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Iraqi Kurdistan extends journalist Sherwani’s prison term by four years
A composite image showing prominent Kurdish journalist Sherwan Amin Sherwani behind bars, Duhok, Iraqi Kurdistan, 2021. Photo: SM ERBIL,— Authorities...
Kurdish woman arrested for dancing publicly in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan
A Kurdish woman arrested for publicly dancing on a motorbike in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, August 18, 2025. Photo: Video/SM ERBIL,—...
The Arrest of Ajaj Hardan Ahmad al-Tikriti: Questions and concerns
Ajaj Hardan Ahmad al-Tikriti during a special forces training exercise in the 1980s, demonstrating survival skills by eating a snake...
UK sanctions Iraqi Kurdish people-smuggling gangs
Top row, left to right: Goran Assad Jalal, Bledar Lala (Albanian), Mariwan Jamal, Muhammed Khadir Pirot, and Hemin Ali Salih,...
Protester shot dead by KDP forces in Iraqi Kurdistan power cut protests
A security personnel affiliated with the Barzani's Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) (right) is seen fatally shooting a protester (left in...
Women in Kurdistan parliament not backing women’s rights, advocate says
Kurdish women's rights advocate Sazan Abdullah, Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan, July 8, 2025. Photo: Rojnews Iraqi Kurdish activist slams parties for...
Iraqi Kurdistan’s daily crypto trading over $1 million despite ban: trader
Bitcoin BTC. Photo: Creative Commons/Tima Miroshnichenko/pexels SULAIMANI, Iraqi Kurdistan,— Despite bans from federal and regional governments, digital currency trading continues...
France jails two Iraqi Kurdish smugglers over 2022 migrant boat tragedy
A group of migrants in a dinghy approach southern England after crossing the Channel from France on September 1, 2021....
Iraqi Kurdistan records 13,017 domestic violence cases in 2024: advocacy group
Gona Majid, the legal advocate for the Women's Legal Assistance WOLA Organization, Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan, June 28, 2025. Photo: Screengrab/video/Rojnews...
Iranian Kurds buying supplies in Iraqi Kurdistan report fear, shortages
Trucks queue at the Bashmakh border crossing in Iraqi Kurdistan region, where some Iranian drivers described shortages of staple goods...
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