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Israel, Iran trade fire for first time since truce


Monday, 8 June, 2026 , 07:42 AFP Israel and Iran exchanged attacks on Monday for the first time since a ceasefire in the Middle East war took effect two months ago, despite US President Donald Trump calling for restraint.

Israel, Iran trade fire despite Trump's call for restraint


Monday, 8 June, 2026 , 06:27 AFP Israel and Iran traded fire on Monday, seriously testing a fragile truce and threatening hopes for a deal to end the Middle East war.

Israel, Iran trade fire despite Trump's call for restraint


Monday, 8 June, 2026 , 05:22 AFP Israel and Iran traded fire on Monday, seriously testing a fragile truce and threating hopes for a deal to end the Middle East war.

Israel strikes Iran, defying Trump's call for restraint


Monday, 8 June, 2026 , 03:27 AFP Israel said Monday it had struck targets across Iran, defying US President Donald Trump's call to refrain from retaliating against Tehran's barrage of missiles.

Iran says targeted 'terrorist groups' in Iraq


Monday, 8 June, 2026 , 00:00 AFP Iran's Revolutionary Guards targeted the headquarters of "terrorist groups" in Iraqi Kurdistan, state media reported Monday.

Iran says targeted 'terrorist groups' in Iraq


Sunday, 7 June, 2026 , 23:51 AFP Iran's Revolutionary Guards targeted the headquarters of "terrorist groups" in Iraqi Kurdistan, state media reported Monday.

Turkey probes billionaire businessman, 95 over Kurdish woman joke


Saturday, 6 June, 2026 , 15:47 AFP Prosecutors on Saturday opened a probe into a 95-year-old billionaire and honorary head of Koc Holdings, Turkey's biggest conglomerate, over a joke about a Kurdish woman widely denounced as sexist and racist.

'Persepolis' author Marjane Satrapi dies aged 56


Thursday, 4 June, 2026 , 11:11 AFP Franco-Iranian author and film director Marjane Satrapi, renowned for her graphic novel and film "Persepolis", has died aged 56, a year after the passing of "the love of her life", a member of her close circle told AFP on Thursday.

'Persepolis' author Marjane Satrapi dies aged 56


Thursday, 4 June, 2026 , 09:15 AFP Franco-Iranian author and film director Marjane Satrapi, best known for the graphic novel and film "Persepolis", has died aged 56, AFP learned Thursday from a member of her close circle.

Kataeb Hezbollah vows to keep arms as Iraq faces US pressure to disarm groups


Saturday, 30 May, 2026 , 14:11 AFP The influential Iraqi armed group Kataeb Hezbollah pledged on Saturday to keep up its "jihadist action", as Baghdad faces mounting US pressure to disarm factions backed by Iran.