People's Defence Forces
Myanmar junta hints may extend state of emergency, delay polls
Myanmar's junta on Tuesday said the country had "not returned to normalcy" almost two years after its coup, casting doubt over plans for elections and ending a state of emergency.
The Southeast Asian country has been in turmoil since the military toppled democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian government, alleging massive fraud during elections her party won in 2020.
PKK claims killing of Turkish policemen in revenge for Syria border attack
The military wing of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) said on July 22 it killed two Turkish police officers in a town on the Syrian border as a reprisal for a suicide bombing blamed on jihadists that killed 32.