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.

Wednesday, 25 June, 2025 , 08:31 AFP — As the fragile Iran-Israel truce took hold, there was no letup in Turkey's diplomatic efforts Wednesday to prevent any return to a conflict fraught with risk for Ankara's domestic and regional policies.

Monday, 23 June, 2025 , 19:50 AFP — Iraqi security sources told AFP that Iran had not attacked the main base hosting US troops in the country "so far", after the Islamic republic launched missiles at an American military facility in Qatar.

Monday, 23 June, 2025 , 06:05 AFP — Iran's judiciary said it executed on Monday a man found guilty of spying for Israel, as fighting between the two countries entered its 11th day.

Sunday, 22 June, 2025 , 19:44 AFP — At least 20 people were killed Sunday in a suicide attack on a church in Damascus, authorities said, with Syria's interior ministry blaming a member of the Islamic State group.

Sunday, 22 June, 2025 , 19:13 AFP — At least 20 people were killed Sunday in a suicide attack on a church in Damascus, authorities said, with Syria's interior ministry blaming a member of the Islamic State group.

Saturday, 21 June, 2025 , 06:24 AFP — Water levels at Iraq's vast Dukan Dam reservoir have plummeted as a result of dwindling rains and further damming upstream, hitting millions of inhabitants already impacted by drought with stricter water rationing.