Tuesday, 26 August, 2014 , 19:09 AFP — Seven western governments in addition to the United States have pledged to provide weapons and ammunition to Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State militants in Iraq, Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel said Tuesday.

Tuesday, 26 August, 2014 , 18:31 AFP — Seven European governments have pledged to provide weapons and ammunition to Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State militants in Iraq, Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel said Tuesday.

Tuesday, 26 August, 2014 , 18:14 AFP —

Tuesday, 26 August, 2014 , 12:45 AFP — Iran was the first country to provide Iraq's embattled autonomous Kurdish region with weapons to fight off jihadist-led militants, president Massud Barzani said on Tuesday.

Tuesday, 26 August, 2014 , 11:33 AFP — Iran was the first country to provide Iraq's embattled autonomous Kurdish region with weapons to fight off jihadist-led militants, president Massud Barzani said on Tuesday.

Monday, 25 August, 2014 , 16:35 AFP — Kurdish militants abducted three Chinese workers in Turkey's southeast after the rebels attacked the thermal energy plant where they work, state media said Monday.

Monday, 25 August, 2014 , 11:53 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish forces backed by air power retook three villages from jihadist militants northeast of Baghdad on Monday and also held off two assaults elsewhere, officials said.

Monday, 25 August, 2014 , 08:14 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish forces backed by air power retook three villages from jihadist militants northeast of Baghdad on Monday and also held off two assaults elsewhere, officials said.

Sunday, 24 August, 2014 , 18:27 AFP — Iraq called Sunday for global support for its fight against jihadists, as Shiite neighbour Iran said it was helping Baghdad resist the militants but not with soldiers on the ground.

Sunday, 24 August, 2014 , 11:58 AFP — Britain's Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Sunday that the killing of US journalist James Foley by a man speaking with an English accent was an "utter betrayal of our country".