Sunday, 25 January, 2009 , 19:30 AFP — Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the president of its autonomous Kurdish region, Massoud Barzani, exchanged barbs on Sunday in the run-up to this month's provincial elections.

Wednesday, 14 January, 2009 , 15:44 AFP — Turkish and Iranian artillery have pounded Kurdish rebel positions in Iraq's northern mountains for the past two days, a spokesman for the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) said Wednesday.

Tuesday, 13 January, 2009 , 15:33 AFP — French police on Tuesday arrested seven alleged Kurdish separatist militants accused of running a protection racket in the southern city of Marseille, police said.

Tuesday, 13 January, 2009 , 08:50 AFP — Iran's revolutionary court has sentenced a Kurdish political activist to a 20-year jail term for membership of an illegal party, the Etemad Melli newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Sunday, 11 January, 2009 , 09:00 AFP — Massud Barzani, president of Iraqi Kurdistan, has met with Turkish envoys in the wake of a spate of bombings by Ankara in Iraq's northern region, his office said on Sunday.

Tuesday, 6 January, 2009 , 16:01 AFP — A newspaper editor faces up to five years in jail for publishing reports that accused the Turkish army of ignoring intelligence on a deadly Kurdish rebel raid, the daily's chief editor said Tuesday.

Monday, 5 January, 2009 , 19:06 AFP — Turkish warplanes and Iranian artillery bombarded Kurdish rebel hideouts in northern Iraq on Monday, a Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) spokesman said.

Monday, 5 January, 2009 , 18:26 AFP — Turkish fighter jets and Iranian artillery bombarded Kurdish rebel hideouts in northern Iraq, a Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) spokesman said.

Sunday, 4 January, 2009 , 17:58 AFP — A member of the Kurdish Communist Party has been shot dead by unknown assailants at his home in Kirkuk in northern Iraq, local police and his party said on Sunday.

Friday, 2 January, 2009 , 12:12 AFP — A Turkish court Friday sentenced a Kurdish militant to life without the chance of parole for a car bomb attack that killed seven people last year.