The fact that one of the women was a founding member of the PKK, the Kurdish Workers' Party -- a group viewed by Turkey, the United States and others as a terror organization -- led to heightened speculation.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

In Hong Kong, founding chairman of the Democratic Party, Martin Lee, has withdrawn a proposal to allow five candidates to contest the 2017 chief executive elections, Ming Pao reports.

BBC: China media: Analysing North Korea

For an excellent discussion, an interview on King World News with Nigel Farage, a member of the European Parliament, founding member of the UK Independence Party and someone with an Austrian-like slant, click HERE .

FORBES: Cyprus, Anything But Unique and Why to Worry

"For a party of the extreme right to surpass Labor -- the founding party of the state, the party of Ben Gurion, Golda (Meir), and (Yitzak) Rabin -- would mark a historic shift, " he wrote.

CNN: Israeli politician riding 'wave of resentment' ahead of vote