Sunday, 28 June, 2026 , 19:35 AFP — Several thousand people rallied Sunday in the Kurdish-majority city of Diyarbakir in southeast Turkey calling for the release of jailed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan, an AFP journalist reported.

Sunday, 28 June, 2026 , 11:30 AFP — The Israeli government on Sunday unanimously recognised the massacres of Armenians during World War I as genocide, a move widely seen as a rebuke to Turkey and a stark signal of the deepening rift between the two countries.

Sunday, 28 June, 2026 , 11:04 AFP — The Israeli government on Sunday unanimously recognised the massacres of Armenians during World War I as genocide, a move widely seen as a rebuke to Turkey and a stark signal of the deepening rift between the two countries.

Wednesday, 24 June, 2026 , 20:08 AFP — Foreign oil companies are gradually restarting operations in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan after pausing activities due to the Middle East war, the region's government spokesperson said on Wednesday.

Wednesday, 24 June, 2026 , 14:05 AFP — A US airstrike killed a senior Islamic State group leader in northwest Syria last week, the US military announced on Wednesday.

Monday, 22 June, 2026 , 05:50 AFP — In a dimly lit room illuminated by a pair of red lamps, eight-year-old Zeynep waits to see photographs she has taken, now trapped as shadows and silhouettes on a roll of film.

Friday, 19 June, 2026 , 16:21 AFP — German journalist Eva Maria Michelmann, who went missing in Syria in January and was later confirmed to be detained there, returned to Germany on Friday, her lawyer told AFP.

Friday, 19 June, 2026 , 11:57 AFP — French police have banned a rally planned for Saturday by an Iranian opposition group outlawed by Tehran, citing a risk of clashes, in a decision organisers called "bogus".

Friday, 19 June, 2026 , 07:26 AFP — Australia has agreed to pay Aus$28 million ($20 million) to compensate dozens of asylum seekers held in a remote immigration detention centre two decades earlier by a conservative government seeking to deter boat arrivals.

Tuesday, 16 June, 2026 , 21:42 AFP — Fourteen people will go on trial in France over the loss of 31 migrants in November 2021 in the deadliest small-boat crossing accident recorded in the Channel, prosecutors said Tuesday.