Venezuela’s Maduro sworn in as US raises bounty to $25 million
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro salutes supporters on his inauguration day for a third term at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, ...
Turkey detains another Kurdish mayor over alleged links to PKK
Akdeniz district Kurdish Mayor Hosyar Sariyildiz (right) with his co-mayor Nuriye Aslan, Mersin province, Turkey, 2023. Photo: X MERSIN,— A Kurdish ...
Israel seeks global support to rescue woman held captive in Iraq
Israeli researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov kidnapped in Iraq in March 2023, reportedly by Shiite militias. Photo: Tsukov's FB JERUSALEM,— Israeli officials ...
Turkey rejects France’s role in Syrian Kurdistan, calls US its only ‘counterpart’ in Syria
Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, January 8, 2025. Photo: Turkish Foreign Ministry ANKARA,— Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on ...
Iranian Kurdish activist Pakhshan Azizi at risk of execution after sentence upheld: rights groups
Iranian Kurdish activist Pakhshan Azizi on death row in Iran, 2024. Photo: SM PARIS,— An Iranian Kurdish activist is facing ...
US, French forces may secure Syrian Kurdistan’s border with Turkey: Kurdish official
Ilham Ahmed, a senior Syrian Kurdish official and co-head of the Foreign Relations Department in the Democratic Autonomous Administration of ...
Lebanese army chief Joseph Aoun elected president of Lebanon
Newly-elected Lebanese President Joseph Aoun (center), reviews the honor guard upon his arrival at the Lebanese Parliament to be sworn ...
Syrian Kurds tell Damascus they do not seek independence and support unity
General Mazloum Abdi, the commander-in-chief of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava), 2025. Photo: AFP QAMISHLO,— ...
US efforts underway to prevent Turkey’s northern Syria offensive, Blinken says
Secretary Antony J. Blinken (right) speaks with Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, during a meeting with the foreign ministers of ...
Iraqi Kurdistan faces 3,800 MW electricity shortfall as demand hits 7,500 MW
A Kurdish electricity worker in Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan, 2018. Photo: Hawlati Newspaper ERBIL,— Iraq's Kurdistan Region continues to face a ...
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