Tuesday, 28 February, 2023 , 02:10 AFP — Finland, which has one of Europe's longest borders with Russia, on Tuesday kicks off a parliamentary debate aimed at accelerating the country's bid to join NATO, increasing the likelihood it will leave neighbour and military partner Sweden behind.

Monday, 27 February, 2023 , 12:48 AFP — A convicted Islamic State member allegedly linked to the group's notorious "Beatles" kidnap-and-murder cell appeared in a UK court ahead of the planned start Monday of his terror trial.

Monday, 27 February, 2023 , 11:13 AFP — A Turkish drone attack Monday in northern Iraq killed at least three fighters from the minority Yazidi community affiliated with the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Iraqi Kurdish officials said.

Monday, 27 February, 2023 , 10:49 AFP — A Turkish drone attack Monday in northern Iraq killed at least three fighters from the minority Yazidi community affiliated with the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Iraqi Kurdish officials said.

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Monday, 27 February, 2023 , 08:01 AFP — Turkey said on Monday that NATO accession talks with Sweden and Finland would be held next month, after being postponed in January over a row about protests held in Stockholm.

Monday, 27 February, 2023 , 06:25 AFP — The UK terror trial of an alleged member of the Islamic State (IS) group's "Beatles" kidnap-and-murder cell begins on Monday.

Sunday, 26 February, 2023 , 14:54 AFP — An Iranian deputy minister on Sunday said "some people" were poisoning schoolgirls in the holy city of Qom with the aim of shutting down education for girls, state media reported.

Sunday, 26 February, 2023 , 14:17 AFP — Iran has released a Spanish woman, Ana Baneira, who had been in detention since November, Spain's foreign minister said on Sunday.

Sunday, 26 February, 2023 , 11:06 AFP — Iran has released a Spanish woman who had been detained in the country since November, Spain's foreign minister said Sunday.