Thursday, 8 May, 2025 , 12:24 AFP — Sweden's foreign minister met with her Turkish counterpart on Thursday to demand the release of a Swedish journalist convicted in Turkey of insulting the country's president, the Swedish foreign ministry said.

Thursday, 8 May, 2025 , 03:04 AFP — Iraqi Mohammed Jalal lost 10 years of his life seeking asylum in Germany, without success. Instead of being granted refuge, he was sent back to the land he had fled.

Wednesday, 7 May, 2025 , 14:01 AFP — The European Parliament on Wednesday called on Turkey to immediately release a Swedish journalist convicted by a Turkish court of insulting the country's president.

Tuesday, 6 May, 2025 , 17:46 AFP — Six months after Bashar al-Assad's fall, Turkey and Israel are both operating in Syria with starkly opposing agendas, stoking fears of a confrontation unless they find a way to coexist, analysts say.

Tuesday, 6 May, 2025 , 11:17 AFP — Iranian authorities ordered schools and offices closed in seven western provinces Tuesday as a dust storm swept in from neighbouring Iraq, with around 13 million people told to stay indoors.

Tuesday, 6 May, 2025 , 07:48 AFP — Iranian authorities ordered schools and offices closed in seven western provinces Tuesday as a dust storm swept in from neighbouring Iraq, with around 13 million people told to stay indoors.

Saturday, 3 May, 2025 , 17:45 AFP — Sirri Sureyya Onder, a veteran politician who won respect across Turkey's political spectrum for his efforts to end years of conflict with the country's Kurdish ethnic minority, has died aged 62, an Istanbul hospital said on Saturday.

Saturday, 3 May, 2025 , 16:07 AFP — Sirri Sureyya Onder, a veteran politician who won respect across Turkey's political spectrum for his efforts to end years of conflict with the country's Kurdish ethnic minority, has died aged 62, an Istanbul hospital said on Saturday.

Friday, 2 May, 2025 , 16:18 AFP — Deadly sectarian violence in Syria this week between security forces and Druze fighters follows massacres of Alawites in March, with government forces and affiliated gunmen involved in both outbreaks.

Thursday, 1 May, 2025 , 23:12 AFP — The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) claimed on Thursday two attacks in northern Iraq that wounded five Kurdish security personnel earlier this week.