Saturday, 16 September, 2017 , 17:25 AFP — The United Nations has urged Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani to drop plans for a controversial independence referendum and enter talks with Baghdad aimed at reaching a deal within three years.

Saturday, 16 September, 2017 , 14:54 AFP — The United Nations has urged Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani to drop plans for an independence referendum and enter talks with Baghdad aimed at reaching a deal within three years.

Friday, 15 September, 2017 , 23:09 AFP — Washington put to one side its longstanding sympathy for its allies in Iraqi Kurdistan on Friday and sternly urged the region to call off its independence referendum.

Friday, 15 September, 2017 , 21:41 AFP — The United States Friday urged Iraqi Kurdistan to call off plans for an independence referendum later this month, warning the vote was distracting from the fight against the Islamic State group.

Friday, 15 September, 2017 , 21:11 AFP —

Friday, 15 September, 2017 , 20:08 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish lawmakers on Friday voted to hold an independence referendum set in motion by regional president Massud Barzani, who has kept open the option of postponing it under American pressure.

Friday, 15 September, 2017 , 19:22 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish lawmakers on Friday voted to hold an independence referendum set in motion by regional president Massud Barzani, who has kept open the option of postponing it under American pressure.

Friday, 15 September, 2017 , 18:48 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish lawmakers Friday approved holding a referendum on the independence of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region on September 25 as opposition members boycotted the parliament's first session in two years.

Friday, 15 September, 2017 , 18:01 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish lawmakers on Friday approved holding an independence referendum on September 25 as members of the opposition boycotted the parliament's first session in two years.

Friday, 15 September, 2017 , 17:49 AFP —