Tuesday, 7 August, 2007 , 14:16 AFP — The prime minister of Iraq's Kurdish autonomous region played down differences with Ankara on Tuesday, as top-level Iraqi-Turkish talks opened on the perceived threat of Kurdish separatism.

Tuesday, 7 August, 2007 , 12:04 AFP — Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki began talks Tuesday in Turkey to discuss ways of dealing with the safe haven enjoyed by separatist Turkish Kurd rebels in Kurdish-run northern Iraq.

Tuesday, 7 August, 2007 , 07:10 AFP — A Turkish soldier was killed in a landmine blast blamed on Kurdish rebels in the southeast of the country, security officials said Tuesday.

Sunday, 5 August, 2007 , 17:37 AFP — A Kurdish rebel from Turkey's separatist Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) was killed Sunday by security forces in the Turkish southwest, a military statement said.

Saturday, 4 August, 2007 , 18:59 AFP — Three Turkish soldiers were killed Saturday when their vehicle hit a landmine blast planted by suspected Kurdish rebels in the country's southeast, security officials said.

Friday, 3 August, 2007 , 17:11 AFP — The European Union on Friday called on Iran to halt the executions of two Kurdish journalists convicted for harbouring links to armed groups.

Friday, 3 August, 2007 , 10:58 AFP — Two Kurdish rebels were killed and two soldiers injured in a large-scale crackdown on the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in eastern Turkey, security sources said Friday.

Thursday, 2 August, 2007 , 13:27 AFP — Six Kurdish rebels and three soldiers have been killed in fresh fighting in eastern Turkey, officials said Thursday.

Thursday, 2 August, 2007 , 09:07 AFP — Five Kurdish rebels and three soldiers have been killed in fresh fighting in eastern Turkey, officials said Thursday.

Wednesday, 1 August, 2007 , 11:46 AFP — Two Iranian Kurdish journalists who face the death penalty have been sentenced to hang for harbouring links to "hostile" armed groups, their lawyer said on Wednesday.