Questions hang over Kurdistan Region’s judiciary after treatment of Badinan journalists, activists: speaker
A Raparin Police spokesperson Shorsh Ismael said that a man was shot and wounded in Chwarqurna sub-district on Friday (April 16).
Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament Rewaz Fayaq has criticized a controversial six-year prison sentence handed down against five activists and journalists from the Badinan area, saying that no one would be doubting the court’s decision if they had been treated fairly.
Turkish warplanes twice bombed targets in Duhok governorate’s Dinarat sub-district, hearing areas near Guahana and Mimber villges on Friday (April 16), with no casualties immediately reported
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday (April 16) robustly defended his foreign minister after he traded barbs in an unusually public spat with his Greek counterpart.
Iraq’s Ministry of Health said on Friday (April 16) it recorded 7,561 new coronavirus infections and 30 deaths in the country over the past 24 hours.
Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Masoud Barzani commemorated on Friday (April 16) the 34th anniversary of the chemical attack on Balisan and Sheikh Wasan by saying that every part of Kurdistan had witnessed atrocities.
Iran has begun producing uranium at 60 percent purity and is making nine grams per hour, the head of the Islamic republic's atomic agency said on Friday (April 16).
Food safety officials said on Friday (April 16) that they had seized 600 kilograms (1,323 pounds) of expired dates in Bazian sub-district.
Iraq’s Ministry of Interior said on Friday (April 16) that the security forces in Nineveh governorate discovered approximately $ 1.5 million in cash that Islamic State (ISIS) militants hid in a house in Mosul when the group controlled the city and abandoned when it was recaptured.
The US dollars to the Iraqi dinar (IQD) exchange rates was up on the Kurdistan Region’s currency markets on Friday (April 16).
Crude oil prices were up on Friday (April 16) compared with the previous day.
The UN special envoy to Yemen urged its warring parties Thursday (April 15) to accept a proposed peace plan, telling the Security Council that the blueprint has international backing.
Head of the Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) Environmental Board Abdulrahman Sadiq said on Thursday (April 15) that the Board will open an office in Halabja governorate following approval by the Council of Ministers.
Iraq’s Ministry of Interior appointed Brigadier-General Kawa Gharib Abdulrahman as the new Kirkuk police director on Thursday (April 15), taking over the position from Major General Ali Kamal.
Lebanon's energy minister on Thursday (April 15) blamed the country's chronic fuel shortages on smugglers exporting subsidised supplies into war-torn Syria.
Diplomats said Thursday (April 15) that the latest talks in Vienna to save the 2015 Iran nuclear deal were positive despite fresh tensions over Tehran's announcement that it was preparing to ramp up uranium enrichment in response to an attack on a facility it blamed on arch-foe Israel.
The foreign ministers of Greece and Turkey on Thursday (April 15) clashed on a wide range of issues during a volatile press conference at the end of their first meeting in over a year.
Turkish warplanes bombed targets in Duhok governorate's Kani Masi sub-district on Thursday (April 15), with no casualties immediately reported.
The trial opened in Berlin on Thursday (April 15) of an Iraqi man accused of causing a series of motorway crashes in an Islamist-inspired episode of religious mania.
A fire burned significant sections of Erbil’s Saidawa bazaar on Thursday evening (April 15).
Eight Egyptian architects have won an international competition for the reconstruction of the historic Al-Nouri Mosque complex in Mosul, Iraq, selection organiser UNESCO said Thursday (April 15).
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi’s advisor for electoral affairs Abdul Hussein al-Hindawi said on Thursday (April 15) that early parliamentary elections scheduled for October 10 will held on the same day in all governorates and will not be delayed in any regions.
The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Ministry of Health announced on Thursday (April 15) it had officially recorded 810 new cases of coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours.
The Sirwan River has largely dried up because of a lack of rain this winter and Iranian dam construction upstream, causing concern that there will be a severe drought in parts of the Kurdistan Region this summer.
Iraq’s Ministry of Health said on Thursday (April 15) it recorded 7,810 new coronavirus infections and 49 deaths in the country over the past 24 hours.
Syria's central bank devalued the pound on Thursday (April 15), bringing the currency's official exchange rate closer to the black market rate, two days after the government sacked its governor.
Taqtaq Police Chief Harem Dlshad said on Thursday (April 15) that a man killed his 23-year-old daughter in Kani Lala village before dumping her body in the Little Zab River.
An explosion hit Baghdad’s Sadr City neighborhood on Thursday (April 15), killing an estimated fifteen people and wounding 35 others according to initial estimates.
The remains of Khaled al-Assaad, a Syrian archaeologist beheaded by Islamic State (ISIS) group jihadists, have yet to be recovered, his son told AFP on Wednesday (April 14).
Syria on Wednesday (April 14) angrily rejected a global watchdog's report that found it had used chemical weapons on a rebel-held town in 2018, dismissing the charge as "fabricated".
