Iraqi peshmerga troops were cheered on Wednesday by fellow Kurds in southeastern Turkey as the fighters slowly made their way toward the Syrian Kurdish border town of Kobane to try to break a siege by Islamic State militants there.
Turkey’s parliament authorised the government on Thursday to order military action against Islamic State as the jihadists tightened their grip on a Syrian border town, sending thousands more Kurdish refugees into Turkey.
Turkey's government and the company operating the colliery in which at least 299 miners lost their lives deny negligence as riot police train water cannon and rubber bullets on protesters
Turkish mine operator Soma Holding said on Friday 284 people were confirmed dead and 18 others were thought still to be trapped underground after a fire in its mine in the western town of Soma.
Turkey’s military will respond with greater force if shelling from Syria continues to hit its territory, as clashes between the Syrian army and rebels intensified along the border.