Turkey probes tycoon Rahmi Koc, 95, over joke mocking Kurdish woman
Turkish billionaire Rahmi Koc, 95, at a hospital opening ceremony in the western resort city of Izmir, Turkey, June 5,...
Peshmerga must be separated from parties, put under Iraq state: official
Hassan Fadam, a senior leader within the Al-Hikma National Movement, also known as the National Wisdom Movement, led by Ammar...
Iraqi Kurdistan bans religious titles, national symbols on business signs
A shopping mall "Sheikh Hawrê" in Iraqi Kurdistan, 2025. Photo: FB Kurdistan bans use of Sheikh, Mullah, Sayyid in business...
Rights group slams Barrack naming as Syria, Iraq special envoy
Tom Barrack, Trump’s envoy for Syria and Iraqi affairs, 2025. Photo: AFP BERLIN,—The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) in a...
Massoud Barzani rejects “false claims” about his militia’s arms
Tribal leader and KDP party head Massoud Barzani with his paramilitary Kurdish peshmarge forces, 2018. Photo: Barzani office/via iKurd.net. ERBIL,...
Chinese language competition held in Iraqi Kurdistan
The Iraqi final of the 25th “Chinese Bridge” Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students took place Wednesday at Salahaddin...
Political Islam in Kurdistan and Its Impact on Human Rights, Freedom
Ali Bapir, often described as an Islamic hardliner, the leader of the Kurdistan Justice Group (KJG) (Komal), formerly known as...
Iraqi Shiite militia Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq to hand over arms to state
From right to left: Hadi al-Amiri leader of the Shiite Badr Organisation, Qais Khazali, the founder and leader of Iranian-backed...
Iraq’s Kataib Hezbollah vows to keep arms despite pressure to disarm
Iraq’s pro-Iran armed Shiite group Kataib Hezbollah, Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 22, 2024. Photo: Reuters BAGHDAD,— The Iraqi Shiite pro-Iran group...
World’s largest shawarma skewer set in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan
Erbil cooks up a Guinness Record with largest shawarma, Iraqi Kurdistan, May 28, 2026. Photo: Hawlati News. ERBIL,— The city...
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