Wednesday, 3 February, 2016 , 19:58 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani has declared that the "time has come" for the country's Kurds to hold a referendum on statehood, a move likely to raise tensions with Baghdad.

Wednesday, 3 February, 2016 , 18:48 AFP — The Turkish authorities Wednesday partially lifted a curfew in an area of Diyarbakir, the main city in the country's Kurdish-dominated southeast which has seen heavy clashes in recent weeks between rebels and security forces.

Wednesday, 3 February, 2016 , 17:38 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani has declared that the "time has come" for the country's Kurds to hold a referendum on statehood, a move likely to raise tensions with Baghdad.

Wednesday, 3 February, 2016 , 15:14 AFP — An Ankara court on Wednesday acquitted a university lecturer over an exam question on a jailed Kurdish rebel chief, in a case that raised fresh alarm over freedom of expression in Turkey.

Wednesday, 3 February, 2016 , 14:28 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani has declared that the "time has come" for the country's Kurds to hold a referendum on statehood, a move likely to raise tensions with Baghdad.

Wednesday, 3 February, 2016 , 13:02 AFP — The basement of apartment block "23" in the the flashpoint town of Cizre in southeastern Turkey has become the focus of a bloody standoff as fighting rages on between security forces and Kurdish rebels.

Wednesday, 3 February, 2016 , 11:26 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani has declared that the "time has come" for the country's Kurds to hold a referendum on statehood, a move likely to raise tensions with Baghdad.

Wednesday, 3 February, 2016 , 10:16 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani has declared that the "time has come" for the country's Kurds to hold a referendum on statehood, his office said on Wednesday.

Wednesday, 3 February, 2016 , 09:26 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani has declared that the "time has come" for the country's Kurds to hold a referendum on statehood, his office said on Wednesday.

Tuesday, 2 February, 2016 , 17:40 AFP — A Turkish professor is to be put on trial for "terrorist propaganda" over an exam question on a jailed Kurdish rebel chief, the Hurriyet newspaper reported Tuesday, amid growing concerns for freedom of expression in Turkey.