A newborn baby who was found still tied by her umbilical cord to her mother and pulled alive from the rubble of a home in northern Syria (Photo: Rami al SAYED/AFP)

Syria newborn pulled alive from quake rubble

"We cleared the dust and found the baby with the umbilical cord (intact) so we cut it and my cousin took her to hospital."

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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

Politics Iraq

2022/08/29 14:50

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Nearly 200 British companies currently exporting to Kurdistan Region, says UK envoy

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Operation Inherent Resolve praises KRG’s Peshmerga reform

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Nearly 7,000 tons of trash collected on daily basis in Kurdistan Region

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PM Barzani commemorates 19th anniversary of Erbil Bombings

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At least eight missiles target Turkish base in Nineveh

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Syrians fear IS resurgence as Kurdish-led forces sweep Raqa

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2023/02/01 17:02

Iraq’s Federal Supreme Court ‘used’ to jeopardize Erbil-Baghdad agreements, says PM Barzani

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2023/02/01 18:03

UK supports KDP-PUK dialogue to resolve issues, envoy tells President Barzani

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2023/02/01 19:51

German envoy commends KRG for its efforts to keep “Kurdistan a safe space for everyone”

Economy

Lebanon's caretaker Energy Minister Walid Fayad (right) meeting with French Envoy in charge of coordinating the international aid to Lebanon Pierre Duquesne in the capital Beirut, Feb. 3, 2023. (Photo: Dalati and Nohra/AFP)

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

2023/02/05 10:42

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

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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

The exterior of Nanakali Hospital in Erbil, a cancer treatment center in the Kurdistan Region's capital, Feb. 5, 2023. (Photo: Handout/Nanakali Hospital Facebook page)

Kurdistan Region records over 9,000 cancer cases in 2022

2023/02/05 13:47

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

2022/01/30 10:00

Kurdistan Region

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

World

Infected

257,619,000

Recovered

232,213,454

Active Case

19,828,426

Dead

5,148,317

Lifestyle

Music

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

Culture

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

Erbil's vibrant nightlife

2021/11/24 10:19

Music

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

Kurdish singer to release his latest album ‘soon’

2021/11/09 11:21

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