Erbil Governor Omed Khoshnaw (right) elbow-bumps with the Chinese Consul General to Erbil Ni Ruchi, July 29, 2021. (Photo: Erbil governorate/Facebook)

China pledges new batch of COVID-19 vaccines, solar light poles to Erbil

Politics

Kurdistan

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Turkey

Poor security, services in Sinjar force 95 Yezidi families to return to Kurdistan Region camps

Kurdistan

Kurdistan Region PM receives Turkey’s new ambassador to Iraq

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (2nd left) flanked by Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi (left) as he greets the Iraqi delegation in Riyadh on March 31, 2021. (Photo: AFP / Saudi Royal Palace / Bandar Al-Jaloud)

Middle East

Iraq PM seeks to soothe security concern on Saudi visit

Veen resort: from hidden spot to popular tourist destination

Culture Kurdistan

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The Iranian Kurdish fair in Duhok, July 19, 2021. (Photo: Kurmanj Nhili)

Fair brings culture of Iranian Kurdistan to Duhok

Culture Kurdistan

2021/07/28 01:12

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China pledges new batch of COVID-19 vaccines, solar light poles to Erbil

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German Kurd and KGD member arrested in Turkey

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Veen resort: from hidden spot to popular tourist destination

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SDF welcomes US sanctions against Turkish-backed group in Syria

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Poor security, services in Sinjar force 95 Yezidi families to return to Kurdistan Region camps

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Kurdistan Region PM receives Turkey’s new ambassador to Iraq

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2021/07/23 23:55

Russia's Gazprom Neft reports increase in output at Kurdistan's Sarqala oilfield

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2021/07/24 08:23

Ex-ambassador says US will not withdraw from Iraq

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2021/07/24 10:39

US affirms broad support for Iraq in Strategic Dialogue, including continued fight against ISIS

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2021/07/24 12:38

Duhok expects tightening of COVID-19 restrictions as infections soar in Kurdistan Region

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2021/07/24 13:23

PKK attack Peshmerga position at Mount Matina in Duhok

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2021/07/24 14:04

Drone attacks coalition base north of Erbil, spokesperson says

Economy

The KRG Electricity Minister Kamal Mohammad Salih (right) is pictured during his meeting with UAE envoy to Kurdistan Region Ahmed Ibrahim Al-Dahri (left) in Erbil, July 29, 2021. (Photo: Ministry of electricity/Facebook)

UAE eyes solar-generated electricity investment in Kurdistan Region

2021/07/29 15:29

The Kurdistan Region's provinces were connected to southern and central Iraq by train until the 1980s. (Photo: Iraqi Republic Railways Company)

KRG in talks with German company for Kurdish railway

2021/07/15 12:10

The Kurdistan Region’s capital Erbil. (Photo: Sabr Dri)

Over $6 billion in investment in Erbil over 2 years: official

2021/07/12 12:02

A technician controls an electric switch board connecting homes to privately-owned electricity generators in a suburb of Iraq's capital Baghdad, June 30, 2021. (Photo: Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP)

Power outages reach Iraq’s capital as temperatures continue climb

2021/07/02 12:08

The number of tourists is increasing, especially with the facilitation provided by the security authorities. (Photo: Archive)

Erbil revives tourism with a new plan and doubles visitors

2021/06/28 08:03

Currency Exchange

2021/07/29 13:00

Erbil borsa

100 $

148,000 IQD

100 €

175,000 IQD

100 £

203,000 IQD

100 ₺

17500 IQD

100IR

5,900 IQD

1 JOD

2,080 IQD

Gold

24	430,000 IQD
21	380,000 IQD
18	324,000 IQD

Oil & Gas

30	33000 IQD
40	45000 IQD
50	60000 IQD

Opinion

Rob Waller

The Kurds’ two friends

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Outgoing US Consul General Rob Waller poses for a photo on horseback with flags of the US and Kurdistan the backdrop at the Erbil Horse Club, June 28, 2021. (Photo: US Consulate General/Facebook)

James Cleverly

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

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

Gary Kent

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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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Interview

Douglas Silliman, former US ambassador to Iraq. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Ex-ambassador says US will not withdraw from Iraq

Col. David Williams, the Director of the Kurdistan Coordination Center (KCC) (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Outgoing KCC director: attacks won’t break 30-year US-Kurdistan relationship

Sport

Rafting on the Chama River in the Barzan area of Erbil Province, July 2021. (Photo: Dilan Qadri/Kurdistan 24)

Rafting enthusiasts hope to develop water sport tourism in Kurdistan

2021/07/23 11:55

Goran Abdul Qadir, Taekwando coach, trains his sons. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Family behind Taekwondo school in Kirkuk eyes world tournaments

2021/07/14 12:33

The IDP and refugee kids are pictured as they kick off the marathon in the Kurdistan Region's Franso Hariri International Stadium, June 1, 2021. (Photo: Erbil governorate)

PHOTOS: Erbil hosts marathon for over 150 displaced, refugee children

2021/06/02 14:27

COVID-19

As COVID pandemic worsens, nearly 40,000 register for vaccines in 2 days in Erbil

2021/07/29 14:20

A medic analyses samples from COVID-19 patients at a hospital in the Kurdistan Region’s northern city of Duhok, July 27, 2021. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)

COVID-19: Kurdistan Region requests international vaccine donations amid spike in cases

2021/07/28 18:11

Kurdista Rregion

Infected

150,888

Recovered

127,427

Active Case

19,440

Dead

4,089

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

UNESCO inducted the Kurdish-majority region of Iran known as Hawraman into its World Heritage List on Tuesday. (Photo: Archive)

UNESCO adds Iranian Kurdistan’s Hawraman to World Heritage List

2021/07/27 20:59

Life style

Three participants in the Miss Iraq 2021 beauty pageant. (Photo: Miss Iraq/Facebook)

Nine Kurdish women compete to be named Miss Iraq 2021

2021/07/21 12:03

Culture

Memories on Stone by Kurdish director Shawkat Amin Korki will be shown at the Moscow Kurdish Film Festival in July 2021. (Photo: Memories on Stone)

First Moscow Kurdish Film Festival starts on Wednesday

2021/07/20 09:46

Photo Story

PHOTOS: ‘Kurdish Exodus’ brought to life in art project

2021/07/18 20:45

PHOTOS: Iraqis light candles in memory of Nasiriyah hospital inferno victims

2021/07/14 10:48

A young man light up candles for a vigil in mourning for the victims of a fire that swept through a COVID-19 coronavirus isolation, July 14, 2021. (Photo: Asaad Niazi/AFP)

Russian archaeologists discover 4,000-year-old city in southern Iraq

2021/06/24 23:04

One of the ancient structures found in Tall Duhaila in southern Iraq. (Photo: Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences)

PHOTOS: Iranian trade exhibition kicks off in Kurdistan Region’s Sulaimani

2021/06/22 20:18