Wednesday, 19 July, 2023 , 19:33 AFP — Baghdad on Wednesday criticised Washington after the US State Department expressed concern about "harassment" of the patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic church in Iraq.
Wednesday, 19 July, 2023 , 13:05 AFP — A court in Iran has given a prominent actress a suspended two-year prison sentence for failing to wear the compulsory hijab headscarf in public, local media reported on Wednesday.
Tuesday, 18 July, 2023 , 20:22 AFP — The United States on Tuesday expressed concern Monday over political attacks in Iraq on Catholic Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, but appealed for him to return to Baghdad.
Monday, 17 July, 2023 , 12:19 AFP — Iranian authorities have shuttered an educational centre accused of "inciting riots" during last year's mass demonstrations triggered by the death in custody of a young woman, state media reported Monday.
Sunday, 16 July, 2023 , 12:11 AFP — Iranian police on Sunday relaunched patrols to catch the increasing number of women leaving their hair uncovered in public in defiance of a strict dress code, state media reported.
Sunday, 16 July, 2023 , 04:44 AFP — An oppressive heat beats down on the central Iraqi province of Babylon, where drought and rising temperatures are hitting bees and honey production hard.
Saturday, 15 July, 2023 , 17:46 AFP — A prominent Iraqi Christian leader announced Saturday he would leave Baghdad for the autonomous Kurdistan region, denouncing the president's role in a "disgusting" campaign against him.
Wednesday, 12 July, 2023 , 19:35 AFP — US President Joe Biden Wednesday arrived in Finland, which joined NATO in April, where he will meet Finnish President Sauli Niinisto and the prime ministers of the Nordic countries.
Tuesday, 11 July, 2023 , 16:46 AFP — US President Joe Biden thanked his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday for his "courage" in dropping opposition to Sweden's entry to NATO.
Tuesday, 11 July, 2023 , 09:43 AFP — NATO leaders met Tuesday in Vilnius vowing to send a positive signal to Ukraine on its quest to join the alliance.
