Sunday, 30 October, 2016 , 03:31 AFP — A Turkish court has barred a leader of the main pro-Kurdish party from leaving the country, accusing her of "belonging to an armed terrorist organisation," the state-run Anadolu news agency reported Saturday.

Friday, 28 October, 2016 , 09:56 AFP — Iraq's Kurdish autonomous region plans to renew its push for independence once the city of Mosul is retaken from Islamic State group jihadists, its prime minister said Friday.

Thursday, 27 October, 2016 , 17:24 AFP — Turkish prosecutors launched a probe Thursday into pro-Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtas after he condemned the detention of two mayors of the country's biggest Kurdish city.

Thursday, 27 October, 2016 , 03:23 AFP — Alcohol shops are open for business in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, where officials have vowed that Baghdad's recently passed ban on booze will not be enforced.

Wednesday, 26 October, 2016 , 15:55 AFP — Turkish police clashed with protesters in Diyarbakir on Wednesday, using tear gas and water cannon to prevent them demonstrating against the detention of the Kurdish-majority city's co-mayors.

Wednesday, 26 October, 2016 , 14:29 AFP — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday that Turkey was determined to clear Syrian Kurdish fighters from a strategic border town in northern Syria "as soon as possible".

Wednesday, 26 October, 2016 , 10:57 AFP — Turkish police clashed with protesters in Diyarbakir on Wednesday, using tear gas and water cannon to prevent them demonstrating against the detention of the Kurdish-majority city's co-mayors.

Wednesday, 26 October, 2016 , 09:41 AFP — Turkish police clashed with protesters in Diyarbakir on Wednesday, using tear gas and water cannon to prevent them demonstrating against the detention of the Kurdish-majority city's co-mayors.

Wednesday, 26 October, 2016 , 02:26 AFP — The two co-mayors of Diyarbakir, the biggest Kurdish-majority city in southeast Turkey, have been arrested as part of a "terrorism" enquiry, security officials said Tuesday.

Tuesday, 25 October, 2016 , 20:04 AFP — The two co-mayors of Diyarbakir, the biggest Kurdish-majority city in southeast Turkey, have been arrested as part of a "terrorism" enquiry, security officials said Tuesday.