Saturday, 21 June, 2014 , 12:25 AFP — Baghdad's oil ministry condemned Iraqi Kurdistan Saturday for further exports of crude from wells in the autonomous northern region, part of a long-running row over the country's vast hydrocarbon reserves.

Saturday, 21 June, 2014 , 10:50 AFP — The Arbil Citadel that dominates the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan was granted World Heritage Site status Saturday in a move praised as a rare "note of optimism" amid the country's violence.

Thursday, 19 June, 2014 , 14:14 AFP — Turkey will continue to export disputed oil supplies from the autonomous Kurdistan despite escalating violence in neighbouring Iraq, Ankara's oil minister said on Thursday.

Thursday, 19 June, 2014 , 12:09 AFP — A global rights group denounced Thursday abuses committed in predominantly Kurdish areas of Syria, accusing the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) of arbitrary arrests and failing to address unsolved killings.

Wednesday, 18 June, 2014 , 14:36 AFP — Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region formed a new government Wednesday after months of wrangling, with premier Nechirvan Barzani using the occasion to call for defending disputed northern territory.

Wednesday, 18 June, 2014 , 14:23 AFP — Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region formed a new government Wednesday after months of wrangling, with premier Nechirvan Barzani using the occasion to call for defending disputed northern territory.

Wednesday, 18 June, 2014 , 11:07 AFP — The rapid shift to Kurdish control in Iraq's ethnically mixed oil city of Kirkuk is a step toward a long-held dream for Kurds but has sparked fears among other groups.

Tuesday, 17 June, 2014 , 18:55 AFP — A Turkish magazine fined for publishing comments from banned Kurdish separatist group the PKK won a victory Tuesday when the European Court of Human Rights ruled that its right to freedom of expression had been breached.

Tuesday, 17 June, 2014 , 12:29 AFP — Iraq's automonous Kurdistan region wants to hike oil exports to 400,000 barrels per day by the end of 2014, despite ongoing violence and objections from Baghdad, it said here Tuesday.

Tuesday, 17 June, 2014 , 07:43 AFP — It will be "almost impossible" for Iraq to return to how it was before recent sweeping gains by jihadist fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the prime minister of the Kurdistan region warned on Tuesday.