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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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".

Tuesday, 17 January, 2023 , 16:46 AFP — Iran on Tuesday hailed the resumption of the first direct ministerial talks between arch-rivals Ankara and Damascus since the outbreak of the Syria civil war more than a decade ago.

Tuesday, 17 January, 2023 , 16:24 AFP — Iran's main filmmakers' union on Tuesday called on authorities to release renowned dissident director Jafar Panahi, who has been imprisoned for six months.

Tuesday, 17 January, 2023 , 15:56 AFP — Iran's main filmmakers' union on Tuesday called on authorities to release renowned dissident director Jafar Panahi, who has been imprisoned for six months.

Tuesday, 17 January, 2023 , 14:23 AFP — Iran has arrested a German national for allegedly photographing oil facilities in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, an Iranian newspaper reported Tuesday.