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Iran minister slams female student's public strip as 'immoral'


Wednesday, 6 November, 2024 , 09:28 AFP Iran's science minister, Hossein Simaei, on Wednesday described a female student's public act of stripping down to her underwear as "immoral and uncustomary".

French court jails 18 members of Channel people smuggling gang


Tuesday, 5 November, 2024 , 17:26 AFP A French court on Tuesday issued prison terms of up to 15 years to 18 people, mainly Iraqi Kurds, convicted of forming a vast gang to smuggle migrants aboard small boats across the Channel to England.

French court jails 18 members of Channel people smuggling gang for up to 15 years


Tuesday, 5 November, 2024 , 16:18 AFP A French court on Tuesday issued prison terms of up to 15 years to 18 people, mainly Iraqi Kurds, convicted of forming a vast gang to smuggle migrants aboard small boats across the Channel to England.

France 'closely following' case of arrested Iranian student


Tuesday, 5 November, 2024 , 07:38 AFP France is "closely following" the case of a woman student arrested in Tehran on Saturday for violating the country's strict dress code, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said Monday.

Turkey sacks 3 mayors on 'terror' charges, sparking fury in southeast


Monday, 4 November, 2024 , 20:00 AFP Angry protesters hit the streets of several cities in mainly-Kurdish southeastern Turkey on Monday after the authorities sacked three mayors on "terrorism" charges, sparking a rebuke from Europe's leading rights organisation.

Turkey sacks 3 pro-Kurdish mayors for 'terror ties'


Monday, 4 November, 2024 , 15:48 AFP Turkey on Monday sacked three mayors in the Kurdish-majority southeast on alleged "terrorism" charges, despite Ankara's apparent desire to seek a rapprochement with the Kurdish community.

US vote unlikely to revitalise Turkey ties


Monday, 4 November, 2024 , 12:55 AFP The outcome of Tuesday's knife-edge US election is unlikely to have much of an impact on the tepid ties between Washington and Ankara, although presidential chemistry might help, experts say.

Turkey sacks 3 pro-Kurdish party mayors over alleged 'terror' ties


Monday, 4 November, 2024 , 12:13 AFP Turkey on Monday sacked three mayors in the Kurdish-majority southeast on alleged "terrorism" charges, despite Ankara's apparent desire to seek a rapprochement with the Kurdish community.

Turkey sacks 3 mayors in Kurdish majority southeast


Monday, 4 November, 2024 , 10:40 AFP Turkey on Monday sacked three mayors in the Kurdish-majority southeast on alleged terrorism charges, despite Ankara's efforts to seek a rapprochement with the Kurdish community.

Turkey sacks 3 mayors in Kurdish majority southeast


Monday, 4 November, 2024 , 10:03 AFP Turkey on Monday sacked three mayors in the Kurdish-majority southeast on alleged terrorism charges, despite Ankara's efforts to seek a rapprochement with the Kurdish community.