Friday, 10 March, 2023 , 03:17 AFP — Twenty years after the US-led invasion of Iraq toppled Saddam Hussein, the oil-rich country remains deeply scarred by the conflict and, while closer to the United States, far from the liberal democracy Washington had envisioned.

Thursday, 9 March, 2023 , 17:22 AFP — Representatives from Turkey, Sweden and Finland agreed at a meeting Thursday to hold more talks on the stalled bids by the Nordic countries to join NATO, the alliance said.

Thursday, 9 March, 2023 , 13:48 AFP — Turkey's top court on Thursday restored the funding of a pro-Kurdish party that has emerged as a kingmaker in crucial May 14 parliamentary and presidential polls.

Wednesday, 8 March, 2023 , 23:44 AFP — Women hit the streets from Kabul to Mexico City on Wednesday to mark International Women's Day and stand up for rights that are coming under increasing attack.

Wednesday, 8 March, 2023 , 16:55 AFP — The British government hit back on Wednesday at critics including the United Nations and football presenter Gary Lineker, after he compared its new plan on illegal immigration to the rhetoric of Nazi-era Germany.

Tuesday, 7 March, 2023 , 22:28 AFP — Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said Tuesday he hoped to "strengthen and broaden" relations with Iraq, on a Baghdad visit ahead of the 20th anniversary of the US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.

Tuesday, 7 March, 2023 , 19:03 AFP — NATO Security General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday that he saw some "progress" in Sweden and Finland's stalled bids to join, ahead of talks with Turkey set to restart this week.

Tuesday, 7 March, 2023 , 15:33 AFP — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's newly anointed rival in May elections pledged Tuesday to "end this madness" and turn Turkey into a peaceful nation in which its various communities get along.

Tuesday, 7 March, 2023 , 13:47 AFP — The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday condemned Turkey for failing to protect the private life of a prominent Turkish actress who had been secretly filmed kissing another celebrity at her home in footage broadcast on television.

Tuesday, 7 March, 2023 , 12:37 AFP — Iran announced Tuesday it had made the first arrests in a spate of mystery poisonings of schoolgirls that has affected more than 5,000 pupils since late November.