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Lawyers caught in Turkey's crackdown on opposition


Monday, 8 September, 2025 , 15:32 AFP Turkish lawyers defending human rights or representing clients who challenge state policies have found themselves increasingly caught in the crossfire of the crackdown on its main opposition party.

Iran executes man over attack on security forces at 2022 protests


Saturday, 6 September, 2025 , 06:47 AFP Iranian authorities executed a man on Saturday after convicting him over a deadly attack on security personnel during nationwide protests in 2022, the country's judiciary announced.

Syria Kurds say they thwarted escape bid from camp for IS families


Wednesday, 3 September, 2025 , 11:19 AFP Syrian Kurdish forces said Wednesday they thwarted an escape attempt by more than 50 inmates of Al-Hol camp, which holds people suspected of ties to the Islamic State (IS) group.

Hope and hate: how migrant influx has changed Germany


Wednesday, 3 September, 2025 , 01:02 AFP Men sit outside shisha bars and women in hijabs push strollers past Middle Eastern restaurants and pastry shops in Berlin's Sonnenallee, a wide avenue which has become a symbol of how much Germany has changed in the last decade.

Court sentences Iraqi Kurd opposition leader to five months jail


Tuesday, 2 September, 2025 , 11:16 AFP A court in Iraqi Kurdistan sentenced opposition leader Shaswar Abdulwahid to five months in prison on Tuesday, his lawyer and party said.

At least 12 people killed in Syria road accident: state media


Tuesday, 2 September, 2025 , 10:09 AFP At least 12 people were killed and several others injured when a bus collided with an oil tanker in northeastern Syria on Tuesday, state media reported.

'Turkey constitution must change' to advance PKK peace move: report


Monday, 1 September, 2025 , 14:05 AFP Turkey must change its constitution if it is to properly flesh out the peace process with the Kurdish militant PKK, a top adviser to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday.

Hope and hate: how migrant influx has changed Germany


Friday, 29 August, 2025 , 16:13 AFP Men sit outside shisha bars and women in hijabs push strollers past Middle Eastern restaurants and pastry shops in Berlin's Sonnenallee, a wide avenue which has become a symbol of how much Germany has changed in the last decade.

Iran has executed at least 841 people this year: UN


Friday, 29 August, 2025 , 13:36 AFP At least 841 people have been executed in Iran since the start of the year, the UN said Friday, decrying "a systematic pattern of using the death penalty as a tool of state intimidation".

Hope and hate: how migrant influx has changed Germany


Friday, 29 August, 2025 , 13:03 AFP Men sit outside shisha bars and women in hijabs push strollers past Middle Eastern restaurants and pastry shops in Berlin's Sonnenallee, a wide avenue which has become a symbol of how much Germany has changed in the last decade.