Saturday, 25 June, 2022 , 14:22 AFP — Norwegian police have arrested a man suspected of "Islamist terrorism" after two people were killed and 21 wounded in shootings near a gay bar in the capital Oslo on Saturday, causing the city's Pride march to be cancelled.

Saturday, 25 June, 2022 , 13:18 AFP — Norwegian police have arrested a man suspected of "Islamist terrorism" after two people were killed and 21 wounded in shootings in the normally tranquil country's capital Oslo on Saturday, causing the city's Pride march to be cancelled.

Saturday, 25 June, 2022 , 06:10 AFP — A tattooed pop star banned for her slinky dresses and support for women's rights. Kurdish artists blacklisted and concerts cancelled out of concern for alcohol-fuelled frolicking between boys and girls.

Friday, 24 June, 2022 , 12:53 AFP — A Katyusha rocket struck near an Emirati-owned gas complex in northern Iraq on Friday, a local official said, the second such unclaimed attack in as many days.

Thursday, 23 June, 2022 , 20:18 AFP — An Italy-based firm's hacking tools were used to spy on Apple and Android smartphones in Italy and Kazakhstan, Google said Thursday, casting a light on a "flourishing" spyware industry.

Thursday, 23 June, 2022 , 16:14 AFP — The Islamic State group has killed nine pro-regime fighters in one day in eastern Syria, a war monitor said Thursday, the latest in a spate of attacks in the area.

Thursday, 23 June, 2022 , 14:12 AFP — Sixty-four new Iraqi lawmakers were sworn in Thursday, making a pro-Iran bloc the largest in parliament after MPs from firebrand Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr's bloc quit earlier this month.

Wednesday, 22 June, 2022 , 16:17 AFP — A Katyusha rocket fell near a gas complex in northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region on Wednesday without damaging the facility or causing any casualties, security officials said.

Wednesday, 22 June, 2022 , 02:58 AFP — Nearly a week ago, Iraqi Kurd Barham Hama Ali found himself in the unimaginable position of being aboard a deportation flight set to take off for Kigali, thousands of miles from home.

Tuesday, 21 June, 2022 , 07:52 AFP — Belgium on Tuesday flew back 16 children of Islamic State group jihadists and six mothers with Belgian nationality, from a camp in northeastern Syria, officials said.