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.

Tuesday, 2 July, 2013 , 13:58 AFP — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday vowed to continue the fragile peace process between the government and the country's Kurdish minority which looked threatened by a weekend of rallies sparked by the death of a young protester.

Monday, 1 July, 2013 , 21:31 AFP — A sergeant kidnapped by armed groups in Turkey's Kurdish-majority southeast was released on Monday and in good health, security sources told AFP.

Sunday, 30 June, 2013 , 17:54 AFP — Turkish riot police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of demonstrators who gathered in the Kurdish-majority southeast on Sunday to press the Turkish government to advance the peace process.

Sunday, 30 June, 2013 , 15:08 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish lawmakers agreed on Sunday to delay controversial presidential polls for two years as they sparred over whether to allow regional leader Massud Barzani to stand for another term in power.

Sunday, 30 June, 2013 , 11:43 AFP — A pro-Kurdish party said it will launch on Sunday rallies in several cities to press the Turkish government to "do its part" to settle the nearly three-decade old conflict in southeast Turkey.

Saturday, 29 June, 2013 , 13:28 AFP — Turkey has opened a probe into clashes between soldiers and villagers that left one person dead in the Kurdish-majority southeast, local officials said Saturday, as the army searched for an officer kidnapped hours after the unrest.