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Seven dead in Iran strikes on Iraqi Kurdistan: ministry
Seven dead in Iran strikes on Iraqi Kurdistan: ministry
by  AFP

Iran was accused of killing seven people and wounding 28 in cross-border strikes Wednesday against Kurdish factions in Iraq that have deplored an ongoing protest crackdown in the Islamic republic. Her death sparked protests across Iran and a crackdown that has killed at least 76 people in the Islamic republic, according to the Oslo-based group Iran Human Rights.

North Korea fires two ballistic missiles on eve of Harris trip
North Korea fires two ballistic missiles on eve of Harris trip
by  AFP

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles on Wednesday, Seoul's military said, just days after Pyongyang's last test and ahead of a visit to South Korea by US Vice President Kamala Harris. South Korea's military said it had "detected two short-range ballistic missiles fired from the Sunan area in Pyongyang".

'Just military exercises, right?': families send off Russian reservists
'Just military exercises, right?': families send off Russian reservists
by  AFP

Outside an army recruitment centre in Saint Petersburg, women and children embrace Russian men called up to fight in Ukraine, whispering among each other where their loved ones will be sent. At the army centre in southern Saint Petersburg, AFP journalists saw men between 20 and 40 years old.

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