Connecting with another time: the social media project ensuring a Sulaimani photographer’s legacy
Kurdish authorities in northeast Syria on Sunday (April 18) handed over 34 orphaned children, whose parents were suspected of belonging to the Islamic State (ISIS) group, to a Russian delegation to be repatriated.
Five rockets targeted Sunday (April 18) an Iraqi airbase hosting US soldiers and at least two projectiles hit an American maintenance firm wounding two foreigners and three Iraqi soldiers, a security source said.
Two rockets were fired from Gullm Kawa Mountain in Kifri district in Garmian administration on Sunday (April 18), according to a local security official.
The Kurdistan Region's General Narcotics Control Directorate said on Sunday (April 18) that it arrested a man on the Kalak-Erbil road and seized approximately 25 kilograms (55 pounds) of drugs that he intended to sell in Erbil.
A 5.9-magnitude earthquake Sunday (April 18) hit Iran's southwestern Bushehr province, which houses a nuclear power plant, injuring five people but causing no major damage, state media said.
Head of the Education Unit in Kirkuk Parwin Fatih said on Sunday (April 18) that in-person classes will resume for most students inside the city two days per week.
Iraq’s Ministry of Health said on Sunday (April 18) it recorded 6,188 new coronavirus infections and 33 deaths in the country over the past 24 hours.
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Ministry of Health spokesperson Aso Awezi said during an interview with NRT on Sunday (April 18) that the government will make it obligatory for members of the public to get vaccinated against COVID-19, if it is able to obtain enough doses.
During a meeting with United States Deputy Special Envoy to Syria David Brownstein, Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani said on Sunday (April 18) that Kurdish issues in Syria must be resolved through dialogue, rather than military means.
The Official Gazette of Iraq published the final version of the 2021 Federal Budget Law on Saturday (April 18) meaning that it has now legally gone into effect.
Following a quarrel, a woman killed her husband with a knife in Said Sadiq’s Rojhalat neighborhood on Sunday (April 18), according to local officials.
Syria is to hold a presidential election on May 26, the parliament speaker announced Sunday (April 18), the country's second in the shadow of civil war, seen as likely to keep President Bashar Al-Assad in power.
The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Ministry of Health announced on Sunday (April 18) it had officially recorded 1,074 new cases of coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours.
Iraq’s al-Hal (Solution) Party leader Jamal al-Karbouli was arrested in Baghdad on corruption charges by security forces under the command of Anti-Corruption Committee on Sunday (April 18).
Piramerd Street in springtime is still bustling, but a lot has changed in the years since Aroz Saeed was a child in Sulaimani city, walking past the sweet shops and bookstores with his grandfather, famed photographer Rafiq Mahmood Mohammed.
Iran has asked Interpol to help arrest a suspect in a sabotage attack on its Natanz nuclear facility which it blames on Israel, a local newspaper reported Sunday (April 18).
A man was severely wounded when a shell filled with TNT exploded in Sidakan sub-district on Sunday (April 18).
Head of Self-Protection for Sulaimani’s Health Directorate Rzgar Ali said on Saturday (April 17) that nearly 8,000 people in Sulaimani city have received at least the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccination.
Former Deputy Minister of Iraq’s Ministry of Finance Fazil Nabi claimed on Saturday (April 17) that cash transfers from Baghdad to Erbil from the federal budget will only amount to between 75 and 100 billion Iraqi dinars ($51.4 million and $68.5 million) per month, which he said was “not a lot.”
The US dollars to the Iraqi dinar (IQD) exchange rates was stable on the Kurdistan Region’s currency markets on Sunday (April 18).
The Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Komala of the Toilers of Kurdistan said on Saturday (April 17) that the security forces in the Kurdistan Region have detained one of its members in Sulaimani on “espionage” charges.
Seeking to dispel misinformation, Representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Sulaimani Najmadin Hassan on Saturday (April 17) assured the public that there were no significant problems associated with the COVID-19 vaccines available in the Kurdistan Region and urged people to get the jab.
Crude oil prices were stable on Sunday (April 18) compared with the previous day.
Raparin Police spokesperson Shorsh Ismael said on Saturday (April 17) that six people who are suspected of involvement in the murder of a man in Chwarqurna sub-district have handed themselves to the police.
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Deputy Minister of Health Rahel Faraidun said on Friday (April 17) that the US is expected to send 31,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to the Kurdistan Region, which will be used to vaccinate members of the Ministry of Peshmerga Affairs’ Joint Brigades.
The EU, Russia, and Iran hailed progress at nuclear talks Saturday (April 17) as discussions resumed in Vienna following an attack on one of Tehran's nuclear sites.
A member of the Komala of the Toilers of Kurdistan has been missing in Sulaimani for the last four days, his family told NRT on Saturday (April 17).
Iraq’s Ministry of Health said on Saturday (April 17) it recorded 6,552 new coronavirus infections and 33 deaths in the country over the past 24 hours.
Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) said on Friday (April 16) that it invited 75 Arab and foreign embassies and international organizations to monitor the parliamentary elections scheduled for October 10.
The global Covid-19 death toll passed three million on Saturday (April 17) as the pandemic continues to speed up despite vaccination campaigns, leading countries like India to impose new lockdowns to fight spiralling infection numbers.
Head of Sulaimani Food Directorate Shawkat Muhammed said on Saturday (April 17) that residents in the Kurdistan Region will receive cooking oil and sugar during the holy month of Ramadan as part of their food ration from Iraq’s federal government.
The US dollars to the Iraqi dinar (IQD) exchange rates was up on the Kurdistan Region’s currency markets on Saturday (April 17).
The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Ministry of Health announced on Saturday (April 17) it had officially recorded 645 new cases of coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours.
One week after the first shipment of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrived in the Kurdistan Region, a vaccination center at Erbil’s Rizgari Hospital closed on Saturday (April 17) because it ran out of doses amid high demand for that particular vaccine.
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Deputy Minister of Peshmerga Affairs Sarbast Lazgin said on Friday (April 16) that the use of cover names by militias under the umbrella of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) helps them to obscure their involvement in attacks on the Kurdistan Region.
Crude oil prices were down on Saturday (April 17) compared with the previous day.
A man killed his wife in Erbil on Friday (April 16), making her at least the fourth woman killed in the Kurdistan Region in less than a month.
US President Joe Biden said Friday (April 16) it was too early to know whether indirect talks underway with Iran would succeed in reviving a nuclear accord.
Cyprus hosted a meeting Friday (April 16) of top diplomats from Israel and the UAE, as well as Greece, for talks they said reflected the "changing face" of the Middle East.
The US, UK, France, Germany, and Italy released a joint statement on Friday (April 17) condemning the Wednesday night attacks on Erbil Airbase and a Turkish military facility near Bashiqa.
The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Ministry of Health announced on Friday (April 16) it had officially recorded 952 new cases of coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours.
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.
