The US Capitol building in Washington, DC. (Photo: AFP/Jewel Samad)

Republicans, Biden administration clash over Iran’s role in Hamas attacks on Israel

On Wednesday, 42 Republican senators sent President Joe Biden a letter calling on him not to lift sanctions on Iran. Secretary of State Antony Blinken summarily dismissed the call the following day.

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Kurdistan

US pulls out of major Kandahar base in southern Afghanistan: Afghan army

A photo of the late Leyla Qassim. (Photo: Archive)

Leyla Qasim, the bride of Kurdistan: Honoring the first woman executed in Iraq

History Kurdistan

2021/05/12 12:56

UK DSAME Air Marshal Martin "Sammy" Sampson meets with Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani in Erbil, May 5, 2021. (Photo: KRG)

“I started my journey with the Kurdistan Region”: Q&A with UK DSAME Air Marshal Martin “Sammy” Sampson

Security Kurdistan

2021/05/08 08:18

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Republicans, Biden administration clash over Iran’s role in Hamas attacks on Israel

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KRG launching energy projects to increase electricity supply

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KRG affirms commitment to improving education standards

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Iraq's PM orders implementation of security agreement in disputed territories

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2021/05/15 00:01

Kurdistan PM, Qatar Emir discuss trade, regional developments

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2021/05/14 16:17

Erbil calls on Turkish consulate to respond to attack on Kurdish tourists

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2021/05/09 08:11

Iraq's heritage battered by desert sun, rain and state apathy

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2021/05/09 10:41

PUK counter-terrorism units linked with assassination of Qasim Soleimani: Report

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2021/05/09 11:58

UK Kurd elected to Oxford City Council

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2021/05/09 16:10

Kurdish-led forces arrest 4 ISIS suspects in Syria’s Deir al-Zor

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2021/05/09 16:44

PHOTO: Kurdistan PM inaugurates Mount Zawa Teleferic project in Duhok

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2021/05/09 15:43

Assassination of Iraqi activist sparks fresh protests in Karbala

Economy

A worker stands in a gas field in the southern Iraqi city of Basra. (Photo: AFP)

Chinese firm Sinopec wins contract to develop Iraqi gas field: Beijing

2021/04/20 22:51

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) meets with the new head of Japan's consular office in Erbil, Nikhiro Arakawa, April 20, 2021. (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan Region courts Japanese investors, welcomes new envoy

2021/04/20 16:54

Flames emerge from the flare stacks at the West Qurna-1 oilfield, which is operated by ExxonMobil, near Basra, Iraq June 1, 2019. (Photo: REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani)

Iraq seeks buyers for ExxonMobil’s stake in "West Qurna" oil field

2021/04/17 13:26

A TASNEE petrochemical company plant in Saudi Arabia, 2006. (Photo: Secl/Wikimedia Commons/CC-BY 3.0)

Saudi Aramco says $12.4 billion raised from oil pipeline stake sale

2021/04/10 08:10

Prime Minister Masrour Barzani spoke about the upcoming Kurdistan Region budget in an April 7, 2021 press conference. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

KRG prepares its budget following Iraq budget approval: PM Barzani

2021/04/07 14:48

Currency Exchange

2021/05/07 10:41

Erbil borsa

100 $

148,100 IQD

100 €

179,000 IQD

100 £

206,000 IQD

100 ₺

18,000 IQD

100IR

6,200 IQD

1 JOD

2,800 IQD

Gold

24	421,000 IQD
21	371,000 IQD
18	316,000 IQD

Oil & Gas

30	33000 IQD
40	45000 IQD
50	60000 IQD

Opinion

James Cleverly

UK Minister James Cleverly on the 30th anniversary of the safe haven in Kurdistan

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Gary Kent

John Major, the quiet revolutionary who saved Kurdistanis from genocide and proved they have more friends than the mountains.

