Friday, 8 November, 2024 , 17:25 AFP — An Iranian man was jailed for 17 years on Friday for organising small boat Channel crossings for migrants to enter the UK, as Britain vows to "smash the gangs" of people smugglers.
Friday, 8 November, 2024 , 15:01 AFP — A spate of recent intelligence successes by Israel against Iran and its allies have underlined the extent of Israel's infiltration of the establishment in Iran, causing major anxiety for its leadership, analysts say.
Friday, 8 November, 2024 , 11:15 AFP — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday he was confident in the diplomatic efforts of the new Trump administration to help end the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.
Wednesday, 6 November, 2024 , 19:56 AFP — Authorities in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region said Wednesday they hoped oil exports could resume "as soon as possible" after the federal government offered higher cost payments to producers.
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".
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
