Sunday, 29 August, 2010 , 17:22 AFP — Security forces in Turkey disarmed a bomb placed along an oil pipeline and found 65 kilos (143 pounds) of explosives stashed in a car, officials said Sunday.

Sunday, 29 August, 2010 , 15:20 AFP — Turkish security forces arrested Sunday three suspected members of the PKK Kurdish rebel group after finding 65 kilos (143 pounds) of explosives stashed in their car, officials said.

Sunday, 29 August, 2010 , 14:44 AFP — Iraq on Sunday slammed as "illegal" an agreement between its autonomous Kurdistan region and the German energy firm RWE that is expected to help supply the planned Nabucco gas pipeline to Europe.

Sunday, 29 August, 2010 , 01:23 AFP — When the US army ends its Iraq combat mission this week, Captain TJ Tepley will stay on the frontline -- keeping the peace at the centre of what commanders say is the country's biggest challenge.

Thursday, 26 August, 2010 , 07:10 AFP — Five rebels and two members of the Revolutionary Guards have been killed in clashes in Iran's Kordestan province near the Iraqi border, government newspaper Iran reported on Thursday.

Wednesday, 25 August, 2010 , 15:05 AFP — A blast blamed on separatist Kurdish rebels hit a pipeline carrying natural gas from Iran to Turkey overnight, forcing the shutdown of the conduit, officials said Wednesday.

Wednesday, 25 August, 2010 , 09:31 AFP — A blast blamed on separatist Kurdish rebels hit a pipeline carrying natural gas from Iran to Turkey overnight, forcing the shutdown of the conduit, officials said Wednesday.

Tuesday, 24 August, 2010 , 07:36 AFP — Turkey's prime minister has hinted that state officials have contacts with jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, but denied a political dialogue was under way, Anatolia news agency said Tuesday.

Monday, 23 August, 2010 , 18:59 AFP — Iranian forces shelled Kurdish rebel bases along Tehran's border with Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region on Monday, wounding a civilian, a village mayor said.

Monday, 23 August, 2010 , 11:34 AFP — The PKK Kurdish rebel group said on Monday that its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan held talks with the Turkish government for the first time, pro-Kurdish news agency Firat reported.