Tuesday, 12 June, 2007 , 12:38 AFP — Turkey's main Kurdish rebel outfit offered a renewed ceasefire to the government Tuesday if it agreed to end army operations against the group, a Kurdish news agency reported.

Tuesday, 12 June, 2007 , 10:40 AFP — Eight suspected members of the Kurdish separatist group PKK were detained in France Tuesday in a criminal investigation into attacks on Turkish interests, judicial officials said.

Tuesday, 12 June, 2007 , 10:24 AFP — NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer Tuesday called on alliance member Turkey to act with "a maximum of restraint" in dealing with the problem of the safe haven that Turkish Kurd rebels enjoy in northern Iraq.

Tuesday, 12 June, 2007 , 09:02 AFP — Turkish political and military leaders are later Tuesday to discuss measures against Kurdish separatists, who have stepped up their attacks against Turkey, a source close to the government said.

Monday, 11 June, 2007 , 14:53 AFP — Thousands of people chanted anti-government slogans at the funerals Monday of three soldiers killed by Kurdish rebels, raising pressure on the government for tougher action against the insurgents.

Sunday, 10 June, 2007 , 17:13 AFP — Five Kurdish rebels were killed over the weekend in separate clashes with Turkish security forces in the mountainous east of the country, officials said Sunday.

Sunday, 10 June, 2007 , 13:06 AFP — Powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Sunday warned Turkey over its bombardments of Iraqi villages in the northern region of Kurdistan aimed at flushing out Kurdish rebels.

Sunday, 10 June, 2007 , 10:43 AFP — Two Kurdish rebels have been killed in separate clashes with Turkish security forces in the mountainous east of the country, officials said Sunday.

Saturday, 9 June, 2007 , 19:30 AFP — Three soldiers were killed and four others seriously wounded in an explosion Saturday in a Kurdish area of southeastern Turkey, security sources said.

Saturday, 9 June, 2007 , 13:34 AFP — Iraq lodged an official complaint with Turkey on Saturday claiming it had bombarded Iraq's northern Kurdish region and warning that the attack against Kurdish rebels could destabilise the region.