Sunday, 3 June, 2012 , 16:08 AFP — Kurdish rebels have stopped a passenger bus and kidnapped a British national in southeastern Turkey, local officials said on Sunday.

Sunday, 3 June, 2012 , 14:56 AFP — Kurdish rebels have stopped a passenger bus and kidnapped a British national in southeastern Turkey, local officials said on Sunday.

Sunday, 3 June, 2012 , 14:11 AFP — Kurdish rebels have stopped a passenger bus and kidnapped a British tourist in southeastern Turkey, local sources said on Sunday.

Thursday, 31 May, 2012 , 10:21 AFP — German prosecutors on Thursday charged a Turkish man on suspicion of being a member of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party and taking part in guerrilla operations in northern Iraq.

Monday, 28 May, 2012 , 14:35 AFP — A top Kurdish politician warned on Monday of Baghdad's continued desire for "ethnic cleansing," the latest in a series of attacks by Kurdish leaders on premier Nuri al-Maliki's leadership.

Sunday, 27 May, 2012 , 07:21 AFP — Turkey's Kurdish rebels on Sunday claimed responsibility for Friday's suicide bombing at a police station that killed one officer and wounded more than a dozen people.

Thursday, 24 May, 2012 , 15:47 AFP — A Turkish court sentenced a prominent Kurdish woman lawmaker to 10 years in prison in absentia Thursday for membership of an outlawed separatist group and spreading its propaganda.

Thursday, 24 May, 2012 , 10:39 AFP — A Turkish court sentenced a prominent Kurdish woman lawmaker to 10 years in prison in absentia Thursday for membership of an outlawed separatist group and spreading its propoganda.

Wednesday, 23 May, 2012 , 16:00 AFP — Qatar Airways on Wednesday began services to Arbil, the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, and is to start flights to Baghdad next month, the airline and an Iraqi official said.

Wednesday, 23 May, 2012 , 07:38 AFP — Three Kurdish rebels were killed Tuesday in a gunbattle with security forces in southeastern Turkey, Turkish media said Wednesday.