Saturday, 19 July, 2014 , 07:04 AFP — Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, who returns home Saturday from months of convalescence abroad, is an avuncular politician and a skilled negotiator toughened by his decades-old struggle for Kurdish independence.

Friday, 18 July, 2014 , 09:54 AFP — Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, who has been in Germany for medical treatment since December 2012, will return home on Saturday, his party said in a statement.

Friday, 18 July, 2014 , 09:22 AFP — Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, who has been in Germany for medical treatment since December 2012, will return home on Saturday, his party said in a statement on Friday.

Thursday, 17 July, 2014 , 20:53 AFP — Iraq's autonomous region of Kurdistan on Thursday pumped an experimental 20,000 barrels of light crude from an oilfield recently seized from the federal authorities, an official said.

Thursday, 17 July, 2014 , 14:45 AFP — The head of the UN's refugee agency praised Iraq's autonomous region of Kurdistan for welcoming hundreds of thousands of displaced people and urged the world to offer it "massive" support.

Tuesday, 15 July, 2014 , 22:50 AFP — Turkish President Abdullah Gul on Tuesday approved a ruling party-backed law aimed at giving a boost to peace talks with Kurdish rebels with the ultimate goal of ending the three-decade-long conflict, his office said.

Tuesday, 15 July, 2014 , 14:16 AFP — Kurdish candidate Selahattin Demirtas predicted Tuesday he could make it to a second round in Turkey's presidential elections as he presented a radical agenda to counter the bid of the favourite, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Tuesday, 15 July, 2014 , 13:02 AFP — Hundreds of Kurdish fighters have entered northern Syria to help battle jihadists besieging the Kurdish city of Ain al-Arab, a monitor said Tuesday.

Tuesday, 15 July, 2014 , 12:34 AFP — Hundreds of Kurdish fighters have entered northern Syria to help battle jihadists besieging the Kurdish city of Ain al-Arab, a monitor said Tuesday.

Tuesday, 15 July, 2014 , 12:06 AFP — Hundreds of Kurdish fighters have entered northern Syria in recent days to help battle jihadists besieging the Kurdish city of Ain al-Arab, a monitor said Tuesday.