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Sweden approves NATO entry as Turkey, Hungary ratifications drag


Wednesday, 22 March, 2023 , 15:38 AFP — Sweden's parliament voted Wednesday in favour of joining NATO despite delays by Hungary and Turkey to ratify its membership bid, which will likely lead to Sweden joining after neighbouring Finland.

Two sentenced to death in Iraq over activist's abduction


Wednesday, 22 March, 2023 , 14:12 AFP — An Iraqi court has sentenced two men to death in absentia for the 2020 kidnapping and disappearance of an anti-government activist, the judiciary said Wednesday.

Kingmaker party gives tacit backing to Erdogan rival in polls


Wednesday, 22 March, 2023 , 11:27 AFP — Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party said Wednesday it would not field a presidential candidate in May elections, giving tacit support to Recep Tayyip Erdogan's secular rival in the crucial vote.

Pro-Kurdish party gives tacit support to Erdogan rival in polls


Wednesday, 22 March, 2023 , 09:38 AFP — Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party said Wednesday it would not field a presidential candidate in May elections, giving tacit support to Recep Tayyip Erdogan's rival in the crucial vote.

Once banned, now back: Iran sees timid return of neckties


Wednesday, 22 March, 2023 , 04:09 AFP — Mohammad Javad enters a fashionable shop in well-to-do north Tehran with his mother. For the first time ever he wants a necktie, long banned in Iran as a symbol of Western decadence.

Erdogan pledges to ease Iraq's water shortage


Tuesday, 21 March, 2023 , 17:05 AFP — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged Tuesday to step up the flow of water along the Tigris River to drought-stricken Iraq for one month.

Khamenei says Iran not 'upset' with Europeans


Tuesday, 21 March, 2023 , 15:59 AFP — Iran's supreme leader on Tuesday said the Islamic republic is not "upset" with European nations and is ready to work with them if they do not "blindly follow US policies".

Thousands mourn Syria Kurd civilians killed by pro-Turkish fighters


Tuesday, 21 March, 2023 , 12:35 AFP — Thousands of angry Kurds rallied in rebel-held northern Syria on Tuesday after pro-Turkish fighters killed four fellow Kurds who were celebrating their Nowruz new year festival, an AFP correspondent reported.

Iraq fashionistas champion climate-friendly vintage wear


Tuesday, 21 March, 2023 , 04:32 AFP — In a palm grove north of Baghdad, bemused Iraqi shepherds looked on as models paraded second-hand garments down an improvised catwalk, seeking to raise awareness of the fashion industry's environmental impact.

Pro-Turkey fighters kill 4 Syria Kurds celebrating Nowruz: monitor


Monday, 20 March, 2023 , 20:53 AFP — Turkish-backed fighters shot at a family of Kurds celebrating the festival of Nowruz in northern Syria on Monday, killing at least four people, a war monitor said.