Friday, 15 December, 2023 , 17:28 AFP — Some 430 Americans of Yazidi background and Nobel laureate Nadia Murad accused French conglomerate Lafarge of supporting brutal attacks on the population through a conspiracy with the Islamic State, according to a complaint reviewed Friday by AFP.

Thursday, 14 December, 2023 , 17:22 AFP — Britain introduced a raft of new sanctions Thursday targeting Iran's "decision makers and those doing its bidding", including Hamas and other Palestinian militants.

Thursday, 14 December, 2023 , 14:40 AFP — Britain on Thursday introduced a raft of new sanctions targeting Iran's "decision makers and those doing its bidding", including Hamas and other Palestinian militants.

Thursday, 14 December, 2023 , 03:51 AFP — Iraqi voters go to the polls Monday to select members of the powerful provincial councils, in the first election of its kind in a decade.

Wednesday, 13 December, 2023 , 12:02 AFP — Iraq's parliament postponed until further notice its planned vote for a new speaker on Wednesday, local media reported, with MPs focused on local elections.

Tuesday, 12 December, 2023 , 15:32 AFP — The European Parliament on Tuesday presented a top EU rights prize to Mahsa Amini, whose death in Iranian custody sparked mass protests, but her family was blocked by Tehran from attending.

Tuesday, 12 December, 2023 , 12:21 AFP — The European Parliament on Tuesday presented a top EU rights prize to Mahsa Amini, whose death in Iranian custody sparked mass protests, but her family was blocked by Tehran from attending.

Tuesday, 12 December, 2023 , 07:10 AFP — EU lawmakers on Tuesday present a top rights prize to Mahsa Amini, whose death in Iranian custody sparked mass protests, but her family won't attend after being blocked by Tehran.

Monday, 11 December, 2023 , 12:28 AFP — European Parliament members on Monday urged Iran to allow the family of Mahsa Amini, whose death in custody sparked global protests, to travel to France to collect the EU's top rights prize.

Sunday, 10 December, 2023 , 17:55 AFP — Imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi denounced Sunday a "tyrannical and anti-women religious" government in Iran, in a speech delivered by her children who accepted the award in her absence.