Tuesday, 9 May, 2023 , 19:48 AFP — Like Arman Soldin, a video reporter killed in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, several other AFP journalists and staff have died on mission or in attacks since the news agency's creation in 1944.

Tuesday, 9 May, 2023 , 09:13 AFP — Human Rights Watch criticised Iraqi authorities Tuesday for failing to pay compensation to those who lost homes during the Islamic State group's brutal occupation of the Yazidi stronghold of Sinjar.

Monday, 8 May, 2023 , 14:21 AFP — The parliamentary assembly of the world's largest security organisation, the OSCE, voiced disappointment on Monday after Turkey barred two lawmakers from a 100-strong mission to monitor the country's May 14 elections.

Monday, 8 May, 2023 , 10:52 AFP — Iran has charged two more actresses for violating the country's dress code for women, the latest in a series of similar indictments against celebrities in the Islamic republic, local media reported Monday.

Sunday, 7 May, 2023 , 13:23 AFP — The head of Iran's athletics federation resigned Sunday over a sporting event featuring women without the mandatory headscarf, state media reported, as the Islamic republic toughens enforcement of hijab rules.

Sunday, 7 May, 2023 , 06:35 AFP — Exhausted by crackdowns in Turkey's Kurdish heartland, Ali is backing the main rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in elections next Sunday -- though his faith in the presidential hopeful is not great.

Sunday, 7 May, 2023 , 06:27 AFP — Turkey's multi-faceted opposition alliance wants to undo President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's two-decade legacy of highly centralised and religiously conservative rule.

Sunday, 7 May, 2023 , 06:18 AFP — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's two-decade domination of Turkey has seen some groups prosper and others suffer in the highly polarised country.

Sunday, 7 May, 2023 , 05:52 AFP — There were 100 of them, all lawyers, determined to make next Sunday's Turkish election as transparent as possible.

Sunday, 7 May, 2023 , 05:50 AFP — Turkey's would-be successor to Recep Tayyip Erdogan has a deceivingly simple plan: ensure a smooth transition from two decades of Islamic-rooted rule and then leave after stripping the presidency of its powers.