YUKSEKOVA, Turkey, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Turkey's leaders called an emergency meeting Sunday after clashes killed at least 12 soldiers and 23 Kurdish rebels near the Iraqi border.

TEHRAN, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Iran has closed its border to Iraq's Kurdish region after the U.S. military's recent arrest of an Iranian suspected of training and equipping Iraqi insurgents.

BAGHDAD, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- An Iraqi draft law regarding oil revenue sharing among Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds is falling apart as Kurds have begun signing contracts on their own.