ERBIL — Iraq’s Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) has disqualified 68 candidates from the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for November 11, citing various legal and criminal ...

ERBIL — Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament Shakhawan Abdullah announced Sunday that negotiations between Erbil and Baghdad over oil revenues are nearing completion, with both sides having reached ...

ERBIL — Chronic salary delays from Baghdad are fueling economic hardship and social tensions in the Kurdistan Region, contributing to tragic incidents such as the recent double killing at a fuel ...

Iraqi Militias Influence Election Commission, Bar Christian CandidatesERBIL — A former parliamentary candidate has accused the Independent High Electoral Commission of excluding her from the 2025 ...

ERBIL — Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani, president of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) met on Sunday with Gwendolyn “Wendy” Green, the newly appointed US Consul General in Erbil, and Steve Bittner, ...

ERBIL — Iraq’s Ministry of Health confirmed on Saturday that 621 people experienced respiratory distress following a chlorine gas leak near Karbala. All affected individuals received treatment and ...

ERBIL — The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has accused armed groups backed by a neighbouring country and operating under Syrian government protection of repeatedly violating the terms of a March 2025 ...

ERBIL — Erbil will host the finals of the Iraq Women’s Volleyball Clubs Championship at the Akad Ankawa Club hall from August 25 to 29, the Iraqi Volleyball Federation announced on Sunday. Six clubs ...

ERBIL — The remains of 22 Yezidis, most from the village of Kocho in Sinjar, will be handed over to their families on August 13, marking another chapter in the long, painful process of exhuming mass ...

Iraqi Militia Rejects Lebanon-Style Weapons SurrenderERBIL — Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada, an Iran-backed militia group within the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), on Saturday rejected Iraqi Prime ...

ERBIL — Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani announced on Saturday that the country no longer requires the presence of the US-led coalition against the Islamic State (ISIS), reaffirming his ...

ERBIL — Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), has called on residents of Makhmour refugee camp to work together in addressing their challenges and to take steps ...