Sunday, 8 April, 2012 , 13:37 AFP — Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is monopolising power and preparing the ground for a return to dictatorship, Kurdish leader Massud Barzani charged in an interview published on Sunday.

Sunday, 8 April, 2012 , 12:51 AFP — Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is monopolising power and preparing the ground for a return to dictatorship, Kurdish leader Massud Barzani charged in an interview published on Sunday.

Thursday, 5 April, 2012 , 09:42 AFP — Overnight blasts in southeastern Turkey on Thursday temporarily shut down a pipeline pumping oil from Iraq, with Kurdish rebels suspected to be behind the explosions, authorities said.

Thursday, 5 April, 2012 , 05:24 AFP — US President Barack Obama dropped in on a meeting Wednesday between Vice President Joe Biden and the leader of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, the White House said in a statement.

Wednesday, 4 April, 2012 , 11:53 AFP — A Turkish soldier was killed and another was injured Wednesday in clashes with Kurdish rebels in a rural village in Turkey's southeast, according to local security sources.

Monday, 2 April, 2012 , 15:15 AFP — Iraq was at loggerheads with Kurdistan Monday over the autonomous region's move to stop oil exports and allow Baghdad's fugitive vice president to visit Qatar despite terror charges against him.

Monday, 2 April, 2012 , 13:17 AFP — Iraq was at loggerheads with Kurdistan Monday over the autonomous region's move to stop oil exports and allow Baghdad's fugitive vice president to visit Qatar despite terror charges against him.

Monday, 2 April, 2012 , 12:02 AFP — Iraq's Kurdish region, which has halted crude exports in a row with Baghdad, owes the central government more than $5 billion and is smuggling the oil it produces through Iran, Iraqi officials said Monday.

Sunday, 1 April, 2012 , 18:14 AFP — Iraq's Kurdish region halted oil exports on Sunday after Baghdad's top energy official warned it to reconsider before following through on the threat over the government's non-payment of funds.

Sunday, 1 April, 2012 , 16:18 AFP — Iraq's Kurdish region halted oil exports on Sunday after Baghdad's top energy official warned it to reconsider before following through on the threat over the government's non-payment of funds.