Wednesday, 15 September, 2010 , 16:28 AFP — A journalist killed in May after writing a scathing article about the alleged corruption of Kurdish leaders was murdered by militants, authorities in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region said Wednesday.

Sunday, 12 September, 2010 , 19:17 AFP — Turkey's Kurdish rebels would lay down arms if the country adopted a system of regional autonomy similar to that which exists in Spain, the leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party said on Sunday.

Sunday, 12 September, 2010 , 14:26 AFP — Turks voted Sunday on whether to adopt highly divisive constitutional changes that would reshape the judiciary and curb army powers, in a major test of confidence in the Islamist-rooted government.

Sunday, 12 September, 2010 , 12:13 AFP — Turks voted Sunday on whether to adopt highly divisive constitutional changes that would reshape the judiciary and curb army powers, in a major test of confidence in the Islamist-rooted government.

Friday, 10 September, 2010 , 15:43 AFP — Turkish police Friday confronted hundreds of Kurdish protesters in Istanbul, firing into the air to disperse the crowd and making some arrests, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Tuesday, 7 September, 2010 , 16:26 AFP — Nine Kurdish rebels and a soldier were killed in fighting in the southeast and east of Turkey, local security sources said Tuesday.

Tuesday, 7 September, 2010 , 13:49 AFP — Nine Kurdish rebels and a soldier were killed in fighting in the southeast and east of Turkey, local security sources said Tuesday.

Saturday, 4 September, 2010 , 06:40 AFP — Iranian security forces have killed four members of an outlawed Kurdish group in the western province of Kordestan, the hardline Kayhan newspaper reported on Saturday.

Tuesday, 31 August, 2010 , 18:52 AFP — Prosecutors said Tuesday they have charged Roj TV, a Copenhagen-based Kurdish TV network, with supporting the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), listed as a terrorist group by the European Union.

Monday, 30 August, 2010 , 10:30 AFP — Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region on Monday launched a scathing counter attack on Baghdad's oil ministry, which it said had squandered "billions of dollars" while failing to generate electricity.