Saturday, 6 November, 2010 , 14:12 AFP — Ethiopian housemaid Mahlet is changing her name to Maha and cutting her first video clip after proving to her Iraqi boss that she can sing better than she can clean.

Thursday, 4 November, 2010 , 12:27 AFP — A radical Kurdish group claimed responsibility Thursday for a suicide attack in Istanbul at the weekend that wounded 32 people, in a statement posted on its website.

Thursday, 4 November, 2010 , 11:53 AFP — A radical Kurdish group claimed responsibility Thursday for a suicide attack in Istanbul at the weekend that wounded 32 people, in a statement posted on its website.

Thursday, 4 November, 2010 , 11:32 AFP — Iran has arrested four Kurdish rebels of a banned group who worked for a militant based in Britain, the English-language Press TV reported on Thursday, quoting the intelligence ministry.

Thursday, 4 November, 2010 , 11:05 AFP — A radical Kurdish group claimed responsibility Thursday for a suicide attack in Istanbul at the weekend that wounded 32 people, in a statement posted on its website.

Thursday, 4 November, 2010 , 10:53 AFP —

Wednesday, 3 November, 2010 , 09:57 AFP — Turkey's prime minister signalled Wednesday that military operations against separatist Kurdish rebels would be scaled down after the militants extended a truce until next summer.

Wednesday, 3 November, 2010 , 09:18 AFP — Turkey's prime minister signalled Wednesday that military operations against separatist Kurdish rebels would be scaled down after the militants extended a truce until next summer.

Tuesday, 2 November, 2010 , 19:00 AFP — A tragic love story set amid the massacre of Kurds in Iraq in the 1980s aims to highlight the importance of courageous women in Muslim societies, the film's director said Tuesday at the Rome Film Festival.

Tuesday, 2 November, 2010 , 17:38 AFP — The suicide bomber in a weekend attack in Istanbul that injured 32 people was a member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the Anatolia news agency said, citing the Istanbul governor's office.