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27 10 - 2026

21:40

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi. (Photo: Designed by Kurdistan24)

Iraqi PM to Visit Damascus for Talks with Syrian President

19:52

Farhad Atrushi, Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament. (Photo: Iraqi Council of Representatives website)

US Gives Iraq Until June 2027 to Disarm Armed Groups or Face Sanctions: Farhad Atrushi

19:42

Kurdistan Region Interior Minister Rebar Ahmed. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Kurdistan Interior Minister Urges Religious Pulpits to Combat Violence

18:32

Saad Maan, head of Iraq’s Security Media Cell. (Graphic: Kurdistan24)

Where Was the Baghdad Drone Launched? Iraq Probes Debris

18:28

This locator map shows Iraq with capital city of Baghdad. (Photo: AP)

Iraqi Court Sentences Seven French Nationals for Islamic State Membership

18:13

A composite graphic displaying the national flags of Egypt, Iran, and Qatar. (Graphic: Kurdistan24)

Qatar and Egypt Press Iran Diplomacy as Houthis Claim Saudi Strikes

17:35

A tanker that was struck in the Strait of Hormuz. (Photo: Fars News Agency)

Iran Says Oil Tanker Hit Naval Mines in Strait of Hormuz

16:51

A composite image featuring a portrait of Kurdistan24's Mothafar M. Mzuri holding Kurdistan flag, set alongside a clear view of a Great Wall gatehouse tower. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Kurdistan24 Investigates Why the Great Wall of China Isn't the Same Everywhere

16:43

Korre–Shaqlawa–Qandil Road. (Photo: KRG)

Korre–Shaqlawa–Qandil Road Nears Completion, Set to Open Within a Month

16:06

An aerial view of Erbil. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Erbil Plans New Factories and Heavy-Industry Zone to Boost Investment

15:26

A plane taxis along the runway at Aden Airport on October 21, 2026. (Photo: AFP)

Houthis Claim Missile Strike on Saudi Oil Refinery, Warn Egypt Over Support for Riyadh

14:48

R-L: Korek's Director of Relations Mazen Sirwan Barzani, Kurdistan24's anchor Kovan Izzat, and Iraq's CMC chief Baligh Abu Galal.

Korek Telecom Disputes Iraq Regulator's Debt and Tax Demands

14:33

Iraqi Federal Supreme Court (Archive)

Iraq's Federal Supreme Court Strikes Down Ba'ath Era Law Blocking Foreign Investment

14:30

Photo shows an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). (Photo: Archive)

UPDATED: Iraqi Forces Intercept Drone Near Baghdad's Green Zone

14:20

Two shopkeepers interviewed by Kurdistan24. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Kirkuk Shoe Market Traders Given Three Days to Vacate Shops

14:04

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Emblem (Kurdistan 24)

Qatar FM: Iran Must Show Good Faith And Stop Threatening Gulf States

14:02

Photo shows Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani at the meeting with Turkish business delegation, Oct. 27, 2026. (KRG)

Prime Minister Barzani Reaffirms Commitment to Expanding Trade With Türkiye

13:42

Ministry of Higher Education of Kurdistan Region (Archive)

KRG: No Overseas Scholarships This Year Due To Iraq’s Financial Crisis

13:09

Syrians wave flag of Syria. (AP)

Syria Condemns Jordanian Airstrikes, Reports Civilian Casualties

12:49

Abdulqadir Dakhil, Governor of Nineveh. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Nineveh Governor Outlines Plan to Remove Foreign Fighters From Sinjar

12:04

A seller shows a newly harvested olives, Amed, Oct. 27, 2026. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Amed Olive Harvest Improves as Prices Rise Despite Higher Production

11:51

Jordan’s Ministry of Communications Emblem (Kurdistan 24)

Jordan Says Syria Strikes Targeted ISIS, Killed 20 Militants

11:32

Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (R) shakes hands with Turkish Ambassador to Iraq Anil Bora Inan (L). (Photo: KRG)

Prime Minister Barzani, Turkish Ambassador Discuss Kurdistan Parliament Reactivation

10:45

Vehicles drive along a road in Mecca on October 25, 2026. (Photo: AFP)

Saudi Arabia Intercepts Houthi Missiles as Questions Mount Over Mecca Defence Pact

10:33

Federal Commission of Integrity Emblem (Kurdistan 24)

Iraq Arrests 13 In 6 Billion Dinar Electricity Corruption Case

10:31

Harry Kane at the 2026 Ballon d'Or ceremony accepting the award, London, Oct. 26, 2026. (AFP)

Kane Eyes Champions League, England Glory After Ballon d'Or Win

10:01

Jordan (L) and Syria Flags with the Mideast Map in Background (Kurdistan 24)

Four Days From Strategic Partnership To Airstrikes: The Syria-Jordan Crisis Timeline

09:41

A campaign poster featuring Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu alongside US President Donald Trump, Jerusalem, Oct. 26, 2026. (AFP)

Israeli Military Chief Resisted Netanyahu's Iran Attack Plan: NYT

08:56

Iraqi Prime Minister, Ali Al-Zaidi (Archive)

