Tuesday, 18 October, 2022 , 17:44 AFP — French cement giant Lafarge SA was slapped with a $778 million fine Tuesday for making millions in payments to the Islamic State and another jihadist group to build its business in Syria.
Tuesday, 18 October, 2022 , 15:00 AFP — A year on from Iraq's elections, major political parties announced Tuesday they want parliament to convene within days to hold a confidence vote in their proposed government.
Monday, 17 October, 2022 , 11:32 AFP — Iraq's newly-elected President Abdul Latif Rashid pledged Monday on taking office to throw his weight behind efforts to rapidly form a strong new government.
Sunday, 16 October, 2022 , 17:32 AFP — Authorities in northern Iraq on Sunday unveiled an "archaeological park" of 2,700-year-old carvings from the rule of the Assyrians, including showing kings praying to the gods.
Sunday, 16 October, 2022 , 02:58 AFP — A fire and clashes erupted at Tehran's notorious Evin prison Saturday night as the protest movement sparked by Mahsa Amini's death in custody entered a fifth week.
Sunday, 16 October, 2022 , 01:51 AFP — One month ago, a 22-year-old woman was pronounced dead after she had been detained by Iran's notorious morality police for alleged violations of the Islamic republic's strict dress code for women.
Sunday, 16 October, 2022 , 01:34 AFP — On an early autumn day in Tehran, the morality police arrested in a city park a 22-year-old Iranian woman who was in the capital on a family visit, bundled her into a van and drove her to the police station.
Saturday, 15 October, 2022 , 23:49 AFP — A fire and clashes erupted at Tehran's notorious Evin prison Saturday night as the protest movement sparked by Mahsa Amini's death in custody entered a fifth week.
Saturday, 15 October, 2022 , 23:04 AFP — A fire and clashes erupted at Tehran's notorious Evin prison Saturday night as the protest movement sparked by Mahsa Amini's death in custody entered a fifth week.
Saturday, 15 October, 2022 , 21:09 AFP — A fire and clashes erupted at Tehran's notorious Evin prison Saturday night as the protest movement sparked by Mahsa Amini's death in custody entered a fifth week.
