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UN chief urges nations to repatriate citizens from Syria camp


Thursday, 2 March, 2023 , 14:45 AFP UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for the swift repatriation of foreigners held in Syria's infamous Al-Hol camp which houses relatives of jihadists.

Iran arrests 4 over assault linked to school poisonings: media


Thursday, 2 March, 2023 , 14:23 AFP Iranian authorities arrested four people Thursday in connection with an assault on a woman outside a girls' school targeted in a wave of poisoning attacks, a news agency said.

Iran arrests 4 over assault linked to school poisonings: media


Thursday, 2 March, 2023 , 13:27 AFP Iranian authorities arrested four people Thursday in connection with an assault on a woman outside a girls' school targeted in a wave of poisoning attacks, a news agency said.

Women's rights: the decline and the fight back


Thursday, 2 March, 2023 , 04:14 AFP Activists are mobilising to reverse what they warn is a stark decline in women's rights in the run-up to International Women's Day on March 8.

Behind bars, women of Iran's Evin prison refuse to give in


Thursday, 2 March, 2023 , 03:40 AFP "Listen to this! One. Two. Three!" Down the crackling phone line from the women's wing of Tehran's Evin prison, a chorus of prisoners then launch into raucous song.

UN chief in Iraq for 'solidarity' visit


Wednesday, 1 March, 2023 , 17:23 AFP UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged Iraq to "break cycles of instability and fragility" after talks with senior officials in Baghdad on Wednesday, following a drawn-out political crisis in the war-torn country.

UN chief in Iraq for 'solidarity' visit


Wednesday, 1 March, 2023 , 14:26 AFP UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged Iraq to "break cycles of instability and fragility" after talks with senior officials in Baghdad on Wednesday, following a drawn-out political crisis in the war-torn country.

Finland gives early greenlight to NATO entry


Wednesday, 1 March, 2023 , 13:49 AFP Finland's parliament on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly in favour of joining NATO, ahead of ratifications from Hungary and Turkey, increasing the likelihood it will enter the alliance before Nordic neighbour Sweden.

Turkish drone kills two PKK-affiliated fighters in Iraq: Kurds


Wednesday, 1 March, 2023 , 11:14 AFP A Turkish drone strike in northern Iraq killed two Yazidi fighters affiliated with the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Wednesday, the second such action this week, Iraqi Kurdish officials said.

UN chief on 'solidarity' visit to Iraq


Wednesday, 1 March, 2023 , 07:04 AFP UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was in Iraq Wednesday for talks with senior officials in a show of "solidarity" after a drawn-out political crisis.