Workers at Tasluja Cement Factory block road after being laid off
A man in Karbala governorate who set a fire on Thursday (July 2) that killed his four children is now in custody, according to police.
The US Supreme Court on Thursday (July 2) declined to hear a bid by a large group of Iraqis convicted of crimes in the United States to prevent imminent deportation to their home country where they say they could face persecution and torture.
The head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) caucus in the Kurdistan Parliament said on Wednesday (July 1) that public sector workers whose salaries were cut by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and are members of the KDP will be compensated by the party.
Forty-nine workers at Tasluja Cement Factory protested on Thursday (July 2) against a decision by the factory’s management to lay them off, blocking the road leading to the factory with their trucks.
A fire broke out at Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility but there were no casualties and the site is operating as usual, Iranian officials said on Thursday (July 2).
Under the direction of Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, the Iraqi Security Forces launched a new operation against Islamic State (ISIS) militants in areas north of Baghdad, according to a statement by the Security Media Cell.
OPEC cut oil exports in June by 1.84 million barrels per day (bpd) from May levels as it works to implement an output reduction agreement with Russia and other allies, according to estimates from Kpler, which tracks oil shipments.
The US dollar to Iraqi dinar (IQD) exchange rate was up on the Kurdistan Region’s currency markets on Thursday (July 2).
Turkish warplanes bombed targets in the Gara mountain range in Duhok’s Amedi district twice on Thursday morning (July 2).
In the high mountains of Balakayati, A unit of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) fired at a shepherd and flock of sheep early on Thursday (July 2), killing at least 30 sheep and wounding twenty others.
Nations who fail to use every mechanism available to combat the still-raging novel coronavirus will struggle to beat it, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday (July 1).
Employees at the Sulaimani Traffic Directorate protested on Thursday (July 2) against The Kurdistan Regional Government’s decision to cut their salaries by 21 percent.
A Turkish court will open the trial on Friday of 20 Saudi officials indicted over the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a step his fiancee hopes will shed more light on the death and reveal where his body was hidden.
Crude oil prices were up on Thursday (July 2), Compared with the previous day.
Following the raising of an Iraqi flag near the border between Turkey and the Kurdistan Region, the manager of Batifa sub-district said on Wednesday (July 1) that a unit from the Iraqi Border Guards had been deployed on Dere and Shahbanie mountains in an effort to discourage fighting between Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
A Saudi-led coalition has started a military operation against Yemen’s Houthi movement after it stepped up cross-border missile and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia, Saudi state television reported on Wednesday (July 1).
This year’s LGBT Pride celebrations have exposed fault lines in Turkey as authorities called for caution against what they call LGBT propaganda, while companies who adopted rainbow colours on social media have faced boycott calls.
Erbil’s Coronavirus Operations Room said in a statement on Wednesday (July 1) that officials in the governorate have recently closed down 2,260 places of business for violating public health guidelines across the province’s municipalities.
The Iraq Civil Aviation Authority (ICAA) decided on Wednesday (July 1) to extend its ban on international passenger flights into and out of the country until July 15.
France’s foreign minister said on Wednesday (July 1) that European Union foreign ministers would meet on July 13 to discuss Turkey and said new sanctions on Ankara could be considered.
Head of the People's Defense Forces (HPG) Murat Karayilan argued in an interview published on Wednesday (July 1) by media outlets affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) that Turkey wants to conquer the Kurdistan Region and the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria.
The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Ministry of Health said on Wednesday (July 1) that it has recorded 259 new cases of coronavirus infection in the Kurdistan Region.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday (July 1) urged Turkey to continue to maintain the status of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul as a museum, a day before an expected court ruling that may give the legal foundation to groups asking to restore its status as a mosque.
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Spokesperson Jotiar Adil said during a press conference on Wednesday (July 1) that the government will calculate and distribute public sector based on its income moving forward.
The federal Ministry of Health said on Tuesday (June 30) that it recorded 2,415 new cases of coronavirus and 107 deaths in the country over the past 24 hours.
Russian President Vladimir Putin told his counterparts from Turkey and Iran on Wednesday (July 1) that there was a need for peaceful dialogue between the opposing forces in Syria’s civil war.
Iraq will reduce crude oil exports from its southern terminals in July, mainly its Basra Light flows, in order to comply with OPEC+ cuts after failing to meet its agreed quota in previous months, loading schedules from a shipping agent showed.
Turkey’s ambassador to France on Wednesday (July 1) said that Paris had informed NATO it was suspending its involvement in a naval operation in the Mediterranean after a probe into an incident between French and Turkish warships did not back Paris’ claims.
The federal Ministry of Defense said on Tuesday (June 30) that ten Islamic State (ISIS) militants were killed in an airstrike by warplanes belonging to the international coalition working to defeat the militant group.
The four lawmakers from the New Generation Movement in the Kurdistan Parliament filed forms on Wednesday (July 1) officially turning down parliamentary pensions.
