Tuesday, 5 August, 2008 , 11:27 AFP — The president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region Massud Barzani has sharply criticised a provincial election bill as a "conspiracy," deepening a political rift over the oil-rich Kirkuk province.
Tuesday, 5 August, 2008 , 09:13 AFP — Mullah Krekar, founder of radical Islamist group Ansar al-Islam, has filed charges with Europe's human rights court against Norway, where he lives, for "inhuman treatment," his lawyer said Tuesday.
Sunday, 3 August, 2008 , 10:09 AFP — Eight Kurdish rebels have dies in clashes with the security forces in Turkey's southeast, the military said Sunday.
Sunday, 3 August, 2008 , 09:15 AFP — An alleged Kurdish militant charged with two deadly blasts in Istanbul has confessed to detonating the bombs and watching the ensuing carnage, the mass-circulation Hurriyet daily reported Sunday.
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.
