PKK declares end to unilateral truce in Turkey

The rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) said Thursday that it had torn up a unilateral truce in Turkey after a surge in deadly violence since the country's weekend election. Its announcement comes after several days of Turkish air raids against the PKK in both southeastern Turkey and across the border in northern Iraq and a spate of deadly clashes. "The unilateral state of inaction has ended due to the AKP (Justice and Development Party) government's latest attacks," the PKK said in a statement