Politics

Iraqi citizens chanting during a rally before the parliamentary elections in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021. (AP)

Iraq

'Whether We Vote or Not, They Will Be Elected Again': Despair and Boycott Calls Shadow Iraqi Election

People walk past the parliament building in Damascus on October 1, 2025. (Photo: AFP)

Syria

Sharaa’s Tight Grip on Syria’s First Post-War Parliament Sparks Outcry

Georgian opposition supporters rally on the day of local elections in central Tbilisi on October 4, 2025. (Photo: AFP)

World

Georgian Police Clash with Protesters as Opposition Warns of “Last Chance” to Save Democracy

U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff (R) and Jared Kushner await Trump's arrival at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey, July 13, 2025. (Photo: AFP)

Kurdistan

Trump Envoys Head to Egypt as Hamas Accepts Ceasefire Plan

Tunisian President Kais Saied, Nov. 16, 2020. (Photo: AFP)

World

Tunisia Issues First Death Sentence Over Social Media Posts Deemed Offensive to President Kais Saied

A torn poster of Syrian-American Jew Henry Hamra, a candidate for the Syrian parliamentary elections, lies on the ground at the Jewish neighborhood in old Damascus, Syria, Oct. 3, 2025.

Syria

A Parliament Without Voters: Silence and Skepticism Across Damascus

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks during the United Nations General Assembly, on Sep. 23, 2025. (Photo: AFP)

Middle East

Erdogan Welcomes Hamas Response as a “Crucial Step Toward Lasting Peace”

Erbil Civil Defense spokesperson Shakhawan Saeed. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Kurdistan

Erbil Civil Defense: Negligence Sparked Blaze at Erbil Gas Station

U.S. War Secretary Pete Hegseth.(Graphics: Kurdistan24)

World

Hegseth Fires Top Navy Official in Latest Move to Remake Pentagon Leadership

Jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan. (Graphics: Kurdistan24)

Turkey

Öcalan Calls for “Law of Peace and Democracy” to Shape Türkiye’s Next Century

Newly-elected Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader Sanae Takaichi. (AFP)

World

Sanae Takaichi Poised to Become Japan’s First Female Prime Minister

U.S. President Donald Trump. (Graphic: Kurdistan24)

USA

Trump Says Hamas Ready for Peace, Urges Israel to Halt Gaza Bombing

Hamas fighters stand in formation. (AP)

Middle East

Hamas Agrees to Release All Israeli Hostages Under Trump Plan

Election posters of Henry Hamra, a Syrian-American parliamentary candidate, on Oct. 3, 2025, (AFP)

Syria

Syrian-American Jew Runs in Historic Elections as Kurds and Druze Are Excluded

U.S. President Donald Trump. (AFP)

USA

Trump gives Hamas until 2200 GMT Sunday to agree to Gaza deal

A visitor walks by the paintings displayed at the art gallery. (AFP)

World

Kim, Kimchi and Machine Guns: Russia Exhibits North Korean Art