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.
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.
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.
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.
Wednesday, 1 March, 2023 , 04:22 AFP — Haydar Karar spends eight hours a day tidying a carpentry shop and lugging wooden beams, forced like many other Iraqi children into work by poverty and conflict.
Tuesday, 28 February, 2023 , 23:26 AFP — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in Iraq for his first visit in six years Tuesday in a show of "solidarity" after a drawn-out political crisis in the country.
Tuesday, 28 February, 2023 , 17:50 AFP — Finland's parliament moved closer Tuesday toward accelerating its bid to join NATO, increasing the likelihood that it would leave its neighbour Sweden behind to rapidly enter the trans-Atlantic defence pact.
Tuesday, 28 February, 2023 , 14:36 AFP — Dozens of Iranian schoolgirls needed hospital treatment on Tuesday after another mysterious poisoning, a news agency reported, the latest in a spate of suspected attacks in the Islamic republic.
Tuesday, 28 February, 2023 , 13:16 AFP — Dozens of schoolgirls in Iran were hospitalised on Tuesday after a mysterious poisoning, an Iranian news agency reported, the latest in a spate of suspected attacks in the Islamic republic.
Tuesday, 28 February, 2023 , 11:58 AFP — Finland on Tuesday kicks off a parliamentary debate aimed at accelerating the country's NATO bid, increasing the likelihood it will leave neighbour and military partner Sweden behind.
