Friday, 6 May, 2011 , 14:47 AFP — Jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan warned that "all hell will break loose" unless Turkey begins dialogue to end the Kurdish conflict within six weeks, in remarks from prison published Friday.

Friday, 6 May, 2011 , 12:59 AFP — Separatist Kurdish rebels claimed responsibility Friday for an armed attack on an election convoy of Turkey's ruling party that killed one policeman, an agency close to the militants reported.

Friday, 6 May, 2011 , 12:25 AFP — Separatist Kurdish rebels claimed responsibility Friday for an armed attack on an election convoy of Turkey's ruling party that killed one policeman, an agency close to the militants reported.

Friday, 6 May, 2011 , 08:41 AFP — Iraq has paid oil contractors in its autonomous Kurdistan region for the first time, the region's premier said in a statement released on Thursday, a significant step in an ongoing energy dispute.

Friday, 6 May, 2011 , 01:27 AFP — With tensions still high in the oil-rich ethnically mixed province of Kirkuk, some local officials are voicing support for a US Army presence here beyond a planned year-end pullout.

Thursday, 5 May, 2011 , 20:23 AFP — Kurdish activists urged Turkey Thursday to stop military operations against separatist rebels and warned they may consider boycotting June elections.

Thursday, 5 May, 2011 , 15:44 AFP — One person was shot dead in southeast Turkey Thursday in a clash between supporters of a radical Islamist group and Kurds protesting the army killing of rebels, security sources said.

Thursday, 5 May, 2011 , 08:24 AFP — Kurdish rebels are the prime suspect in a deadly attack on a ruling party convoy in northern Turkey after an election rally addressed by the prime minister, newspapers said Thursday.

Wednesday, 4 May, 2011 , 13:32 AFP — At least seven people, among them four policemen, were injured in southeast Turkey on Wednesday as Kurds held violent demonstrations at the funeral of militants killed by the army.

Wednesday, 4 May, 2011 , 13:02 AFP — Iraqi and international press groups marked a year on Wednesday since the murder of a young Kurdish journalist, criticising an official inquiry into his death for lacking transparency.