Monday, 12 June, 2023 , 14:19 AFP — Sweden on Monday agreed to extradite to Turkey a man convicted of drug trafficking who also supported the pro-Kurdish PKK, a first since Stockholm's NATO bid was stalled by Ankara.

Monday, 12 June, 2023 , 13:53 AFP — Sweden on Monday agreed to extradite to Turkey a man convicted of drug trafficking who also supported the pro-Kurdish PKK, a first since Stockholm's NATO bid was stalled by Ankara.

Monday, 12 June, 2023 , 12:48 AFP — A Swedish appeals court on Monday said police had no legal grounds to block two gatherings where protesters had planned to burn the Koran earlier this year.

Monday, 12 June, 2023 , 11:45 AFP — Oil-rich Iraq's parliament on Monday approved a record $153 billion a year budget plan that boosts spending on infrastructure and public sector jobs in the war-scarred nation.

Monday, 12 June, 2023 , 07:41 AFP — Iraq's parliament on Monday approved a budget that boosts public spending in the war-scarred nation and grants the federal government the upper hand over oil exports from the autonomous Kurdistan region.

Sunday, 11 June, 2023 , 20:12 AFP — An Iranian policeman was killed Sunday in a car-ramming attack by a relative of a boy whose family says was killed by security forces during nationwide protests last year, local media reported.

Sunday, 11 June, 2023 , 08:21 AFP — Three Iraqi soldiers were killed and four others wounded Sunday in a pre-dawn attack in the country's north blamed on the Islamic State group, a military official said.

Friday, 9 June, 2023 , 14:53 AFP — Sweden on Friday charged a Turkish citizen for "attempted terrorist financing" of the pro-Kurdish PKK, a first in a country which is seeking Ankara's approval to join NATO.

Friday, 9 June, 2023 , 13:19 AFP — Sweden, whose NATO membership bid is currently blocked, is ready to welcome temporary NATO bases on its soil even before it is a full member, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said Friday.

Thursday, 8 June, 2023 , 10:33 AFP — The United States pledged $148 million on Thursday for stabilisation efforts in Iraq and Syria as it joined Saudi Arabia in urging Western states to repatriate foreign Islamic State group fighters and their relatives.