Monday, 30 June, 2025 , 17:31 AFP — Iranian authorities have arrested hundreds of people and executed dozens in a wave of repression following the 12-day war with Israel, activists say, accusing the Islamic republic of using fear to compensate for weaknesses revealed by the conflict.

Monday, 30 June, 2025 , 17:29 AFP — A press freedom NGO expressed concern on Monday over the detention of a Syrian Kurdish journalist who was arrested days earlier in Damascus by the new government's security forces.

Monday, 30 June, 2025 , 12:04 AFP — Militants from the PKK will begin laying down their weapons at a disarmament ceremony in Iraqi Kurdistan in early July, the Kurdish media outlet Rudaw reported on Monday.

Monday, 30 June, 2025 , 11:28 AFP — A French court on Monday sentenced seven Afghans and two Iraqi Kurds to seven to eight years in jail over the fatal capsizing of a boat carrying would-be asylum seekers from France to England in 2022.

Monday, 30 June, 2025 , 09:24 AFP — A French court Monday sentenced seven Afghans and two Iraqi Kurds to seven to eight years in jail over the deadly capsizing of a boat carrying migrants from France to England in 2022.

Monday, 30 June, 2025 , 08:54 AFP — A French court Monday sentenced nine Afghan and Kurdish men to seven to eight years in jail over the deadly capsizing of a boat carrying migrants from France to England in 2022.

Sunday, 29 June, 2025 , 05:58 AFP — A court hearing that could upend the leadership of Turkey's main opposition CHP is the latest bid to hobble the party behind a wave of spring protests that shook the government, analysts say.

Friday, 27 June, 2025 , 11:46 AFP — Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has re-emerged after the war with Israel but faces a struggle to maintain the authority he has wielded over the Islamic republic in over three-and-a-half decades of rule, analysts say.

Friday, 27 June, 2025 , 01:47 AFP — Rival Syrian and Kurdish producers are scrambling for shrinking wheat harvests as the worst drought in decades follows a devastating war, pushing more than 16 million people toward food insecurity.

Wednesday, 25 June, 2025 , 13:50 AFP — Iran on Wednesday hanged three men convicted of spying for Israel after what activists decried as an unfair trial, bringing to six the number of people executed on such charges since the start of the war between the Islamic republic and Israel.