Wednesday, 20 April, 2011 , 11:20 AFP — A session of Iraq's Kurdish parliament turned into a melee, with angry MPs hurling water bottles at ruling politicians as a minister was probed over recent protests.

Wednesday, 20 April, 2011 , 10:34 AFP — Election candidates backed by Turkey's main Kurdish party began lodging appeals Wednesday against a ruling that barred them from running in June polls and sparked violent protests, media reports said.

Tuesday, 19 April, 2011 , 15:38 AFP — A senior politician in Iraqi Kurdistan has criticised missing freedoms in the autonomous region and offered to step down from the party leadership, as new rallies Tuesday left seven hurt.

Tuesday, 19 April, 2011 , 15:00 AFP — A senior politician in Iraqi Kurdistan has criticised missing freedoms in the autonomous region and offered to step down from the party leadership, as new rallies Tuesday left seven hurt.

Tuesday, 19 April, 2011 , 14:27 AFP — Turkish riot police fired teargas and water cannons Tuesday during pitch battles with thousands of demonstrators infuriated by a ban on Kurdish candidates standing in upcoming elections.

Tuesday, 19 April, 2011 , 11:47 AFP — Kurdish crowds clashed with riot police in street demonstrations Tuesday after Turkey's electoral board barred prominent Kurdish candidates from standing in upcoming elections.

Tuesday, 19 April, 2011 , 10:49 AFP — Authorities in the Iraqi province of Sulaimaniyah slapped a ban on unauthorised protests from Tuesday, after dozens of injuries and deaths in near-daily rallies over the past two months.

Monday, 18 April, 2011 , 19:01 AFP — Turkey's pro-Kurdish political party threatened to withdraw from June elections after the election board on Monday vetoed the party's seven candidates, media reports said.

Monday, 18 April, 2011 , 18:25 AFP — Turkey's pro-Kurdish political party threathened to withdraw from June elections after the election board on Monday vetoed the candidacy of the party's seven bidders, media reports said.

Saturday, 16 April, 2011 , 19:58 AFP — One person was wounded as the result of two bomb blasts in the western city of Sanandaj in the Iranian Kurdistan province, the official IRNA news agency reported Saturday, quoting a provincial official.