Tuesday, 14 April, 2026 , 20:37 AFP — A drone struck an Iranian Kurdish group on Tuesday, killing a woman in Iraq's northern Kurdistan region, a party official told AFP.

Tuesday, 14 April, 2026 , 15:30 AFP — A drone struck an Iranian Kurdish group on Tuesday wounding three people, a party official told AFP, in the first such attack in northern Iraq since a fragile ceasefire took effect in the region.

Tuesday, 14 April, 2026 , 15:28 AFP — A drone struck an Iranian Kurdish group on Tuesday wounding three people, a party official told AFP, in the first such attack in northern Iraq since a fragile ceasefire took effect in the region.

Tuesday, 14 April, 2026 , 08:30 AFP — Iraq's judiciary said Tuesday it had handed over two detained foreigners, from Finland and the United States, to their countries after finding that had not been Islamic State group members.

Monday, 13 April, 2026 , 12:49 AFP — A French court on Monday fined the cement group Lafarge over $1.3 million and sentenced its former boss to six years in prison for paying protection money to the Islamic State group and other jihadists to maintain its business in war-torn Syria.

Monday, 13 April, 2026 , 11:47 AFP — Nouri al-Maliki's prospects of becoming Iraq's next prime minister are fading as the country's leaders aim to settle the question as a ceasefire takes effect in the region, political sources said.

Monday, 13 April, 2026 , 11:29 AFP — Nouri al-Maliki's prospects of becoming Iraq's next prime minister are fading as the country's leaders aim to settle the question as a ceasefire takes effect in the region, political sources said.

Monday, 13 April, 2026 , 11:16 AFP — A Paris court on Monday ruled that cement conglomerate Lafarge was guilty of paying protection money to the Islamic State group and other jihadists to maintain its business in war-torn Syria.

Monday, 13 April, 2026 , 08:02 AFP — Operations resumed on Monday at a major gas facility in Iraq's Kurdish region, the Emirati company running the complex said, after more than a month of disruption due to the US-Iran war.

Monday, 13 April, 2026 , 04:10 AFP — Iranian authorities executed at least 1,639 people in 2025, the highest number since 1989, two NGOs said Monday, warning it risked using capital punishment even more extensively after protests in January and the war against Israel and the US.