Friday, 23 February, 2007 , 19:43 AFP — Turkey's top security body said Friday the government should step up diplomatic initiatives to resolve a row with Iraq and the United States over Turkish Kurd rebels based in northern Iraq.

Friday, 23 February, 2007 , 13:39 AFP — A senior Kurdish politician was arrested here Friday over remarks that allegedly threatened violence in Turkey, following the arrest of two other Kurdish activists overnight, officials said.

Friday, 23 February, 2007 , 12:51 AFP — A senior Kurdish politician was arrested here Friday over remarks that allegedly threatened violence in Turkey, following the arrest of two other Kurdish activists overnight, officials said.

Wednesday, 21 February, 2007 , 14:52 AFP — Iraqi Vice President Adel Abdel Mahdi urged Turkey Wednesday to stop threatening cross-border military operations against Turkish Kurd rebels based in northern Iraq, saying unilateral action will not help resolve problems.

Saturday, 17 February, 2007 , 17:06 AFP — Syrian authorities have released the deputy head of the banned Kurdish political party Yakiti, who was arrested nearly two months ago, a human rights group said Saturday.

Saturday, 17 February, 2007 , 15:18 AFP — Turkey's army chief has accused the two main Kurdish factions in neighbouring northern Iraq of supporting Turkish Kurd rebels, the Anatolia news agency reported Saturday.

Thursday, 15 February, 2007 , 17:47 AFP — Three off-duty guards working for Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari were killed in an ambush in northern Iraq late Thursday, a police officer said.

Tuesday, 13 February, 2007 , 18:35 AFP — A Turkish Kurd who has been in detention at Zurich airport since December 2005 has gone on hunger strike in protest at his proposed extradition to Turkey, a Swiss human rights group said on Tuesday.

Tuesday, 13 February, 2007 , 17:46 AFP — The former head of Saddam Hussein's military intelligence service took the stand Tuesday in his war crimes trial, protesting that his role was only to gather information not bomb villages.

Saturday, 10 February, 2007 , 02:27 AFP — Ten Kurds have been placed under investigation in France after being arrested on suspicion of money-laundering on behalf of the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), officials said on Friday.