Friday, 3 April, 2009 , 09:20 AFP — Investigators have dug up 15 bone fragments in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast where victims of extrajudicial killings were allegedly buried, a local judicial source said on Friday.
Friday, 3 April, 2009 , 08:35 AFP — South Korean firms said Friday they would continue drilling for oil in an autonomous region of Iraq despite a decision by the central government to ban them from taking part in tenders.
Thursday, 2 April, 2009 , 15:16 AFP — Iraq's oil minister penalised two South Korean oil firms on Thursday, banning them from taking part in Iraqi tenders after they signed a billion-dollar contract with the Kurd regional government.
Thursday, 2 April, 2009 , 13:55 AFP — A Turkish court charged three people Thursday over alleged summary killings of Kurds in the 1990s, as investigators excavated a suspected burial site, a judicial source said.
Thursday, 2 April, 2009 , 12:44 AFP — Iraq's oil minister told the South Korean ambassador on Thursday that an oil deal last year between Seoul and the Kurdish regional government is illegal.
Thursday, 2 April, 2009 , 09:19 AFP — A Turkish court charged two people Thursday on charges of involvement in alleged summary killings of Kurds in the 1990s, as investigators excavated a suspected bural site, a judicial source said.
Monday, 30 March, 2009 , 15:43 AFP — The state security court has imposed prison sentences on four Kurds for being members of a banned party, a Syrian human rights group said on Monday.
Monday, 30 March, 2009 , 10:10 AFP — Danish prosecutors met Turkish officials last week in a probe into a Denmark-based Kurdish television channel that Ankara wants banned, the Danish ambassador said Monday.
Sunday, 29 March, 2009 , 17:17 AFP — A new prison has been inaugurated in northern Iraq capable of holding 3,000 detainees, the American military said in a statement on Sunday.
Sunday, 29 March, 2009 , 13:11 AFP — Turkish Kurd rebels in northern Iraq slammed President Jalal Talabani on Sunday for giving an ultimatum during a visit by his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul for them to lay down their arms.