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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Thursday, 27 October, 2022 , 19:34 AFP — Kurdish politician Aysel Tugluk was released from jail in northwest Turkey late Thursday after a medical report that her dementia did not allow her to remain behind bars.

Thursday, 27 October, 2022 , 18:10 AFP — The UN special rapporteur on human rights in Iran denounced on Thursday the "brutality" of Tehran's regime and called for an international mechanism to investigate scores of deaths since the start of recent protests.

Thursday, 27 October, 2022 , 18:08 AFP — Iraqi lawmakers approved a new government Thursday after a year-long crisis triggered by contested elections, the office of the prime minister said.

Thursday, 27 October, 2022 , 14:34 AFP — Iran's leaders vowed Thursday to "punish" those behind a shooting that killed 15 worshippers at a Shiite Muslim shrine, as security forces pushed on with their deadly crackdown against women-led protests.