Sunday, 21 March, 2010 , 19:55 AFP — Tens of thousands of Kurds gathered under tight security across Turkey on Sunday to mark Newroz, their new year, calling on the government to fulfil pledges to broaden Kurdish freedoms.

Sunday, 21 March, 2010 , 10:01 AFP — About 50,000 Kurds gathered here Sunday to celebrate Newroz, their new year, as police enforced tight security for the event, often mired in violence and bloodshed.

Sunday, 14 March, 2010 , 16:24 AFP — An alliance of Iraqi Kurdistan's two major parties was holding off a new opposition group in the battleground province of Sulaimaniyah, early results from Iraq's March 7 polls showed Sunday.

Sunday, 14 March, 2010 , 15:26 AFP — Turkish security officials said a soldier was killed and another wounded Sunday in an ambush by Kurdish rebels in the southeast of the country.

Sunday, 14 March, 2010 , 14:30 AFP — Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's bloc built on its gains in Iraq's parliamentary election, initial results showed on Sunday, as he took a comfortable lead in the key province of Basra.

Thursday, 11 March, 2010 , 18:18 AFP — The Kurdistania alliance, made up of the Kurdish autonomous region's two long-dominant parties, was in the lead in the Iraqi province of Arbil, an election official told AFP on Thursday.

Thursday, 11 March, 2010 , 18:10 AFP — The Kurdistania alliance, made up of the Kurdish autonomous region's two long-dominant parties, was in the lead in the Iraqi province of Arbil, an election official told AFP on Thursday.

Thursday, 11 March, 2010 , 18:06 AFP —

Thursday, 11 March, 2010 , 15:19 AFP — A teenage boy was killed and two others injured Thursday when they stepped on a landmine in southeastern Turkey, the theatre of a long-running Kurdish insurgency, media reports said.

Thursday, 11 March, 2010 , 13:26 AFP — Kurdish officials lashed out at Iraq's Sunni Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi on Thursday, accusing him of stirring sectarian discord after he said an Arab should be the country's next president.