Monday, 29 June, 2009 , 14:50 AFP — The Arabs and Turkmen of Kirkuk fear the Kurds will seize control of the northern oil hub after the US pullout from Iraqi urban areas unless their power in the security services is curbed.

Monday, 29 June, 2009 , 14:28 AFP — The Arabs and Turkmen of Kirkuk fear the Kurds will seize control of the northern oil hub after the US pullout from Iraqi urban areas unless their power in the security services is curbed.

Monday, 29 June, 2009 , 13:42 AFP — Seven Iraqi police and a Kurdish militiaman were killed on Monday as they tried to tackle two separate bomb attacks near the main northern city of Mosul, a police official said.

Friday, 26 June, 2009 , 18:33 AFP — Iraq's northern autonomous region diagnosed three more cases of swine flu on Friday, including the 12-year-old brother of a female basketball player struck down by the condition.

Thursday, 25 June, 2009 , 09:43 AFP — Five women basketball players and their male coach were confirmed on Thursday as the first swine flu cases in Iraq, the north's autonomous Kurdish region said.

Wednesday, 24 June, 2009 , 19:33 AFP — Iraq's autonomous region of Kurdistan on Wednesday passed a new constitution in which it laid claim to the disputed oil-rich province of Kirkuk, a move likely to increase ethnic tension.

Tuesday, 23 June, 2009 , 14:35 AFP — Iraq's oil minister Hussein al-Shahristani on Tuesday defended his strategy for tapping the country's vast energy reserves, insisting that output must increase before new fields can be explored.

Tuesday, 23 June, 2009 , 13:39 AFP — Iraq's oil minister Hussein al-Shahristani on Tuesday defended his strategy for tapping the country's vast energy reserves, insisting that output must increase before new fields can be explored.

Tuesday, 23 June, 2009 , 09:41 AFP — Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region hit out at Baghdad on Tuesday, describing oil and gas contracts due to be awarded by the federal government at the end of this month as "unconstitutional".

Sunday, 21 June, 2009 , 19:02 AFP — Six women in Iraq's autonomous region of Kurdistan are suspected to have contracted swine flu while in the United States, the regional health minister told AFP Sunday.