The US dollars to the Iraqi dinar (IQD) exchange rates was down on the Kurdistan Region’s currency markets on Thursday (April 15). $100 was at 147,950 Iraqi d
An explosion at a scrap metal processing facility in Sulaimani governorate’s Tanjaro area killed one worker on Thursday morning (April 15).
Before arriving in Madrid, Muhammed, Ayham, Okba and Moussa honed their skills as journalists during Syria's bloody civil war and now they have opened Spain's first refugee-led digital magazine Thursday (April 15).
Crude oil prices were up on Thursday (April 15) compared with the previous day.
Erbil Airbase and a Turkish military facility near Bashiqa in Nineveh governorate were hit in closely-timed attacks on Wednesday night (April 14).
Head of the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Department of Foreign Relations Safeen Dizayee on Wednesday (April 14) sought to downplay the notion that foreign diplomats were putting pressure on Erbil for its controversial prosecution of five journalists and activists from the Badinan area, amid continuing alarm about the deteriorating state of press freedom in the Region.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday (April 14) slammed Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi for calling him a "dictator", saying it was vulgar.
European powers on Wednesday (April 14) expressed "grave concern" over Iran's move to boost uranium enrichment to 60 percent in response to what Tehran says was an attack by Israel against a key nuclear facility.
Sulaimani Mayor Awat Muhammad said that an historical site was discovered in one of the oldest parts of the city on Wednesday (April 14).
Iraq’s Ministry of Health said on Wednesday (April 14) it recorded 7,979 new coronavirus infections and 40 deaths in the country over the past 24 hours.
The suspects in an alleged plot to destabilise Jordan will go trial in the kingdom's State Security Court, state television reported Wednesday (April 14).
Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU) lawmaker Abubakir Haladani said during a parliamentary debate on Wednesday (April 14) that the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) denied a request by Jalamord village in Chamchamal district, where nearly 400 people were killed during the genocidal Anfal campaign, for 4 million Iraqi dinars ($2,742) to spend on local infrastructure improvements.
The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday (April 14) it had officially recorded 1,159 new cases of coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours.
Head of the New Generation Movement caucus in the Kurdistan Parliament Kazim Faruq was again prevented from entering the grounds of the Kurdistan Parliament ahead of a session on Wednesday (April 14).
Turkey's foreign minister hailed the start of "a new era" with Egypt as Ankara pushes ahead with normalising relations with Cairo, local media reported on Wednesday (April 14).
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Spokesperson Jotiar Adil on Wednesday (April 14) strongly denied a report from a media outlet affiliated with the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) regarding an attack on an alleged Mossad installation in the Kurdistan Region.
Deputy Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament Hemin Hawrami said on Wednesday (April 14) that one of the legislature’s priorities was to end cuts to public sector salaries and to ensure that they are distributed on time, but warned that it would depend on implementation of the 2021 Federal Budget Law.
The US dollars to the Iraqi dinar (IQD) exchange rates was up on the Kurdistan Region’s currency markets on Wednesday (April 14).
In a statement marking Anfal Memorial Day, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Masrour Barzani on Wednesday (April 14) called on Iraq’s federal government to provide compensation to the survivors and the families of the victims of the Anfal genocide.
Crude oil prices were up on Wednesday (April 14) compared with the previous day.
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday (April 14) its decision to boost uranium enrichment to 60 percent was a response to arch-foe Israel's "nuclear terrorism" against its Natanz facility.
Head of Garmian administration Jalal Nuri warned Tuesday (April 13) that the area will likely face a drought this coming summer because there was little rain this winter.
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister of Finance and Economy Awat Janab on Tuesday (April 13) told NRT’s Tawtwe interview program that a recent budget agreement between the federal government and the KRG is an important political and economic success for the Kurdistan Region and, if the agreement is implemented, there is a high probability that the KRG will end the deeply unpopular cuts to the salaries of public sector workers.
President Joe Biden will withdraw all US troops from Afghanistan before this year's 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, finally ending America's longest war despite mounting fears of a Taliban victory, officials said Tuesday (April 13).
An Israeli-operated ship was attacked Tuesday (April 13) off the UAE opposite the Iranian coast, Israeli media said, in the latest apparent escalation between the Jewish state and the Islamic republic.
Raparin Police Directorate said on Tuesday (April 13) that a young woman committed suicide in the administration, which is located north of Sulaimani.
The Syrian government on Tuesday (April 13) dismissed central bank governor Hazem Karfoul whose three-year tenure coincided with a severe economic crisis.
Iran said Tuesday (April 13) it will start enriching uranium up to 60 percent, state media reported, two days after an explosion it blamed on Israel damaged its enrichment plant in Natanz.
OPEC upgraded its expectations for global oil demand growth in 2021 Tuesday (April 13) on expectations of a growth rebound, as the oil producing countries' organisation plans to lift output in the months ahead.
Iraq’s Ministry of Health said on Tuesday (April 13) it recorded 8,179 new coronavirus infections and 39 deaths in the country over the past 24 hours.
