Monday, 1 November, 2010 , 15:34 AFP — Turkey's main Kurdish rebel group Monday extended a truce until elections next summer, denying responsibility for a suicide attack in Istanbul thought to have been the work of its own hardliners.

Monday, 1 November, 2010 , 12:30 AFP — Turkey's main Kurdish rebel group announced on Monday it would extend a truce until elections next year, a day after a suicide attack in Istanbul believed to have been the work of its own hardliners.

Monday, 1 November, 2010 , 12:11 AFP — The Kurdish rebel leadership Monday rejected responsibility for a suicide bombing in Istanbul Sunday that left 32 people wounded, the Firat news agency, which is close to the militants, reported.

Monday, 1 November, 2010 , 12:03 AFP —

Monday, 1 November, 2010 , 12:01 AFP — Separatist Kurdish rebels announced Monday they had extended a truce until Turkey's general elections, expected in June, the Firat news agency, which is close to the rebels, reported.

Monday, 1 November, 2010 , 11:54 AFP —

Monday, 1 November, 2010 , 10:49 AFP — Turkish police Monday stepped up their hunt Monday to find the group behind a suicide bombing that wounded 32 people in central Istanbul as reports said Kurdish rebels were the prime suspects.

Saturday, 30 October, 2010 , 12:25 AFP — A key Iraqi party with eight elected MPs said Saturday it has withdrawn from a Kurdish bloc, weakening an alliance whose support will decide who becomes the next prime minister.

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.