Gunmen kidnap Iraqi environmental activist: family

Assadi was "driving on the highway from Hilla to Baghdad" on Wednesday morning when he was abducted.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a meeting of the Commission of the General Council of the All-Russian political party (United Russia) in Moscow, Feb. 3, 2023. (Photo: Yuri Kochektov/ POOL /AFP)

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2022/09/07 12:15

Muqtada al-Sadr, powerful Shiite cleric and leader of the Sadrist Movement. (Photo: Sadr's office)

Sadr quits politics, closes movement’s institutions and media platforms

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2022/08/29 14:50

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UN aviation body audits security protocols at Erbil International Airport

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Kurdistan Region records over 9,000 cancer cases in 2022

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French envoy criticises Lebanon over 'slow' reforms needed for IMF loan

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Key Congressman backs KRG in dispute with Iraqi court

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US: Iran behind Azeri criminal gang that plotted assassination of dissident in New York

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Earthquake kills three, injures 800 in northwest Iran

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At least 150k Yezidis returned to their homes, reveals KRG

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2023/01/29 20:36

KRG signed 47 contracts to renovate historic sites

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KDP, PUK next meeting will be held soon: PUK spokesperson

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2023/01/30 09:44

Convoy carrying arms into Syria from Iraq hit by unknown airstrikes, a report

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German Consul General in Erbil Klaus Streicher speaking to Kurdistan 24 in Duhok, Jan. 31, 2023. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Iraq’s rehabilitation of energy supply ‘profitable’ to Kurdistan Region, says German envoy

2023/01/31 17:04

A man stands holding a sign reading in Arabic "depreciate the rate of the [US] dollar, or else..!" during a protest against the depreciation of the Iraqi dinar against the US dollar in Baghdad, Jan. 25, 2023. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)

Iraqis protest at central bank over falling currency

2023/01/26 08:16

Combined photos of former Central Bank of Iraq Governor Mustafa Ghalib (right) and Chairman and President of Trade Bank of Iraq (TBI) Salem Al-Chalabi. (Photo: Designed by Kurdistan 24)

Iraqi premier sacks chief bankers amid currency depreciation

2023/01/23 12:22

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with Bahrain's Minister of Industry and Commerce Abdulla bin Adel Fakhro in Davos, Jan. 18, 2023. (Photo: KRG)

Bahraini trade delegation to visit Kurdistan Region

2023/01/18 14:50

Opinion

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Interview

High threat security and crisis communications expert Kenneth Shockley. (Photo: Kenneth Shockley handout)

Biden administration following a containment strategy to confine war to Ukraine: Security Expert

"US and NATO will continue to provide humanitarian and lethal assistance to the people of Ukraine."

Dr. Elie Abouaoun, Director of MEANA Programs at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP). (Photo: Elie Abouaoun handout)

A war of attrition in Ukraine could ‘sink Russia in a quagmire’: USIP MEANA Director

“Defeating the Russians will require a completely different level of support that not all Western countries seem to envisage at this stage unless Russia moves on to directly provoke a NATO member state.”

Sport

Iraqi stadium security team members carry an injured football fan into an emergency area at the Basra International Stadium following a stampede, Jan. 19, 2023. (Photo: Hussein Faleh/AFP)

Stampede kills one, wounds 60 others in Basra ahead of Gulf Cup final

2023/01/19 18:23

An aerial view of a worker mowing the turf of the pitch at the New Minaa Olympic Stadium, built to accomodate 30,000 spectators, in Iraq's southern city of Basra, Dec. 26, 2022. (Photo: Hussein Faleh/AFP)

As Iraq prepares for long-awaited regional cup, Gulf fans reunite with Iraqi peers

2022/12/26 17:59

Kurdish-Iranian footballer Fardin Rabet pictured during a soccer match. (Photo: Submitted to Kurdistan 24)

Iranian-Kurdish player transfers to Dalkurd

2022/12/01 15:44

Health

Kurdistan Region records over 9,000 cancer cases in 2022

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Iraqi medical workers are pictured at the coronavirus ward of Al-Shifa Hospital in the capital Baghdad, Feb. 20, 2022. (Photo: Ahmad al-Ruabye/AFP)

Covid rages in Iraq as vaccinations lag

2022/02/25 09:34

An Iraqi man is inoculated against the COVID-19 coronavirus at a vaccination center of Kufa, northeast of Najaf, July 25, 2021. (Photo: Ali Najafi/AFP)

Majority of latest coronavirus cases in Iraq are from unvaccinated citizens, health spokesperson warns

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Infected

371,832

Recovered

388,327

Active Case

6,748

Dead

6,757

Iraq

Infected

2,073,835

Recovered

2,032,310

Active Case

17,883

Dead

23,642

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Infected

257,619,000

Recovered

232,213,454

Active Case

19,828,426

Dead

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Lifestyle

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Assi El Hallani (right) speaking to Kurdistan 24 upon his arrival to the Kurdistan Region capital Erbil and Rahma Riad (left), Feb. 12, 2022 (Photo: Combined photo by Kurdistan 24)

Famous Lebanese, Iraqi singers to hold Valentine’s Day concert in Erbil

2022/02/13 12:02

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Nightlife in the Kurdistan Region capital Erbil. (Photo: Goran Sabah Ghafour)

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2021/11/24 10:19

Music

The singer Shahram Sardar poses for a photo. (Photo: Handout)

Kurdish singer to release his latest album ‘soon’

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Culture

A man stands on the balcony of a stone building in the Kurdish town of Akre, 500 kilometres north of Iraq's capital Baghdad, Sept. 14, 2022. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)

Masonry leads Akre’s Old Town renovation project

2023/01/25 13:58

Culture

President Masoud Barzani of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) (third from left) during his meeting with French, German ambassadors to Iraq, Jan. 22, 2023. (Photo: Barzani Headquarters)

France, Germany to establish joint cultural center at Erbil Citadel

2023/01/22 15:06

Cinema

The 9th Duhok International Film Festival poster. (Photo: Kurmanj Nhili/Kurdistan 24)

Duhok to host its 9th international film festival

2022/11/30 12:54

Photo Story

PM Barzani says ‘good opportunity’ exists in Baghdad to resolve outstanding issues with federal government

2023/01/16 14:34

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (center) speaking during the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) weekly ministerial meeting in Kurdistan Region's capital Erbil, Jan. 15, 2023. (Photo: KRG)

Bardarash harvests 160,000 tons of potatoes

2022/08/25 12:05

Harvested potatoes are collected in plastic bags in Bardarash district, August 21, 2022. (Photo: Kurmanj Nhili/Kurdistan 24)

PHOTOS: Mandaeans perform 'Golden Baptism' ritual in Erbil

2022/05/19 13:42

Sabean worshippers, take part in a cleansing ritual known as the "Golden Cleansing", along the banks of the Great Zab river, May 18, 2022. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)

Erbil inaugurates Food Festival Week 2022

2022/05/05 14:58