Kurdistan 24 Exclusive: Iraqi PM Al-Zaidi To Visit Damascus Soon For Energy And Security Talks

08:51

US First Lady Melania Trump speaks at the White House on Oct. 10, 2025, about efforts to reunite Ukrainian children with their families. (Photo: AFP)

Ukraine-Russia Truce Takes Effect to Allow Aid Into Russian-Controlled Oleshky

08:22

A polling station in Ofakim, Israel (AP)

Israel Votes In Most Consequential Election In Country's History As Netanyahu Seeks Re-Election

08:11

Nassib border crossing in Syria (AFP)

Syria Closes Nassib Border Crossing With Jordan

07:56

U.S. President Donald Trump (Archive)

Trump: Iran Was Two Weeks Away From A Nuclear Missile

26 10 - 2026

22:46

Iraq’s Al-Faw port. (Photo: INA)

Vessel Reported on Fire off Iraq’s Al-Faw Coast, UKMTO Says

22:04

Senior officials from Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan meeting top Iranian officials, Oct. 26, 2026. (Photo: AFP)

Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan Hold Talks with Iran to Prevent Renewed War

20:25

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (left) during his meeting with Mir Hazim Mir Tahsin Beg, the spiritual leader of the Ezidis, Oct. 26, 2026. (Photo: KRG)

PM Barzani Reaffirms KRG Support for Ezidi Community

17:55

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani during his meeting with a number of business owners, contractors, and investors in Duhok, Oct. 26, 2026. (Photo: KRG)

PM Barzani Reaffirms KRG Support for Private Sector in Duhok Meeting

17:20

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani delivering the speech, Oct. 26, 2026. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

PM Barzani: Government Must Serve All Citizens Without Discrimination

16:32

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani Inaugurating Shekhan-Bahadre Dual Carriageway, Oct. 26, 2026. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

PM Barzani Inaugurates $24 Million Shekhan-Bahadre Dual Carriageway

15:59

Hamid al-Shatri. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Iraq Removes Hamid al-Shatri as National Intelligence Chief

15:40

Peshmerga officers speaking with Kurdistan24. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Peshmerga Veterans Recall Battle of Sihela Nine Years Later

15:29

Saudi Foreign Ministry Emblem (Kurdistan 24)

Saudi FM: Defence Minister’s Tehran Visit Seeks Dialogue To End Crisis

14:50

Ali Faleh al-Zaidi, Iraq's Prime Minister. (Photo: INA)

Iraqi PM Al-Zaidi Visits Jordan for Talks With King Abdullah II

13:37

A wider view of the Prime Minister Masrour Barzani's meeting with representatives from the Badinan area in Duhok. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Prime Minister Barzani Meets Badinan Representatives, Stresses Equal Services

13:19

Agrin Abdullah, Deputy Minister of Construction and Housing in the KRG. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

KRG Deputy Minister Calls Iraq's Development Road Project Unfair

13:13

Council of Representatives of Iraq (Archive)

Iraq's 2027 Budget Draft To Reach Parliament By Mid-November

12:48

Russian President, Vladimir Putin (RT)

Three Men Secretly Urged Putin Not To Use Nuclear Weapons In Ukraine

11:49

A Peshmerga officer is pictured during the Epic of Sihela Battle. (Photo: Archive)

Peshmerga Commanders Recall 2017 Sihela Battle Nine Years On

11:42

Federal Judicial Authority Building (Archive)

Iraq’s Supreme Court Rejects Bid To Dissolve Kurdistan Parliament

11:11

Damage inside the Greek Orthodox Church in the aftermath of the shooting attack, Oct. 23, 2026. (AFP)

Jordan Arrests Three Suspects in Karak Church Attack That Killed Nine

10:57

Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmail Baghaei. (Photo: AFP)

Iran's FM: Armed Forces Will Act Decisively Against Any Threat To Iran's Borders

10:47

The Picture is Showing a sack of rice (Archive)

US Agriculture Department: Iraq To Import Nearly 2 Million Tonnes Of Rice This Year

10:26

Iraq's Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi (Graphics: Kurdistan24)

Al-Shib Closure Dispute Leads to Investigation of Maysan Official

09:49

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva cries after first results of the presidential election, Sao Paulo, Oct. 25, 2026. (AFP)

Lula Wins Fourth Term in Brazil, Bolsonaro Seeks Vote Annulment

09:27

Protesters hold Palestinian and French national flags as they confront French Republican Security Corps, Oct. 24, 2026. (AFP)

France Faces Student Talks After 1,314 Arrests in Weekend Protests

08:51

The Picture Shows the globe map coloring Libya and Turkiye territory on Map with State Department Seal on Left (Kurdistan 24)

US State Department Corrects Its Libya-Turkey Statement

08:41

A crow flies past Kyiv's founders' monument amid heavy fog, Oct. 17, 2026. (AFP)

Zelensky Says November Talks Could Address Territorial Dispute

08:34

Sinjar Protection Units (YBS) (YBS Media)

UPDATED: Iraq Formally Dissolves YBS Military Structure In Sinjar

08:18

Saudi Arabia's Defence Minister, Türkiye's intelligence chief and Pakistan's Army Chief General Asim Munir (Kurdistan 24)

