Tuesday, 7 May, 2024 , 16:14 AFP — Iraq's highest court on Tuesday temporarily suspended preparations for June 10 parliamentary elections in the autonomous northern Kurdistan region, a source of tension between the two main Kurdish parties.

Tuesday, 7 May, 2024 , 12:05 AFP — The United States announced Tuesday it had brought back two dozen Western citizens, half of them Americans, from a camp for Islamic State prisoners in Syria, its largest-ever repatriation as thousands languish.

Tuesday, 7 May, 2024 , 07:52 AFP — An Iranian court has sentenced a man to death over content he posted online during 2022 protests over the death in custody of an Iranian-Kurdish woman, the judiciary said Tuesday.

Friday, 3 May, 2024 , 17:09 AFP — Floods caused by torrential rainstorms killed four hikers in the Sulaimaniyah region of northern Iraq on Friday, local officials told AFP.

Friday, 3 May, 2024 , 11:47 AFP — Islamic State group militants killed at least 15 Syrian pro-government fighters on Friday after they attacked three military positions in the Syrian desert, a war monitor said.

Thursday, 2 May, 2024 , 13:24 AFP — Iran's judiciary rejected on Thursday a BBC report suggesting a teenage girl was sexually assaulted and killed by Revolutionary Guards during the 2022 protests triggered by Mahsa Amini's death.

Thursday, 2 May, 2024 , 12:43 AFP — US-backed Kurdish authorities in Syria Thursday denied claims by Amnesty International which accused them of torturing suspected jihadists and their dependents detained in the country's northeast.

Wednesday, 1 May, 2024 , 23:02 AFP — A UK team of archaeologists on Thursday revealed the reconstructed face of a 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman, as researchers reappraise the perception of the species as brutish and unsophisticated.

Wednesday, 1 May, 2024 , 10:07 AFP — A UAE firm said Wednesday it was taking steps to resume production from an Iraq gas complex which was halted after a deadly drone strike last week.

Tuesday, 30 April, 2024 , 16:29 AFP — French-Iranian artist Marjane Satrapi, whose graphic novel "Persepolis" tells the story of a girl growing up in post-revolutionary Iran, was Tuesday awarded Spain's prestigious Princess of Asturias communications and humanities prize.