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Turkey asks US for F-16 jets amid NATO, Congress rows


Wednesday, 18 January, 2023 , 21:58 AFP Turkey on Wednesday appealed to the United States to expedite F-16 jets, a sale some US officials hope could coax Ankara to lift objections to NATO expansion but is bitterly opposed by a key senator.

Turkey asks US for F-16 jets amid NATO, Congress rows


Wednesday, 18 January, 2023 , 21:05 AFP Turkey on Wednesday appealed to the United States to expedite F-16 jets, a sale some US officials hope could coax Ankara to lift objections to NATO expansion but is bitterly opposed by a key senator.

Turkey asks US for F-16 jets amid NATO, Congress rows


Wednesday, 18 January, 2023 , 20:23 AFP Turkey on Wednesday appealed to the United States to expedite F-16 jets, a sale some US officials hope could coax Ankara to lift objections to NATO expansion but is bitterly opposed by a key senator.

Iraq repatriates 142 families from Syria camp


Wednesday, 18 January, 2023 , 19:59 AFP Iraq has repatriated 580 residents of Syria's Al-Hol displacement camp which houses relatives of suspected Islamic State group jihadists, the US army and an Iraqi official said.

Swedish far-right leader calls Erdogan 'Islamist dictator'


Wednesday, 18 January, 2023 , 16:31 AFP The leader of the far-right Sweden Democrats has attacked Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as an "Islamist dictator" as Ankara maintains its objections to approving Stockholm's bid for NATO membership.

Erdogan sets stage for May 14 Turkish election


Wednesday, 18 January, 2023 , 15:27 AFP President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hinted Wednesday that he would bring the date of Turkey's most consequential election in generations forward to May 14 in a bid to catch his rivals off guard.

Erdogan sets stage for May 14 Turkish election


Wednesday, 18 January, 2023 , 12:39 AFP President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday signalled that he intended to bring the date of Turkey's most consequential general election in generations forward by one month to May 14.

Iranian man gets eight years for beheading teen wife


Wednesday, 18 January, 2023 , 11:38 AFP An Iranian man has been jailed for more than eight years after decapitating his wife and displaying her head in public, in a case that shocked the country, the judiciary said Wednesday.

Former Iran president's son freed after seven years


Wednesday, 18 January, 2023 , 09:48 AFP A son of former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been freed after serving more than seven years of a 10-year jail sentence for fraud, Iranian media reported Wednesday.

France concerned for health of French-Irish citizen held in Iran


Tuesday, 17 January, 2023 , 18:22 AFP France is "extremely worried" about the health of a French-Irish citizen held in Iran, the foreign ministry said Tuesday, as UN rights experts accused Tehran of institutionalised "hostage-taking".