Tuesday, 8 November, 2022 , 18:16 AFP — Sweden's parliament said Tuesday it would vote next week on a constitutional amendment that would make it possible to beef up anti-terror laws, a key demand from Turkey to approve Stockholm's NATO membership bid.

Tuesday, 8 November, 2022 , 17:28 AFP — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said another meeting would be held later this month after hosting Tuesday Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, who was hoping to persuade Turkey to drop its opposition to Sweden joining NATO.

Tuesday, 8 November, 2022 , 14:31 AFP — UN rights experts on Tuesday called on Turkey to release a doctors' union leader held on "terrorism" charges after calling for a probe into alleged army use of chemical weapons against outlawed Kurdish militants.

Tuesday, 8 November, 2022 , 11:32 AFP — Iran has charged two women journalists with propaganda against the state, the judiciary said Tuesday, as it presses a crackdown on protests sparked by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini.

Tuesday, 8 November, 2022 , 10:34 AFP — Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson was due to meet President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on Tuesday, in a bid to persuade Turkey to drop its opposition to Sweden joining NATO.

Tuesday, 8 November, 2022 , 09:17 AFP — Iran has deployed mounted police in a bid to contain more than seven weeks of protests sparked by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, according to videos posted online.

Tuesday, 8 November, 2022 , 06:45 AFP — Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson was due to meet President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on Tuesday in a top-level bid to persuade Turkey to drop its opposition to Sweden joining NATO.

Monday, 7 November, 2022 , 18:20 AFP — Iranian authorities hanged a man convicted of drug offences even though he had already been killed in a confrontation with prison officers just prior to his planned execution, an NGO said Monday.

Monday, 7 November, 2022 , 15:00 AFP — Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on Monday deplored the fate of thousands of children living in "a giant open air prison" at Syria's notorious Al-Hol camp.

Monday, 7 November, 2022 , 14:52 AFP — Human Rights Watch Monday accused the government in Damascus and Turkey of exacerbating Syria's deadly cholera outbreak by restricting aid and water-flow to the country's Kurdish-held northeast.