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Iraq car bomb against Kurdish sect kills 5


Monday, 16 January, 2012 , 07:41 AFP — A car bomb targeting an internally displaced persons camp for a tiny minority group near Iraq's main northern city of Mosul killed five people and wounded six others on Monday, officials said.

Kurdish TV station appeals Danish 'terrorism' ruling


Friday, 13 January, 2012 , 15:45 AFP — Copenhagen-based Kurdish broadcaster Roj TV on Friday appealed a Danish court ruling this week that it had backed the terrorist-listed separatist group Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

33 held in Turkish raids on alleged rebel backers: officials


Friday, 13 January, 2012 , 13:19 AFP — Turkish police launched a nationwide swoop on alleged sympathisers of Kurdish separatist rebels and arrested 33 people, officials said on Friday.

20 arrests in Turkish raids on alleged rebel backers: report


Friday, 13 January, 2012 , 09:39 AFP — Turkish police launched a nationwide swoop on alleged sympathisers of Kurdish separatist rebels and arrested more than 20 people, broadcaster NTV and other media outlets said.

Turkey revises airstrike death toll down to 34 Kurds


Wednesday, 11 January, 2012 , 11:28 AFP — Turkish authorities have revised the death toll of an airstrike that killed Kurdish villagers on the Iraqi border last month from 35 to 34.

Turkey revises down airstrike toll to 34


Wednesday, 11 January, 2012 , 11:21 AFP — Turkish authorities on Tuesday revised down to 34 the number of Kurds killed in an airstrike on the Iraqi border last month.

Danish court rules Kurdish TV station supported 'terrorism'


Tuesday, 10 January, 2012 , 20:22 AFP — A Danish court Tuesday found Copenhagen-based Kurdish broadcaster Roj TV guilty of backing a terrorist group over its links to Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) separatists in Turkey.

Danish court rules Kurdish broadcaster supported 'terrorism'


Tuesday, 10 January, 2012 , 16:10 AFP — A Danish court on Tuesday found Denmark-based Kurdish broadcaster Roj TV guilty of "supporting a terrorist organisation" due to its links to Kurdistan Workers' Party separatists in Turkey.

'Surprise' as Iraq inmates dig 80 metres to escape


Saturday, 7 January, 2012 , 15:35 AFP — Eleven inmates in north Iraq dug an 80-metre (260-foot) underground tunnel without the authorities' knowledge and escaped to freedom on Saturday, the "surprised" prison's governor said.

Press watchdog slams 'black December' in Kurdistan


Tuesday, 3 January, 2012 , 16:24 AFP — Reporters Without Borders on Tuesday sharply criticised what it said were a wave of violations of press freedoms during a "Black December" in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region.