Thursday, 11 July, 2013 , 08:04 AFP — The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), engaged in a fragile peace process with the Turkish government after nearly three decades of conflict, has named a hardline party veteran as its new political leader, local media reported Thursday.

Thursday, 11 July, 2013 , 02:56 AFP — Kamiran Aziz Ali grimaces and leans forward, his hands behind his back, re-enacting the moment in January 1990 when Saddam Hussein's henchmen flung him into a jail cell in the "Red House".

Monday, 8 July, 2013 , 02:21 AFP — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reaffirmed his commitment to a full reconciliation with Turkey's estimated 15 million Kurds, but events of recent weeks suggest the peace process may already be unravelling.

Sunday, 7 July, 2013 , 17:12 AFP — The president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, Massud Barzani, held landmark talks in Baghdad on Sunday with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on an array of disputes plaguing relations between the two sides.

Sunday, 7 July, 2013 , 14:31 AFP — The president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, Massud Barzani, visited Baghdad on Sunday for the first time in years for landmark talks with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on an array of disputes.

Sunday, 7 July, 2013 , 12:07 AFP — The president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, Massud Barzani, visited Baghdad on Sunday for the first time in years for talks with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on an array of disputes.

Wednesday, 3 July, 2013 , 23:10 AFP — The United States on Wednesday said it would raise with Iraqi Kurdish leaders a controversial decision to delay regional presidential elections by two years in a battle over whether leader Massud Barzani can run again.

Wednesday, 3 July, 2013 , 13:46 AFP — A Danish court on Wednesday revoked the licence of a Kurdish television channel for "glorifying terrorism" and inviting viewers to join the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a militant separatist group.

Wednesday, 3 July, 2013 , 13:05 AFP — A Danish court on Wednesday revoked the licence of a Kurdish television channel for "glorifying terrorism" and inviting viewers to join the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a militant separatist group.

Tuesday, 2 July, 2013 , 15:12 AFP — Europe's rights court on Tuesday ordered Turkey to pay 325,000 euros ($423,000) in compensation to the parents of five youths, including a 13-year-old girl, killed by the army who claimed they were armed Kurdish rebels.