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Amid soaring summer heat in Iraqi Kurdistan, a young guy cools off by splashing his face with public water in...

Iranian Kurdish athlete Arian Salimi wins Taekwondo gold at the Paris Olympics, August 10, 2024. Photo: Reuters

Iranian Kurdish athlete wins Taekwondo gold at the Paris Olympics

August 11, 2024

Iranian Kurdish athlete Arian Salimi wins Taekwondo gold at the Paris Olympics, August 10, 2024. Photo: Reuters PARIS,— Iranian Kurdish...

Iraqi court issues warrant for Yazidi commander Qassim Shasho for Islam remarks

by Editorial Team

August 9, 2024

Iraqi Yazidi commander Qassim Shasho, 2024. Screengrab/Sinjar Media video/YT/via iKurd.net SINJAR, Northwest,— A court in Nineveh in northern Iraq has...

Austrian police, Vienna, 2006. Photo: Creative Commons/Chris Yunker/flickr

Iraqi teen arrested in Vienna for planning attack on Taylor Swift concert

by Editorial Team

August 9, 2024

Austrian police, Vienna, 2006. Photo: Creative Commons/Chris Yunker/flickr VIENNA,— An 18-year-old Iraqi national has been detained in Vienna amid investigations...

Yahya Sinwar, the leader Palestinian Islamic radical militant group Hamas, Gaza strip, Israel, 2023. Photo: SM

Hamas names Yahya Sinwar as leader after Haniyeh assassination

by Editorial Team

August 7, 2024

Yahya Sinwar, the leader Palestinian Islamic radical militant group Hamas, Gaza strip, Israel, 2023. Photo: SM DOHA, Qatar,— The Palestinian...

Sulaiman Haji, a member of the Politburo of the Iraqi Yazidi party PADÊ

Yazidi party PADÊ protests dissolution by Iraqi supreme judicial council

by Editorial Team

August 7, 2024

Sulaiman Haji, a member of the Politburo of the Yazidi Freedom and Democracy Party (PADÊ) and representative for the Sulaimani...

The Kurdistan Society's Freedom Movement (Tavgari Azadi) press conference in Sulaimani city, Iraqi Kurdistan, August 6, 2024 Photo: Screengrab Rudaw TV

Kurdish party Tavgari Azadi denies PKK links after Iraq dissolution

by Editorial Team

August 7, 2024

The Kurdistan Society's Freedom Movement (Tavgari Azadi) press conference in Sulaimani city, Iraqi Kurdistan, August 6, 2024 Photo: Screengrab Rudaw...

Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council in Baghdad, Iraq. Photo: AFP

Iraq dissolves 3 allegedly PKK-linked political parties

by Editorial Team

August 6, 2024

Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council in Baghdad, Iraq. Photo: AFP BAGHDAD,— The Iraqi judiciary's electoral authority has mandated the dissolution of...

A supporter holds the photos of jailed Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtas, 2024. Photo: AFP

Turkish-Kurdish duo pens bestselling novel though prison bars

by Editorial Team

August 6, 2024

A supporter holds the photos of jailed Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtas, 2024. Photo: AFP DIYARBAKIR-AMED, Turkey's Kurdish region,— In a remarkable...