Iran Hosts Mecca Alliance members In Tehran Security Summit

25 10 - 2026

23:19

Sheikh Mahmoud bin Muhanna, Oman's ambassador to Iraq, speaking at the press conference, Oct. 25, 2026. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Omani Ambassador Praises Kurdistan Region’s Stability as Direct Muscat-Erbil Flights Begin

22:19

Cars drive past city skyscrapers in Riyadh on October 11, 2026. (Photo: AFP)

Houthis Claim New Strike on Riyadh Airport After Flights Resume

20:55

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with Muhsin Mandalawi, Iraq’s Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs, Oct. 25, 2026. (Photo: KRG)

PM Barzani, Iraqi Delegation Discuss 2027 Budget, Resumption of Kurdistan Oil Exports

20:20

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani speaking at a press conference, Oct. 25, 2026. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

PM Barzani: Talks with Baghdad Continue Over Kurdistan Region’s 2027 Budget Share

18:41

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (middle) visiting the Toga Porto Marina project in Zakho, Oct. 25, 2026. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

PM Barzani visits $6.39 Million Marina Project in Zakho

17:10

Ahmed Hoshyar, Director General of Erbil International Airport, speaking to Kurdistan24, Oct. 25, 2026. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

SalamAir to Launch Direct Flights Between Erbil and Muscat

15:45

Photo shows Maysan province in red and the Iraqi map. (Photo: Kurdistan24/AI)

Maysan Warns of Separation Steps Unless al-Shib Reopens

15:44

Demonstrators take part in a National Rejoin March in Parliament Square, London (PA)

Brexit Blow: UK PM Burnham Open to EU Free Movement Rules

14:58

A natural gas refinery in Asaluyeh, Iran (AP)

Washington Identifies Potential Iran Targets

14:27

Hitoshi Ishizuka Japan’s consul in the Kurdistan Region. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Why Japan Sees Nissan’s Zakho Branch as Economic Boost?

13:54

Zhang Jianxin, China’s acting consul general in the Kurdistan Region. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

China’s Acting Consul General Hails Zakho Auto KD Project

13:26

Jin Kai, Middle East director at Jetour. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Why Jetour Sees Zakho as Key to Kurdistan’s Auto Industry

12:37

Israeli Agents during doing the Operation inside Iran (Israeli Media)

Ex-Mossad Chief Barnea: We Released Agents' Video To Trigger 21,000 Arrests In Iran

12:06

Prime Minister Masrour Barzani. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

'Zakho Valley Tourism Project Largest of Its Kind in Iraq,' Says Prime Minister Barzani

12:01

KRG emblem (R) alongside Iraqi Emblem (Kurdistan24)

Iraqi Federal Delegation Arrives In Erbil, To Meet Prime Minister In Zakho

11:20

An aerial view of Zakho Independent Administration. (Photo: Kurdistan24/Eslam Hiro)

Nearly 140 Factories Opened in Zakho Over Five Years, Shekho Says

11:12

Prime Minister Masrour Barzani during the speech of inauguration (Kurdistan 24)

Prime Minister Barzani Puts Industry at Center of Economic Diversification

10:47

Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi (Kurdistan 24)

Iran's FM: Another Strike On Iran Will Not Produce Different Results

10:44

Moorhead Mayor Shelly Carlson (CL), and Minnesota State University Moorhead President Tim Downs (CR), with Two student from Zakho university. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Moorhead Mayor Hails Zakho Students as Source of City Pride

10:27

Prime Minister Masrour Barzani inaugurates the Golden Global Development project in Zakho, Oct. 25, 2026. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Prime Minister Barzani Opens Nissan Hub, Motor Plex Iraq Project in Zakho

10:02

Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic Slavoj Žižek. (Photo: The Weekend Interview)

Slavoj Žižek Backs Öcalan's Peace Initiative in Türkiye

09:41

An aerial view of the near-completed Kore-Shaqlawa-Qandil strategic road project in Erbil, Kurdistan Region. (Photo: KRG)

Erbil Governor Says Kore-Shaqlawa-Qandil Road Nears Completion

09:07

Zhang Jianxin, Acting Consul General of the People's Republic of China in Erbil. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Chinese Automobile Assembly Plant Planned for Kurdistan Region

08:54

Muslim pilgrims perform Umrah around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque complex in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca on Oct. 20, 2026. (AFP)

Saudi-Led Coalition Intercepts Houthi Missile Aimed At Riyadh

08:53

Dr. Vala Farid, head of the KDP parliamentary bloc in the Kurdistan Parliament (Kurdistan 24)

KDP Parliamentary Bloc Leader: No Excuse For Further Delay

08:13

An aerial of Zakho's corniche. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Prime Minister Barzani to Lay Foundation Stone of Several Projects in Zakho

08:06

US 100 Dollar bills in a Picture (Archive)

Iraq Central Bank Announces $1 Billion Dollar Cash Shipment Arriving From US

24 10 - 2026

23:34

US President Donald Trump (Archive)

Trump: We May Attack Iran Tomorrow Or We May Get A Great Deal, Either Way We Win