Saturday, 2 August, 2008 , 17:48 AFP — Separatist Kurdish militants carried out the two bomb blasts in Istanbul last week that killed 17 people, Turkish Interior Minister Besir Atalay said Saturday, announcing several arrests.

Saturday, 2 August, 2008 , 15:45 AFP — Separatist Kurdish militants carried out two bomb blasts in Istanbul last week that killed 17 people, Interior Minister Besir Atalay said Saturday, announcing the arrest of the suspected perpetrators.

Saturday, 2 August, 2008 , 15:23 AFP — Separatist Kurdish militants carried out two bomb blasts in Istanbul last week that killed 17 people, Interior Minister Besir Atalay said Saturday, announcing a number of arrests.

Saturday, 2 August, 2008 , 08:51 AFP — Five pro-government Kurdish militiamen were shot dead overnight in fighting with separatist Kurdish rebels in southeast Turkey, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Thursday, 31 July, 2008 , 02:02 AFP — Nine-year-old Kurdish boy Yusuf doesn't know what to do besides write letters after Japanese immigration detained his father and threatened to send the entire family back to Turkey.

Tuesday, 29 July, 2008 , 16:01 AFP — Gas Cities LLC, a joint venture between Emirati companies Dana Gas and Crescent Petroleum, announced on Tuesday that it will build a gas "city" for the autonomous Kurdish government in northern Iraq.

Tuesday, 29 July, 2008 , 15:53 AFP — French prosecutors have sent 11 young Kurds for trial over a series of fire bomb attacks on Turkish targets in France that injured several people, some seriously, sources close to the case said Tuesday.

Tuesday, 29 July, 2008 , 15:17 AFP — Police studying surveillance videos identified a possible suspect in a deadly bomb attack here, local media reported Tuesday, as Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq.

Tuesday, 29 July, 2008 , 14:43 AFP — Thousands of Kurds turned out on the streets of northern Iraq's Arbil city on Tuesday to protest a provincial election bill that could impact the region's energy ownership.

Tuesday, 29 July, 2008 , 14:09 AFP — Turkish warplanes bombed a Kurdish rebel hideout in northern Iraq on Tuesday, destroying the base and killing an unspecified number of militants, the military said.