Monday, 10 April, 2006 , 13:06 AFP — A Turkish woman of Kurdish origin has been arrested in Germany and accused of carrying out seven firebombings for the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), federal prosecutors said Monday.

Monday, 10 April, 2006 , 08:33 AFP — Iraqi Sunni and Kurdish leaders Monday emphatically rejected Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari staying on in the next government, possibly sealing the embattled Shiite premier's political fate.

Monday, 10 April, 2006 , 07:31 AFP — Iranian police have arrested seven members of a banned Kurdish rebel group operating close to the Islamic republic's border with Turkey, a press report said Monday.

Sunday, 9 April, 2006 , 19:38 AFP — The future of Iraq's embattled Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari hung in the balance on Sunday as deadly violence flared on the third anniversary of Saddam Hussein's ouster, adding to mounting concerns that the country was in the throes of civil war.

Sunday, 9 April, 2006 , 19:16 AFP — Kurdish political leaders in Iraq on Sunday rejected incumbent Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari staying on in the post, one of their negotiators said.

Sunday, 9 April, 2006 , 12:52 AFP — Syria's state security court on Sunday sentenced one Kurdish political activist and one Syrian taxi driver to two-and-a-half years each in prison, human rights lawyer Anwar Bunni told AFP.

Saturday, 8 April, 2006 , 21:45 AFP — The violent clashes between the Turkish security forces and Kurdish militants continued unabated on Saturday, causing deaths on both sides and sparking a short-lived hostage taking in Istanbul.

Saturday, 8 April, 2006 , 18:21 AFP — Turkish security forces have killed seven Kurdish rebels in the past 24 hours in the southeast of the country, local security sources and a news agency said Saturday.

Saturday, 8 April, 2006 , 09:08 AFP — Turkish security forces on Friday killed six Kurdish rebels suspected of involvement in the deaths of five soldiers, local security sources said Saturday.

Friday, 7 April, 2006 , 16:17 AFP — Three people were injured in a suspected bomb explosion Friday in the mainly Kurdish southeastern city of Diyarbakir, security sources said.