Thursday, 28 May, 2026 , 02:51 AFP — Australian police charged on Thursday a woman allegedly linked to the Islamic State group (IS) with membership of a terrorist organisation and entering a known conflict zone.

Wednesday, 27 May, 2026 , 19:58 AFP — An Austrian court on Wednesday sentenced an unrepentant 24-year-old Syrian Kurd refugee to life in prison over a jihadist knife attack which claimed the life of a teenage boy and wounded five.

Tuesday, 26 May, 2026 , 10:02 AFP — A group of seven women and 12 children linked to suspected Islamic State fighters returned to Australia on Tuesday after years in Syria, police said.

Monday, 25 May, 2026 , 23:59 AFP — A group of seven women and 12 children linked to Islamic State fighters are bound for Australia after years in Syria, the Australian interior minister said on Tuesday.

Monday, 25 May, 2026 , 15:49 AFP — Iran on Monday executed a man on charges related to protests this year, the latest in a spree of hangings on political or security accusations since the start of the US-Israeli war with dozens more risking execution, rights groups said.

Monday, 25 May, 2026 , 13:18 AFP — Prominent Syrian Kurdish parties and forces on Monday rejected the outcome of a ballot organised by Damascus a day earlier in the country's northeast to select members of the national parliament.

Monday, 25 May, 2026 , 09:27 AFP — Jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan warned against any delay in taking legal steps to flesh out the peace process with Ankara, in a message shared on Monday.

Sunday, 24 May, 2026 , 12:18 AFP — Predominantly Kurdish areas of northeastern Syria were holding a ballot on Sunday to choose representatives for the country's transitional parliament, following an agreement this year on integrating the areas into the central authorities.

Sunday, 24 May, 2026 , 06:48 AFP — Iran on Sunday hanged a man convicted of espionage, the judiciary said, the first known execution for a spying offence committed during the war with Israel and the United States.

Saturday, 23 May, 2026 , 07:46 AFP — The last Australian women and children held in a northeast Syria camp housing relatives of suspected foreign jihadists left the site this week seeking to return home, a camp official told AFP on Saturday.