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Iran sentences police officer to death for killing protester


Wednesday, 27 March, 2024 , 18:06 AFP An Iranian court has sentenced a police chief in northern Iran to death after he was charged with killing a man during mass protests in 2022, local media reported Wednesday.

Belgium urges calm after clashes between Turks, Kurds


Wednesday, 27 March, 2024 , 14:11 AFP Belgium's Prime Minister Alexander De Croo called for calm on Wednesday after escalating tensions between Turkish and Kurdish groups in the country just days before local elections in Turkey.

Turkey heads to local elections as Erdogan seeks to avenge 2019 defeat


Sunday, 24 March, 2024 , 13:55 AFP Turks will vote next Sunday in local polls as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, buoyed by a strong showing in last year's general elections, sets his sights on winning back Istanbul.

Turkey's 'Communist mayor' embarks on conquest of Istanbul district


Sunday, 24 March, 2024 , 05:06 AFP Fatih Macoglu, the popular "Communist Mayor" of a city in eastern Turkey, is now vying for control of a vibrant and hip Istanbul district along the Asian banks of the Bosphorus.

Pro-Kurdish candidate fights anti-migrant sentiment in local Turkish elections


Sunday, 24 March, 2024 , 03:13 AFP A pro-Kurdish candidate, who lost his arm in prison during a police raid after a hunger strike in 2000, has turned three decades of social activism into a fight against the anti-migrant sentiment dominating local elections in Turkey.

Turkey heads to local elections as Erdogan seeks to avenge defeat


Sunday, 24 March, 2024 , 02:58 AFP Turks will vote next Sunday in local elections as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, buoyed by a strong showing in last year's general elections, sets his sights on winning back Istanbul.

Sins of the fathers: Children of IS left to rot in Syria camp


Wednesday, 20 March, 2024 , 03:34 AFP Ali is 12 and has survived things no child should see, spending half his life in what amounts to a prison camp for jihadist families in an arid corner of northeastern Syria.

Iraqi Kurdish party to boycott local polls in tussle with federal court


Monday, 18 March, 2024 , 19:42 AFP The main party in northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region said on Monday it would boycott local elections, accusing the Baghdad-based supreme court of interfering in regional affairs.

Nobel winner urges world to turn the screw on Iran over rights abuses


Monday, 18 March, 2024 , 17:32 AFP Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi on Monday called on countries to increase pressure on Tehran over its "egregious" human rights abuses.

Iran says fewer than 300 died in 2022 Mahsa Amini protests


Monday, 18 March, 2024 , 16:56 AFP Iran says in an official report that fewer than 300 people died during protests in 2022 sparked by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini after she allegedly broke the country's Islamic dress code.