Sunday, 18 March, 2012 , 10:42 AFP — Thousands of Kurds clashed with police Sunday in Istanbul and the southern city of Diyarbakir after police used water cannons and tear gas to prevent Kurdish New Year celebrations.

Saturday, 17 March, 2012 , 21:56 AFP — Organisers of a German prize for humanity and tolerance Saturday decided against honouring Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan as 25,000 people protested against him receiving the award.

Saturday, 17 March, 2012 , 15:17 AFP — US energy giant ExxonMobil has told the Iraqi oil ministry that it has "frozen" its controversial contract with the country's autonomous Kurdish region, a government official told AFP on Saturday.

Saturday, 17 March, 2012 , 09:37 AFP — A Turkish Kurdish rebel group with bases in northern Iraq said on Saturday it would release five Turkish nationals it kidnapped last year if Ankara would agree to a prisoner exchange.

Saturday, 17 March, 2012 , 08:23 AFP — US energy giant ExxonMobil has told the Iraqi oil ministry that it has "frozen" its controversial contract with the country's autonomous Kurdish region, a government official told AFP on Saturday.

Friday, 16 March, 2012 , 18:57 AFP — Officials marked the anniversary on Friday of the 1988 gassing of thousands of Kurds by handing local authorities the rope used to hang Saddam Hussein's henchman who ordered the attack.

Thursday, 15 March, 2012 , 14:21 AFP — Iraqi Kurdistan claimed on Thursday that the central government had not handed over months of promised oil income while the region's leader said officials in Baghdad were vindictive "failures".

Thursday, 15 March, 2012 , 13:31 AFP — The leader of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan said on Thursday that central government officials who did not acknowledge the region's oil contracts were vindictive "failures".

Wednesday, 14 March, 2012 , 15:20 AFP — Eight people with alleged links to Kurdish rebels have been arrested in a probe into an Istanbul bomb attack this month that wounded 16 people, mostly police officers, media reported on Wednesday.

Wednesday, 14 March, 2012 , 15:12 AFP — A Kurdish rebel group said on Wednesday that Turkey's air force carried out strikes on border areas of north Iraq where it maintains rear bases, but gave no details about casualties or damage.