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday (July 1) that the European Union had treated Turkey in a restrictive way over the coronavirus pandemic in what he said was a political stance.
The US dollar to Iraqi dinar (IQD) exchange rate was down on the Kurdistan Region’s currency markets on Wednesday (July 1).
The United States will continue working with Turkish companies producing some parts of F-35 fighter jets until 2022, Turkey’s state-owned Anadolu agency quoted a Pentagon spokeswoman as saying on Wednesday (July 1).
A boat that sank on Lake Van in eastern Turkey is believed to have been carrying 55-60 migrants, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Wednesday (July 1), adding that six bodies had been recovered so far.
Nineteen people were killed and six injured on Tuesday (June 30) in an explosion at a medical clinic in the north of the Iranian capital Tehran, the official IRIB news agency reported, quoting state officials.
Crude oil prices were mixed on Wednesday (July 1), Compared with the previous day.
Despite being the hardest hit part of the Kurdistan Region, Sulaimani Governor Haval Abubakir said on Tuesday (June 30) that the governorate’s coronavirus operations room is not currently planning to reimpose a total curfew to mitigate the effects of the coronavirus outbreak.
Two bodies were found in Sulaimani’s Grdi Joga neighborhood near Daik Park on Tuesday (June 30).
The Lebanese government on Tuesday (June 30) raised the price of a 900-gramme loaf of partially subsidised bread to 2,000 pounds from its pre-October-crisis price of 1,500 pounds in the first such price change in eight years.
OPEC oil output hit the lowest in two decades in June as Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Arab members made larger cuts, a Reuters survey found, pushing group compliance in a supply reduction pact above 100% despite incomplete adherence by Iraq and Nigeria.
Leader of the National Wisdom Movement Ammar al-Hakim on Tuesday (June 30) announced a new grouping within the Council of Representatives named the Iraqion Alliance, which was created to support Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi’s government.
The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Ministry of Health said on Tuesday (June 30) that it has recorded 240 new cases of coronavirus infection in the Kurdistan Region.
A Peshmerga officer committed suicide on Tuesday (June 30) at a facility in Sulaimani belonging to the Peshmerga Third Brigade.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pushed the UN Security Council on Tuesday (June 30) to indefinitely extend an arms embargo on Iran before it expires in October, arguing that the country is not a “responsible democracy” and must be held accountable.
The Nineveh Directorate of Martyrs said on Tuesday (June 30) announced the discovery of a new mass grave near the city of Mosul, which it believes contains the remains of more than 600 people.
The European Union has excluded the United States from its initial “safe list” of countries from which the bloc will allow non-essential travel from Wednesday (June 30).
The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Minister of Justice said on Monday (June 29) that a move by the Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Rewaz Fayaq to reverse the legislature’s vote to strip parliamentary immunity from an opposition lawmaker had violated the general law of legal hierarchy and that her order will not be published in the Official Gazette of Kurdistan.
The outlook for the global labor market in the second half of 2020 is “highly uncertain” and the forecast recovery will not be enough for employment to return to pre-pandemic levels this year, the International Labour Organization said on Tuesday (June 30).
The federal Ministry of Health said on Tuesday (June 30) that it recorded 1,958 new cases of coronavirus and 104 deaths in the country over the past 24 hours.
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Masrour Barzani met on Tuesday (June 30) with the KRG’s negotiating delegation via video conference to assess the progress it has made towards reaching a comprehensive budget agreement with the federal government.
An Israeli minister played down on Tuesday (June 30) the likelihood of major moves to annex Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank on July 1, the planned starting point for cabinet debate on the issue.
One of the survivors of a Turkish airstrike on Sulaimani governorate’s Kuna Masi town on June 25 has described the gruesome injuries that he and his family suffered as a result of the attack, as well as the economic impact it has had on his livelihood.
A roadside bomb hit two Revolutionary Guard vehicles in southeast Iran but no one was killed, the official IRIB news agency reported, citing a parliamentarian from the region.
The US dollar to Iraqi dinar (IQD) exchange rate was down on the Kurdistan Region’s currency markets on Tuesday (June 30).
Saudi Arabian support for American efforts to exted a UN arms ban on Tehran is a “bitter joke”, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Tuesday (June 30), according to the official IRNA news agency.
Iraqi government officials said on Monday (June 29) that a number of Iran-backed militiamen arrested in a raid by security forces on Thursday had been released on bail, government sources said.
Crude oil prices were up on Monday (June 30), Compared with the previous day.
Police in the Raparin administration said on Monday night (June 29) that one person was killed and two others were wounded in a shooting in Ranya.
A man self-immolated in Sulaimani’s Bakhi Gshti park on Monday evening (June 29) and passed away a few hours later.
Governments are set to pledge billions of dollars in aid for Syrians at a virtual conference on Tuesday (June 30) to help refugees enduring Syria’s ninth year of armed conflict, as COVID-19 and high food prices worsen the plight of millions.
