Sunday, 24 March, 2024 , 12:55 AFP — Turks will vote next Sunday in local polls as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, buoyed by a strong showing in last year's general elections, sets his sights on winning back Istanbul.

Sunday, 24 March, 2024 , 04:06 AFP — Fatih Macoglu, the popular "Communist Mayor" of a city in eastern Turkey, is now vying for control of a vibrant and hip Istanbul district along the Asian banks of the Bosphorus.

Sunday, 24 March, 2024 , 02:13 AFP — A pro-Kurdish candidate, who lost his arm in prison during a police raid after a hunger strike in 2000, has turned three decades of social activism into a fight against the anti-migrant sentiment dominating local elections in Turkey.

Sunday, 24 March, 2024 , 01:58 AFP — Turks will vote next Sunday in local elections as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, buoyed by a strong showing in last year's general elections, sets his sights on winning back Istanbul.

Wednesday, 20 March, 2024 , 02:34 AFP — Ali is 12 and has survived things no child should see, spending half his life in what amounts to a prison camp for jihadist families in an arid corner of northeastern Syria.

Monday, 18 March, 2024 , 18:42 AFP — The main party in northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region said on Monday it would boycott local elections, accusing the Baghdad-based supreme court of interfering in regional affairs.

Monday, 18 March, 2024 , 16:32 AFP — Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi on Monday called on countries to increase pressure on Tehran over its "egregious" human rights abuses.

Monday, 18 March, 2024 , 15:56 AFP — Iran says in an official report that fewer than 300 people died during protests in 2022 sparked by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini after she allegedly broke the country's Islamic dress code.

Monday, 18 March, 2024 , 14:55 AFP — The main party in northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region said on Monday it would boycott local elections, accusing the Baghdad-based supreme court of interfering in regional affairs.

Monday, 18 March, 2024 , 10:27 AFP — Millions of Iranians will travel to be with their families for Nowruz, the Persian New Year, on Wednesday but economic troubles in the sanctions-hit country are weighing on the festivities.