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Newsline 25.02.2018 | 17:15 UTC News Syrian Kurdish leader Salih Muslim arrested in Prague on Turkey's request Salih Muslim, a former head of the Kurdish PYD in Syria, has been wanted by Turkey since a deadly bombing in Ankara in February 2016. The Turkish interior ministry had offered a million-dollar bounty. The Day Salih Muslim Interview Kurdish splinter group claims responsibility for Ankara bombing Syrian Kurdish leader: Turkey is escalating situation in Syria In wake of Ankara attack, Turkey targets PKK positions in Iraq and Syria Iraq sentences 16 Turkish women to death over IS ties Despite condemnation from rights groups, Iraq has been fast tracking trials for women who were involved in Islamic State's reign of terror. The women have one month to appeal their sentences. German 'Islamic State' bride regrets joining terror group in Iraq Iraq to hang German woman for belonging to 'Islamic State' 800 female 'Islamic State' recruits detained in northern Syria: report Iraq: German 'Islamic State' bride sentenced to 6 years in prison North Korea 'very willing' to hold talks with US A delegation from North Korea has said Pyongyang would be "very willing" to hold discussions with Washington in an effort to ease tension on the Korean Peninsula. The news came as the Winter Olympics drew to a close. Trump threatens 'phase two' if sanctions don't work The 2018 Winter Olympic Games wrap up with colorful closing ceremony China tells US to stop unilateral North Korea actions US launches new sanctions against North Korea targeting dozens of shipping companies Protesters try to mob North Korea delegation as it arrives for Olympics closing ceremony Historic handshake marks Korean unity at Olympic Opening Ceremony DR Congo police fire on church-led, anti-Kabila demonstrators The government had banned the demonstration and cut off all cell phone and internet access to hamper the rally against President Joseph Kabila who is clinging to power. Church groups had called for the rally. DR Congo's looming humanitarian disaster DRC: President Joseph Kabila battles on many fronts Anti-Joseph Kabila protests turn deadly in Democratic Republic of Congo DR Congo opposition, church defy protest ban DR Congo: 'The church has to walk a very fine line' Christian leaders shut Jerusalem's Holy Sepulchre church A group of Christian leaders have closed the famous Church of the Holy Sepulchre in protest at Israeli taxation and land policy. In a statement, they said that Christians in the region were under attack. Jesus' tomb site reopens after restoration Restoration work begins on Jesus' Tomb Rohingya women: Female Nobel laureates highlight Myanmar sexual violence Three female Laureates have headed to Bangladesh to meet women from Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim community. The three women aim to raise the profile of the plight of women who were tortured and raped by soldiers. Richard Weir, Researcher (Asia Division), Human Rights Watch, on bulldozing of Rohingya villages Humanitarian crisis looms in Rohingya refugee camps Explosions hit Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state Myanmar's Rohingya: A history of forced exoduses Rohingya crisis: Bangladesh delays repatriation of refugees to Myanmar HRW: Myanmar continues to destroy Rohingya villages Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi visits conflict-torn Rakhine region Opinion Opinion: Germany slow to accept its multicultural creators In Germany, the novelist Carmen-Francesca Banciu is introduced as a Romanian author; in Romania, she's considered a German author. In the United States and Britain, she writes, she is considered transnational. Bestselling writer Poppy J. Anderson My Europe: The EU's money-motivated medicine industry My Europe: Berlin as a metaphor, a work in progress Opinion: Europe's roads, rails and waterways less traveled Leipzig Book Fair opens with prize for European understanding Berlin and beyond: Cold comfort city?   © Deutsche Welle 2018