Saturday, 30 October, 2010 , 09:44 AFP — Human Rights Watch called Saturday for a transparent probe into the death of a journalist who was killed after writing an article scathing of Iraqi Kurdish president Massud Barzani.

Friday, 29 October, 2010 , 14:10 AFP — Iraqi police released five jailed women linked to Al-Qaeda in exchange for two kidnapped Kurdish sisters to curb violence in the ethnically divided city of Kirkuk, an anti-terrorism official told AFP on Friday.

Thursday, 28 October, 2010 , 09:44 AFP — Kurdish rebels will no longer target civilians and want to extend a unilateral truce indefinitely if Turkey demonstrates a commitment to dialogue, a rebel leader was quoted as saying Thursday.

Thursday, 28 October, 2010 , 09:06 AFP — Kurdish rebels will no longer target civilians and want to extend a unilateral truce indefinitely if Turkey demonstrates a commitment to dialogue, a rebel leader was quoted as saying Thursday.

Monday, 25 October, 2010 , 16:10 AFP — A Turkish citizen arrested in Sweden on suspicion of terrorism is believed to be a member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a separatist rebel group, Belgian prosecutors said Monday.

Monday, 18 October, 2010 , 10:57 AFP — A Turkish court began the trial Monday of 151 Kurds, among them popular politicians, accused of being the urban wing of separatist Kurdish rebels, in a case seen as a democracy test for Ankara.

Monday, 18 October, 2010 , 09:09 AFP — A Turkish court began the trial Monday of 151 Kurds, among them popular politicians, who risk lengthy jail terms for allegedly being the urban wing of separatist Kurdish rebels.

Thursday, 14 October, 2010 , 15:06 AFP — Turkish soldiers killed three Kurdish rebels in a security operation Thursday in the east of the country, a local security source said.

Wednesday, 13 October, 2010 , 03:00 AFP — Kurdish film programmer Mustafa Gundogdu rests his head on his hand for a moment as he considers the fate of his culture and of his cinema.

Tuesday, 12 October, 2010 , 17:32 AFP — Turkey's parliament on Tuesday extended the government's mandate to order military strikes against Kurdish rebels holed up in neighbouring northern Iraq, the Anatolia news agency reported.