Tuesday, 4 April, 2023 , 17:45 AFP — Finland's blue-and-white Nordic cross flag was hoisted outside NATO headquarters on Tuesday as it became the alliance's 31st member, in a historic realignment of Europe's defences spurred by Russia's war on Ukraine.
Tuesday, 4 April, 2023 , 16:45 AFP — While Finland Tuesday became a full NATO member, Sweden's membership bid remains blocked, an "embarrassing" delay if short-lived but which could make Sweden more vulnerable and create problems within NATO if it drags on, experts told AFP.
Tuesday, 4 April, 2023 , 15:46 AFP — A Swedish court on Tuesday overturned a police move to ban two gatherings where protesters had planned to burn Korans, as five suspected Islamists were arrested for plotting a "terrorist act" over a similar demonstration.
Tuesday, 4 April, 2023 , 15:12 AFP — Finland's blue-and-white Nordic cross flag was hoisted outside NATO headquarters on Tuesday as it became the 31st member of the alliance, in the first step of a historic realignment of Europe's defences sparked by Russia's war on Ukraine.
Tuesday, 4 April, 2023 , 13:36 AFP — Finland became the 31st member of NATO on Tuesday, in a historic realignment of Europe's defences that drew an angry warning of "countermeasures" from the Kremlin.
Tuesday, 4 April, 2023 , 13:34 AFP — France was on Tuesday set to try 11 alleged senior members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), accused of extortion, terrorist financing and propaganda for the organisation.
Tuesday, 4 April, 2023 , 13:32 AFP — The US military said Tuesday it had launched a strike in Syria killing a senior Islamic State group militant responsible for planning attacks in Turkey and Europe.
Tuesday, 4 April, 2023 , 13:26 AFP — Iranian security forces have killed at least 537 people in a crackdown on protests that erupted in September, a rights group said on Tuesday, sharply revising upwards its previous toll.
Tuesday, 4 April, 2023 , 13:14 AFP — Iraq's federal government and the Kurdistan autonomous region signed an accord Tuesday to allow Kurdish oil exports to resume through Turkey after they were halted 10 days earlier.
Tuesday, 4 April, 2023 , 12:17 AFP — Finland becomes the 31st member of NATO on Tuesday, in a historic shift that drew an angry warning of "countermeasures" from the Kremlin.
