Monday, 25 May, 2026 , 23:59 AFP — A group of seven women and 12 children linked to Islamic State fighters are bound for Australia after years in Syria, the Australian interior minister said on Tuesday.

Monday, 25 May, 2026 , 15:49 AFP — Iran on Monday executed a man on charges related to protests this year, the latest in a spree of hangings on political or security accusations since the start of the US-Israeli war with dozens more risking execution, rights groups said.

Monday, 25 May, 2026 , 13:18 AFP — Prominent Syrian Kurdish parties and forces on Monday rejected the outcome of a ballot organised by Damascus a day earlier in the country's northeast to select members of the national parliament.

Monday, 25 May, 2026 , 09:27 AFP — Jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan warned against any delay in taking legal steps to flesh out the peace process with Ankara, in a message shared on Monday.

Sunday, 24 May, 2026 , 12:18 AFP — Predominantly Kurdish areas of northeastern Syria were holding a ballot on Sunday to choose representatives for the country's transitional parliament, following an agreement this year on integrating the areas into the central authorities.

Sunday, 24 May, 2026 , 06:48 AFP — Iran on Sunday hanged a man convicted of espionage, the judiciary said, the first known execution for a spying offence committed during the war with Israel and the United States.

Saturday, 23 May, 2026 , 07:46 AFP — The last Australian women and children held in a northeast Syria camp housing relatives of suspected foreign jihadists left the site this week seeking to return home, a camp official told AFP on Saturday.

Thursday, 21 May, 2026 , 19:58 AFP — Julien Cabral has just completed his first voyage with the "Flotilla for Gaza". One of his eyes is ringed with purple, he has a wound on his left temple and an injured shoulder blade.

Wednesday, 20 May, 2026 , 15:19 AFP — Iran has jailed a former goalkeeper for the national men's football team after he published earlier this year a post deeply critical of then-supreme leader Ali Khamenei, his wife said.

Tuesday, 19 May, 2026 , 20:49 AFP — President Donald Trump warned Tuesday that the United States may strike Iran again -- a day after he said he had held off a major assault in hopes of a peace deal -- but Tehran's army threatened to open "new fronts" if he went ahead.