Environment

Image shows a large, glowing radioactive symbol against the backdrop of a nuclear power plant. (Graphic: Designed by Kurdistan24)

Iran

Iran, Saudi Nuclear Agencies Confirm No Radiation Risk Following U.S. Strikes on Nuclear Sites

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi holds a press conference after the first day of the agency's quarterly Board of Governors meeting at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria, Jun. 9, 2025. (Photo: REUTERS)

Europe

IAEA Chief Offers to Visit Iran After Israeli Strikes on Natanz Nuclear Site

A residential neighborhood turned industrial workshop in Baghdad. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Iraq

Battered Neighborhoods: Baghdad’s Quiet Districts Succumb to Industrial Creep

An Iraqi youth rides his bicycle near a flare stack in the Rumaila oil field near Iraq's southern port city of Basra on May 5, 2024. (Photo: AFP)

Iraq

'We’re Dying Slowly': Basra Tribes Slam State Neglect

A striking contrast in the same location in Raparin within just one year. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Kurdistan

Water Shortage Drains Raparin’s Tourism Season

An aerial view of Sami Abdulrahman Park in Erbil city. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Kurdistan

Kurdistan’s Environmental Protection Agency Calls for Greater Action on World Environment Day

Diyala’s Dying Orchards: Khanaqin’s lush groves wither under climate stress, water scarcity, and state neglect. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Iraq

Diyala's Green Heart Withers: Climate and Neglect Threaten Iraq's Historic Orchards

A man sits next to fish floating during a mass die-off of fish at the Ibn Najm marsh, about 25 kilometers northeast of Najaf in central Iraq on June 1, 2025. (Photo: AFP)

Iraq

Mass Fish Die-Off in Southern Iraq Sparks Environmental Probe

An Erbil Municipality employee holding a flower before he plants it, amid of a flower planting campaign in Erbil, June 2, 2025. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Kurdistan

Erbil Launches Citywide Beautification Campaign by Planting Over 4,000 Flowers

Men walk along a dried up stream in Mishkhab, in Iraq's Najaf province on May 24, 2025. (Photo: AFP)

Iraq

Drought Nation: Iraq’s Worst Water Crisis in 80 Years

Iraqis endure extreme summer heat. (Photo: IINA)

Iraq

Scorching Start to Summer: Basra Boils at 49°C as Heat Claims Lives of Cadets

An Iraqi environmentalist measures water in Iraq’s drying Hawizeh Marshes, near Iran’s border, on April 25, 2025. (Photo: AFP)

Iraq

'Leave Our Marshes Alone': Iraqis Fear Oil Drilling Would Destroy Fabled Wetlands

A view of Xurmal district, Halabja Province. (Photo: Binar Yousf/Khurmal)

Kurdistan

25,000 Blooms: Xurmal Greenhouse to Green Halabja

A photo showcases the severe levels of drought in southern Iraq. (Graphics: Kurdistan24)

Iraq

Iraq’s Water Crisis Hits 80-Year Low Amid Climate Change and Regional Disputes

Sandstorm in Basra city. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Iraq

Iraq Faces $1 Million Daily Loss Amid Surge in Sandstorms

Villager of Thi Qar walk through a dried-up irrigation canal in southern Iraq, where prolonged drought has devastated local agriculture and forced thousands of families to abandon their villages. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Iraq

Drought Displaces 10,000 Families in Iraq’s Dhi Qar Province Amid Humanitarian Emergency