Tuesday, 11 July, 2006 , 17:14 AFP — Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki dismissed on Tuesday the risk of Iraq plunging into civil war despite the recent burst of sectarian violence tearing apart Baghdad.

Tuesday, 11 July, 2006 , 16:43 AFP — Two Turkish policemen have been killed in an armed attack and four other people injured in a landmine explosion in Turkey's restive mainly Kurdish southeast, officials said Tuesday.

Tuesday, 11 July, 2006 , 11:12 AFP — Some 200 Iranian Kurds who fled violence-plagued Iraq and are now stuck in dire conditions along the Jordanian border are refusing UN aid, and three of them have gone on hunger strike, the UN refugee agency said Tuesday.

Thursday, 6 July, 2006 , 15:15 AFP — A suspected bomb ripped through a vehicle catering for the army in mainly Kurdish southeast Turkey on Thursday, killing the driver, Anatolia news agency reported.

Thursday, 6 July, 2006 , 14:20 AFP — A Turkish prosecutor has asked for two-and-a-half-years in jail each for two leading members of the country's main Kurdish party over a leaflet to mark Women's Day on March 8, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Thursday, 6 July, 2006 , 13:41 AFP — Iraq's Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said in Athens Thursday that he expected Turkish forces to refrain from pursuing Kurdish separatists from Turkey into Iraqi territory.

Monday, 3 July, 2006 , 16:29 AFP — Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Monday the new Baghdad government is ready to revive three-way talks with neighboring Turkey and the United States to discuss measures to curb Turkish Kurd rebels based in the northern of his country.

Sunday, 2 July, 2006 , 21:18 AFP — A policeman was killed in an accidental explosion Sunday in southeastern Turkey as a bomb believed to have been planted by Kurdish rebels was being defused, a local official said.

Friday, 30 June, 2006 , 12:24 AFP — Two Turkish soldiers were killed and five wounded in an attack by Kurdish rebels on a gendarmerie post in the eastern province of Bungol, local authorities said Friday.

Tuesday, 27 June, 2006 , 16:29 AFP — A leading Kurdish politician risks a fresh trial in Turkey on charges of collaborating with armed Kurdish rebels, court sources said Tuesday.