Burning forests in southwest Turkey The wildfire in Turkey’s southwestern province, which broke out on Tuesday, is yet to be controlled The area located on Turkey’s Aegean town of Marmaris is partially populated and no casualty has been reported. A total of 2,851 people as well as 27 helicopters an...

US and UK Do Not Allow Peace Talks The Russian Foreign Minister said during an interview that while European countries urge Kiev to resume peace dialogues with Moscow, "the Anglo-Saxons" - referring to the United States and the United Kingdom - prevent it from doing so. So, he expressed s...

Sadly, the title of this post: Events to mark 100th anniversary of Treaty of Lausanne Promised so much but is achieving nothing The 100th anniversary of Kurdish lands being stolen and divided without the consent of the Kurdish population, Kurds being attacked, raped, tortured and slaughtered, should...

Remzi Kartal, a Kurdish leader who I respect and admire. One of the few Kurds who actually, genuinely cares about the plight of the Kurdish population Remzi Kartal has dedicate his entire life to helping fellow Kurds, whereas most Kurdish leaders are more interested in their own self-gratification ...

KDP, PUK may agree candidate ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the rival Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) are more likely to agree on a single candidate for Iraq’s presidency, an MP from the latter told Rudaw on Saturday, believing that the KDP wants the position ...

https://d2wqffb2bc8st5.cloudfront.net/images/Jun-2022/1656073307covver.jpeg Iraqi gazelles facing extinction ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Climate change has pushed the Iraqi gazelles in Muthana's Sawa wildlife reserve to the brink of extinction, the United Nations' food and agriculture agency announced o...

International aid decreasing DUHOK (Kurdistan 24) – As the world marked World Refugee Day on June 20, 131,700 refugees, mostly Syrians, still live in Kurdistan Region’s Duhok province. That number increased following Turkey’s last major military operation in northeast Syria in October 2019 The peop...

Yazidis demands self-determination PADÊ co-chair Omar Salih spoke to ANF about an official visit of a delegation from Shengal to Iraqi President Barham Salih. The essential demand is self-determination, the Yazidi politician stated A delegation from Shengal held an official meeting with Iraqi Presi...

Sadr's latest move Sadrist Movement leader Muqtada al-Sadr ordered the closure of all aside from six of his movement's offices "at the current stage" on Sunday following the resignation of all his movement's 73 members of parliament earlier in the day Sadr called on Hassan al-Adhari, the ...

At Least 1 500 Deaths On Wednesday, an earthquake hit Afghanistan, which according to officials' reports, has left 1500 casualties, and over 600 injured, numbers that authorities expect to rise as information trickles in from remote mountain villages The earthquake that hit the Asian country was re...

Death Toll of Afghan Quake 920 The death toll from an earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday has reached 920, while over 600 people were injured, said Deputy to State Ministry for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs Mawlawi Sharafuddin Muslim The number of casualties ma...

Antagonism Over Ukraine Conflict On Tuesday, Dai Bing, China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations (UN), warned that antagonism within the international community over the conflict in Ukraine is disrupting UN work "For some while, with the conflict in Ukraine unraveling, anta...

Turkey attacks Kurds in Van Turkish gendarmerie forces on Monday raided a Kurdish neighbourhood in the southeastern province of Van, clashing with locals when attempting to arrest a suspect. The force has come under fire for extensively firing in the air Footage shared by a number of lawmakers from...

UK lawyers gather evidence A group of high-level British lawyers have been working privately on compiling evidence to show that one or more countries failed in their international obligations to prevent genocide against the Yazidis in northern Iraq The lawyers, who formally announced their collabor...

Assange’s Defense No Guarantees of Fair Trial in the US The spokesman for Assange's legal team in Ecuador, lawyer Carlos Poveda, has cast doubt this Friday that the U.S. justice system will abide by due process in the case of Julian Assange if he is tried in this country "There are already pre...