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21 new members of the Iraqi Chefs Association. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Kurdistan

Kurdish Chefs Join Iraq’s Culinary Association

An urban train of the Line 1 of the HCMC Metro is seen past residential buildings in Ho Chi Minh City on Dec. 22, 2024. (Photo: AFP)

World

'Finally, we made it!': Ho Chi Minh City celebrates first metro

Paramilitary personnel riding on the back of a Toyota Hilux pick-up truck (C) locally known as 'Dala', as they patrol along a street in Karachi. (Photo: AFP)

World

Imposing pickup trucks symbolise Pakistan's power gulf

China's chess grandmaster Ding Liren (L) and India's grandmaster Gukesh Dommaraju (R) compete in game 14 of the 2024 FIDE World Championship in Singapore. (Photo: AFP)

World

Crowned youngest world chess champ, teen prodigy eyes 'greatness'

A client receives a manicure at Madam Lucie's manicure shop in downtown Cairo on November 18, 2024. (Photo: AFP/Khaled Desouki)

World

Manicurist to the stars keeps Cairo's golden age alive

A banana artwork composed of a fresh banana stuck to a wall with duct tape is seen before being eaten by Chinese-born crypto founder Justin Sun in Hong Kong on Nov. 29, 2024. (Photo: AFP)

World

Crypto boss eats banana art he bought for $6.2 million

isitors walk across the archeological site of Pompeii at the bottom of the Mount Vesuvius volcano (Rear) on May 26, 2020. (Photo: AFP)

Kurdistan

Pompeii rejects 'mass tourism' with daily visitor limit

The regulars of the teahouse stirring the tea. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Kurdistan

Haji Mawlood Teahouse: A timeless hub for culture, community in Pirmam

Mam Osman Abdinia, a resident of Pir Bahadin village near Bokan in Eastern Kurdistan. (Photo: IRNA)

Kurdistan

Meet Kurdistan's 123-year-old living across three centuries

This photo taken on August 21, 2024 shows coffee house employees working at a cafe in Hanoi. (AFP)

World

Vietnam's young coffee entrepreneurs brew up a revolution

This aerial photo shows moored boats and ferries in Shatt al-Arab waterway near Basra, Iraq. (Photo: AP)

Iraq

Rising divorce rates in Basra courts: financial struggles and family pressures among key causes

Basic Food Proportions. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

Allocated monthly basic food proportion, General Company for Trading Food, to include several new items

A cup of cappuccino being served in a café in Erbil. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Kurdistan

Coffee culture brews in Kurdistan Region as demand surges, fueling local economy

Iraq

Baghdad's last cassette keeper preserves the golden era of music

Middle East

Hadrami Mandi: A Taste of Yemen's Culinary Heritage

This picture taken on January 21, 2020, shows the second world biggest rough diamond named "Sewelo" displayed at place Vendome's Louis Vuitton luxury shop in Paris. (Photo: AFP)

World

The world's biggest diamond finds