Wednesday, 25 June, 2025 , 13:50 AFP — Iran on Wednesday hanged three men convicted of spying for Israel after what activists decried as an unfair trial, bringing to six the number of people executed on such charges since the start of the war between the Islamic republic and Israel.

Wednesday, 25 June, 2025 , 08:31 AFP — As the fragile Iran-Israel truce took hold, there was no letup in Turkey's diplomatic efforts Wednesday to prevent any return to a conflict fraught with risk for Ankara's domestic and regional policies.

Monday, 23 June, 2025 , 19:50 AFP — Iraqi security sources told AFP that Iran had not attacked the main base hosting US troops in the country "so far", after the Islamic republic launched missiles at an American military facility in Qatar.

Monday, 23 June, 2025 , 06:05 AFP — Iran's judiciary said it executed on Monday a man found guilty of spying for Israel, as fighting between the two countries entered its 11th day.

Sunday, 22 June, 2025 , 19:44 AFP — At least 20 people were killed Sunday in a suicide attack on a church in Damascus, authorities said, with Syria's interior ministry blaming a member of the Islamic State group.

Sunday, 22 June, 2025 , 19:13 AFP — At least 20 people were killed Sunday in a suicide attack on a church in Damascus, authorities said, with Syria's interior ministry blaming a member of the Islamic State group.

Saturday, 21 June, 2025 , 06:24 AFP — Water levels at Iraq's vast Dukan Dam reservoir have plummeted as a result of dwindling rains and further damming upstream, hitting millions of inhabitants already impacted by drought with stricter water rationing.

Thursday, 19 June, 2025 , 16:48 AFP — Iranian authorities have arrested Toomaj Salehi, a prominent rapper who is sharply critical of the Islamic republic's leadership, the artist's supporters said on his social media accounts on Thursday.

Thursday, 19 June, 2025 , 13:28 AFP — Israel increasingly appears eager to oust the clerical leadership that has ruled Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution but is taking a gamble given the Iranian opposition is divided and there is no guarantee new rulers would be any less hardline, analysts say.

Wednesday, 18 June, 2025 , 17:01 AFP — Leaders of the pro-Kurdish DEM party on Wednesday urged Turkey to act swiftly to cement the peace moves after the Kurdish militant PKK ended its decades-long armed struggle.