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Iran protests swell, as Guards chief says stay home


Saturday, 29 October, 2022 , 14:33 AFP Students led the way Saturday in protests across Iran over Mahsa Amini's death, even as the commander of the powerful Revolutionary Guards told them: "Do not come to the streets."

Iran protests swell, as Guards chief says stay home


Saturday, 29 October, 2022 , 13:32 AFP Protests over Mahsa Amini's death spread Saturday in universities across Iran, even as the commander of the powerful Revolutionary Guards told them: "Do not come to the streets".

After dark, Iran security forces take aim at protest buildings


Saturday, 29 October, 2022 , 10:06 AFP Iranian security forces targeted a hospital and a student dormitory overnight, a rights group said Saturday, as a protest movement that flared over Mahsa Amini's death entered a seventh week.

Australia repatriates 17 citizens from Syrian camps


Saturday, 29 October, 2022 , 05:40 AFP Four women and 13 children were repatriated to Australia on Saturday, having languished for years in squalid Syrian detention camps after the downfall of the Islamic State.

Australia repatriates 17 citizens from Syrian camps


Saturday, 29 October, 2022 , 02:34 AFP Four women and 13 children were repatriated to Australia on Saturday, having languished for years in squalid Syrian detention camps after the downfall of the Islamic State.

Iraq's new government unlikely to solve crises


Friday, 28 October, 2022 , 14:51 AFP Iraq's parliament has approved the government of Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani after more than a year of political paralysis, but the war-ravaged country is far from reaching safe shores.

NATO chief to visit Turkey on November 4: official


Friday, 28 October, 2022 , 09:08 AFP NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg will visit Turkey on November 4 for talks on Finland and Sweden's nearly completed process to join the military alliance, a Turkish official told AFP on Friday.

Iran protest deaths mount as Tehran vows 'severe response' to shrine massacre


Thursday, 27 October, 2022 , 21:52 AFP Iranian protesters on Thursday defied a deadly crackdown by security forces against nearly six weeks of women-led protests, as Tehran vowed to punish those behind a mass shooting that killed 15 worshippers at a shrine.

Iran protest deaths mount as Tehran vows 'severe response' to shrine massacre


Thursday, 27 October, 2022 , 19:59 AFP Iranian protesters on Thursday defied a deadly crackdown by security forces against nearly six weeks of women-led protests, as Tehran vowed to punish those behind a mass shooting that killed 15 worshippers at a shrine.

Iraq parliament approves new government after year of deadlock


Thursday, 27 October, 2022 , 19:55 AFP Iraqi lawmakers approved a new government on Thursday, a key step forward after bitter infighting between Shiite Muslim factions and deadly violence following contested elections.