Monday, 25 April, 2011 , 14:28 AFP — A Kurdish security officer was killed and five other people were wounded in armed clashes between Iraqi soldiers and Kurdish forces in the oil-rich northern city of Kirkuk Monday, officials said.

Monday, 25 April, 2011 , 12:08 AFP — An off-duty soldier died after being shot in southeast Turkey, while 35 Kurds were arrested Monday in the region with suspected links to urban wing of the separatist Kurdish rebels.

Monday, 25 April, 2011 , 08:12 AFP — An off-duty soldier who was shot and severely injured in Turkey's Kurdish-majority southeast died Monday in hospital, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Sunday, 24 April, 2011 , 17:51 AFP — Two off-duty soldiers were shot and injured in Turkey's Kurdish-majority southeast Sunday as scores took to the streets in fresh violent protests, Anatolia news agency reported.

Sunday, 24 April, 2011 , 09:44 AFP — A Kurdish child was critically injured Sunday when an object he picked up near a military base in southeast Turkey exploded, security sources said.

Saturday, 23 April, 2011 , 10:25 AFP — A 28-year-old Kurdish protester died of gunshot wounds on Saturday, becoming the tenth person killed in more than two months of rallies in Iraq's northern autonomous region, a doctor said.

Friday, 22 April, 2011 , 19:33 AFP — Four rebels belonging to a "Wahabi terrorist" group have been killed near Sanandaj, capital of the Iranian province bordering Iraq, a top official was quoted by the Fars news agency as saying on Friday.

Friday, 22 April, 2011 , 14:09 AFP — Protests by Turkey's Kurds that had turned violent calmed down on Friday after the electoral board reversed a previous decision to disqualify several prominent Kurds from June polls.

Friday, 22 April, 2011 , 08:59 AFP — Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, rocked by months of protests where five people have died, risks losing its hard-won reputation as a haven of safety and freedom within the country, experts said.

Thursday, 21 April, 2011 , 19:23 AFP — Turkey on Thursday approved the election bids of several prominent Kurds after their initial disqualification sparked violent Kurdish protests that flared for a third day across the southeast.