackers into displaying anti-Trump messages.According to The Daily Beast, the affected websites contained pro-Kurdish slogans along with messaging like 'the US president is a pedophile thief. (expletive) trump tom barrack (sic),' a reference to the U.S. Ambassador to Turkey.The defaced websites were first reported by CyberScoop.All of this comes as Trump is in Turkey for a NATO summit. The Turkish government is known to ruthlessly suppress Kurdish separatist groups, some of which, in turn, are recognized as terrorist groups like the PKK.The conflict between Turkey and Kurdish separatists has killed tens of thousands over the past forty years and has long underpinned Turkish state suppression of Kurdish language and identity, noted the report, which added that Trump and Barrack further angered Kurdish advocates in January when they appeared to endorse a government offensive in neighboring Syria designed to recapture Kurdish territory.Trump's presence at the NATO summit has come with numerous other controversies, including a joint appearance with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in which Trump repeatedly mixed him up with Vladimir Putin and referred to his war against the Islamic Republic of Japan.

Why is the EU talking to the Taliban? | DW News

Despite fierce criticism, the EU recently hosted what it described as “technical talks” with Taliban officials in Brussels. One key topic of the closed-door meeting was the deportation of Afghan nationals to Afghanistan. Is the bloc helping to legitimize the rule of the hardline Islamists? And what exactly does the Taliban gain from such meetings? #geoboard #dwgeopolitics #EU #taliban For more news go to: http://www.dw.com/en/ Follow DW on social media: ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dwnews ►TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dwnews ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deutschewellenews/ ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwnews Für Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https://www.youtube.com/dwdeutsch Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1

Army Scrambles to Remove Trump Insults on Hacked Military Sites

Stoyan Nenov / REUTERSThe U.S. Army has been forced to take a number of its sites offline after their web domains were hijacked and used to insult Donald Trump. The messages, first reported by cybersecurity news outlet CyberScoop, contained pro-Kurdish slogans along with messaging like “the US president is a pedophile thief. f–-k trump tom barrack,” a reference to the U.S. Ambassador to Turkey. Trump has spent the past two days at a NATO summit hosted by the Middle Eastern country, itself a member of the alliance. Turkey has waged a decades-long conflict with its Kurdish minority centered on the militant PKK, which both Washington and Ankara have designated a terrorist group. Read more at The Daily Beast.

Oil markets brace for more turbulence ahead amid geopolitical risks, supply-demand dynamics

BEIJING, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Middle East tensions flared anew on Wednesday, sending oil prices sharply higher after the U.S. military resumed strikes on Iran. Brent crude futures jumped more than 5 percent, nearing 80 U.S. dollars a barrel.Investors were quick to price in the risk of further supply disruptions through the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's most important energy shipping routes, though analysts

Heartbreak for Hakeem Jeffries: Another 'Democratic' Socialist Topples an Incumbent—This Time in Colorado

Heartbreak for Hakeem Jeffries: Another 'Democratic' Socialist Topples an Incumbent—This Time in Colorado