Turkey today rejected a ceasefire announced by Kurdish rebels and continued with its troop build-up on the border with Iraq.

Turkey's foreign minister arrived in Baghdad today for talks with his Iraqi counterpart and the nation's president, both Kurds, on the border crisis.

Turkey fired about 15 artillery shells toward Kurdish villages in the border area of northern Iraq today but caused no casualties, an Iraqi army officer said.

Turkey fired about 15 artillery shells toward Kurdish villages in the border area of northern Iraq today but caused no casualties, an Iraqi army officer said.

Kurdish rebels fired rockets and grenades at a Turkish military outpost, killing seven soldiers.