Masrour Barzani (center), the caretaker prime minister of Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government with Safin Dizayee (left), the head of the...

Shiite Houthi supporters in Sanaa, Yemen, 2022. Photo Reuters WASHINGTON,— U.S. President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he had re-designated...

ERBIL,— Animal rights advocates in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region are calling for an immediate end to the killing of stray dogs...

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, a Saudi billionaire, January 2025. Photo: Screengrab/video/X DAVOS,— Saudi Arabia's Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), chaired by...

Syria’s new Islamist Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani (Shibani), January 2025. Photo: iKurd.net/Reuters DAMASCUS,— In a move viewed by some...

Islamic State ISIS militants in Gweran prison in Hasaka, Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava), November 2023. Photo: Screengrab/DW video/YT/via iKurd.net HASAKA,— Kurdish...

Syria's Islamist defense minister Murhaf Abu Qasra, also known as Abu Hassan al-Hamawi, January 2025. Photo: SANA DAMASCUS,— Syria's defense...

Israeli army chief Herzi Halevi, November 19, 2024. Photo: Israel PM's office JERUSALEM,— Israel’s military chief, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi,...

Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, January 21, 2025 . Photo: Iraqi Parliament BAGHDAD,— Iraq's parliament passed a landmark bill on...

Iraqi Kurdish mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Mohammed Salih, 2024. Photo: Screengrab/video/YT ERBIL,— An 18-year-old Kurdish athlete from Erbil's Soran...