Sunday, 30 September, 2007 , 08:49 AFP — Twelve people died and two were injured in Turkey's volatile southeast when Kurdish rebels sprayed a bus with machine gun fire in the bloodiest attack in years, officials said Sunday.

Sunday, 30 September, 2007 , 00:33 AFP — Kurdish separatists fired shots at a bus in southeastern Turkey, killing 12 people and wounding two others, local officials said Sunday.

Saturday, 29 September, 2007 , 06:59 AFP — The government of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region expressed its anger on Saturday at being kept in the dark about an agreement between Baghdad and Ankara to crack down on rebel Turkish Kurds.

Friday, 28 September, 2007 , 12:39 AFP — Turkish soldiers have killed a Kurdish rebel in a clash in a restive mainly Kurdish province in the east of the country, the army said Friday.

Friday, 28 September, 2007 , 11:35 AFP — Turkey and Iraq on Friday signed an agreement to crack down on Turkish Kurd rebels based in northern Iraq, but Turkey failed to secure a right for cross-border military operations.

Friday, 28 September, 2007 , 01:34 AFP — Iraq and Turkey will sign a security agreement on Friday to fight Turkish Kurd rebels taking refuge in northern Iraq.

Thursday, 27 September, 2007 , 19:54 AFP — Turkey and Iraq will Friday sign a security agreement to combat Turkish Kurd rebels taking refuge in northern Iraq, an Iraqi official said after arduous talks.

Thursday, 27 September, 2007 , 17:15 AFP — Turkey and Iraq on Thursday held further talks on a security agreement to combat Turkish Kurd rebels taking refuge in northern Iraq, with Iraqi Kurds reportedly objecting to the terms of the deal.

Thursday, 27 September, 2007 , 16:13 AFP — A US official on Thursday criticised an oil deal between Texas-based Hunt Oil Company and Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), saying it had "needlessly elevated tensions" in Iraq.

Thursday, 27 September, 2007 , 09:00 AFP — Iranian forces have shelled deeper into northern Iraq than previously, hitting targets in an area northeast of the city of Arbil, a local official said on Thursday.