The handover of weapons by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Iraq, following its decision to disband, should be completed within a few months, a spokeperson for Turkey's ruling AK Party said late on Wednesday.

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party says the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) will take a first formal step toward disarmament on Friday. It follows Wednesday's publication of jailed founder Abdullah Öcalan's call to abandon armed struggle against the Turkish state.

In a seven-minute video message broadcast on media close to the militants, Abdullah Ocalan, the leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, declared that the peace initiative had reached a stage that required practical steps.

President Trump posted letters to his Truth Social platform Wednesday outlining tariff levels for seven countries. Trump said he would levy 30% tariffs on Libya, Iraq, and Algeria, effective Aug. 1. Moldova and Brunei will get 25% tariffs,

According to official notices posted on Truth Social by the US President, new import tariffs will take effect on August 1, impacting Algeria, Brunei, Iraq, Libya, Moldova, and the Philippines.