Tuesday, 14 June, 2022 , 16:05 AFP — Finland's Prime Minister said Tuesday that Finland's and Sweden's NATO applications could stall if an agreement with Turkey, which is currently blocking their bids, is not reached before a summit this month.

Monday, 13 June, 2022 , 15:28 AFP — Sweden is safer now than before it applied for NATO membership, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday, even though it is in a grey zone with its application stalled by Turkey.

Monday, 13 June, 2022 , 15:28 AFP — Iraq, an oil-rich but poverty-stricken country battered by decades of war and insurgency, has been mired in a long political crisis that just took a turn for the worse.

Sunday, 12 June, 2022 , 20:28 AFP — Iraqi lawmakers from firebrand Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr's bloc resigned Sunday, the parliamentary speaker said, in a move ostensibly designed to up pressure to end an eight-month political paralysis.

Sunday, 12 June, 2022 , 19:10 AFP — Iraqi lawmakers from firebrand Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr's bloc resigned Sunday, the parliamentary speaker said, in a move designed to up pressure to end an eight-month political paralysis.

Sunday, 12 June, 2022 , 15:05 AFP — Turkey's blockage of Sweden's and Finland's NATO membership bids may not be resolved in time for the alliance's summit later this month, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Sunday.

Saturday, 11 June, 2022 , 12:04 AFP — Iraq's death toll from tick-borne Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever has increased to 27 this year, according to the latest figures released Saturday by authorities struggling to contain an outbreak.

Friday, 10 June, 2022 , 16:10 AFP — Eight Iranian men convicted of theft are in imminent risk of having their fingers cut off, campaign groups warned on Friday, urging global action to halt the "inhuman" punishment.

Friday, 10 June, 2022 , 13:00 AFP — Eight Iranian men convicted of theft and held outside Tehran are in imminent risk of having their fingers cut off, an NGO warned on Friday, decrying the punishment as "inhuman".

Thursday, 9 June, 2022 , 15:00 AFP — Iraq's firebrand Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr made a high-stakes protest Thursday by calling on the 73 lawmakers loyal to him to ready resignation papers to end an eight-month parliamentary paralysis.