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Pope Francis, his links to Kurds, the region and a mission of peace with Islam

Peri-Khan Aqrawi-Whitcomb

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Good oil, bad oil, it’s Baghdad’s issue

Shahriar Sheikhler

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Devolution of power without a robust accountability system will weaken Kurdistan Region

Majida S. Ismael

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Modernization of higher education in Kurdistan

Saqi Barzani

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Interview

“I started my journey with the Kurdistan Region”: Q&A with UK DSAME Air Marshal Martin “Sammy” Sampson

Lt. Gen. Jay M. Garner (US Army, Ret.) stressed the need for Kurdish political unity. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

US Lt. Gen. Jay Garner, who led Operation Provide Comfort, calls for unity among Kurdish parties

Sport

Dilan Qadri poses for a phone on Hassan Bag Mountain in Soran city, northeastern of capital city Erbil, Jan. 22, 2020. (Photo: Dilan Qadri)

Growing numbers of Kurdish outdoorswomen defy social barriers

2021/03/23 10:33

Juventus’ Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after opening the scoring during the Italian Super Cup football match between Juventus and Napoli on Jan. 20, 2021. (Photo: AFP/Miguel Medina)

Cristiano Ronaldo sets eyes on ‘many more years’ after breaking scoring record

2021/01/21 03:53

Iraq to issue stamp in honor of beloved footballer who died from COVID-19

2020/06/23 19:57

COVID-19

An Iraqi woman walks past a billboard bearing the name of Ibn Al-Khatib Hospital in Baghdad, after a fire erupted in the medical facility reserved for the most severe COVID-19 cases, April 25, 2021. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye / AFP)

Ten days of sweeping COVID-19 restrictions go into effect in Iraq

2021/05/12 11:04

A nurse holds a used vial of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination center in the Kindi Hospital in Iraq's capital Baghdad, April 14, 2021. (Photo: Ahmad al-Rubaye / AFP)

KRG drugs regulator tracks side effects in COVID-19 vaccine recipients

2021/05/11 13:28

A member of the Kurdistan Region’s Peshmerga forces on Pirde Front is pictured while receiving his first dose of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, May 10, 2021. (Photo: Hoshmand Sadiq / Kurdistan 24)

Nearly 500 Peshmerga and Asayish receive first dose of COVID-19 vaccine

2021/05/10 11:14

Kurdista Rregion

Infected

150,888

Recovered

127,427

Active Case

19,440

Dead

4,088

Iraq

Infected

1,065,199

Recovered

942,046

Active Case

107,688

Dead

15,465

World

Infected

152,038,422

Recovered

129,328,584

Active Case

19,515,501

Dead

3,194,337

Lifestyle

Life style

PHOTOS: A glance at wildlife in the Kurdistan Region's Garmiyan

2020/08/18 20:03

Life style

PHOTOS: Tea shop in Kurdistan Region’s Sulaimani dates back nearly five decades

2020/01/18 15:19

Life style

PHOTOS: Erbil holds candlelight vigil for assassinated Iraqi security expert

2020/07/14 11:16

Culture

Religion

Peshtiwan Sadiq (center), the Kurdistan Region's Minister of Endowments and Religious Affairs, speaks to reporters in Erbil, May 11, 2021. (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan Region announces Thursday will be first day of Eid al-Fitr

2021/05/11 20:22

Culture

Members of a book club meet to review a novel at a book store in Erbil, the capital of Kurdistan Region, April 9, 2021. (Photo: Safin Hamed / AFP)

In Iraqi Kurdistan, book clubs and science fiction offer 'escape'

2021/04/25 10:00

Culture

Youth in the Kurdistan Region have flocked to the audio app Clubhouse as a safe place for open discussion and deeper understanding of social issues. (Photo: Marco Verch/Flickr/CC-BY 2.0)

Young Kurds embrace Clubhouse as a platform for open discussion

2021/04/24 09:49

Photo Story

PHOTO: Kurdistan PM inaugurates Mount Zawa Teleferic project in Duhok

2021/05/09 16:44

With the pandemic keeping them from Lalish, Yezidis bring the New Year home

2021/04/14 12:57

Members of the Kurdistan Region's Yezidi community celebrate the new year in Ba’adre, Duhok province, April 14, 2021. (Photo: Wladimir van Wilgenburg / Kurdistan 24)

PHOTOS: Mandeans in Iraq celebrate five-day ‘feast of world creation'

2021/03/19 12:08

Followers of the Mandaeism religion gather near the Shatt Al-Arab river, in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on March 18, 2021, to mark the holiday Eid Al-Khalqeh. (Photo: Hussein FALEH / AFP)

PHOTOS: Man lives with seven snakes in Sulaimani

2021/01/14 12:35