Tuesday, 23 October, 2007 , 16:13 AFP — Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Tuesday ordered the closure of offices run by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), saying Iraq would no longer allow the "terrorist" group to operate on its soil.

Tuesday, 23 October, 2007 , 16:11 AFP — Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said Tuesday Baghdad will shut down the offices of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and not allow the "terrorist" group to operate on Iraqi soil.

Tuesday, 23 October, 2007 , 15:43 AFP — Amid tension along the frontier with Turkey and threats from Ankara to strike at rebel bases inside northern Iraq, Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters have turned into border guards.

Tuesday, 23 October, 2007 , 15:35 AFP — Turkey is considering economic sanctions against Iraq over the presence of Kurdish rebel sanctuaries there, Anatolia news agency quoted Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan as saying Tuesday.

Tuesday, 23 October, 2007 , 14:37 AFP — The US State Department said Tuesday it was hunting for a diplomatic resolution to tensions on Turkey's border with Iraq, after a report raised the possibility of US-Turkish strikes on Kurdish rebels.

Tuesday, 23 October, 2007 , 13:39 AFP — The government on Tuesday ordered Turkey's RTUK broadcasting watchdog to ban "negative" radio and television broadcasts concerning a Kurdish rebel attack at the weekend that killed 12 soldiers dead.

Tuesday, 23 October, 2007 , 12:43 AFP — Tens of thousands of angry Turks took to the streets across the country Tuesday to protest Kurdish rebel violence as 12 soldiers, slain in an ambush at the weekend, were laid to rest.

Tuesday, 23 October, 2007 , 12:09 AFP — Turkey could launch military action into northern Iraqi at "any time", Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday but insisted it would solely target Kurdish separatists and not threaten Iraq.

Tuesday, 23 October, 2007 , 11:31 AFP — Turkey has no territorial designs on Iraq, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday, stressing that any military action in the country would only target the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

Tuesday, 23 October, 2007 , 11:09 AFP — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown condemned Tuesday "terrorist violence" by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), after talks with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.