The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has said that it has repaid $1.5 billion of debts without loaning any money in the last three years and paid salaries in in full in the first six months of this year, thanks to rising oil prices.
Turkish airstrikes hit Gurava and Birezhgi villages in Akre district causing the villagers’ fields to catch fire on Wednesday (July 6).
Nadhim Nahawi, an Iraqi Kurd from Baghdad, has been appointed to the role of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who will be responsible for running the UK's finances.
A number of farmers protested in Sulaimani’s fruit and vegetable bazaar on Tuesday (July 5), over the high taxes taken from them.
No one was hurt in a Turkish drone attack on Shahid Rostam Judi refugee camp in Makhmour, Erbil province, on Tuesday (July 5), NRT reporter Murad Surchi said.
The leaving US consul-general, Robert Palladino, has reiterated the US support for the democratic process in the Kurdistan Region in a farewell message posted on Facebook on Tuesday (July 5).
A woman from Sardasht, Iran, who was working as a model in Erbil, was allegedly killed by her husband, Hengaw Organization for Human Rights said on Monday (June 4).
Erbil Mayor Nabaz Adulhamid said on Monday (June 4) the Ministry of Peshmerga and Ministry of Interior are working on having the Peshmerga and security forces members leave their weapons after they finish their shifts.
The Director of Erbil International Airport said on Monday (July 4) the airport had prevented the landing of an Iranian plane that was not prepared to provide information on its passengers.
Hundreds of trees were destroyed in a fire that broke out at a village in Arbat district in Sulaimani on Sunday, the forestry and environment police said on Sunday (July 3).
Two people were injured in a gas explosion at Kastana cafe in Sulaimani province on Sunday (June 3), Saman Nadr, the director of Sulaimani Emergency Center, confirmed.
Three people died in separate incidents of drowning in the Kurdistan Region in the last 48 hours, according to NRT reporters.
The Deputy Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament, Hemin Hawrami, announced in a press conference on Saturday (July 2) that it is unlikely parliamentary elections will be held on time.
The head of the Kurdistan Independent Human Rights Commission, Zia Petros, said on Thursday (June 30) officials’ pride in carrying weapons has led some members of their parties to do the same.
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) said on Thursday (June 30) only 400 billion Iraqi dinars has been sent to Erbil from a total of 1 trillion, 200 billion the KRG says should have been transferred.
The Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Masrour Barzani, has called on the Ministry of Interior to close down all weapons shops and seize unauthorized firearms.
A fire broke out in the Bajed Kandala displacement camp in the Zakho district of Duhok governorate on Thursday (June 30) damaging at least 20 tents.
Two people were killed in a shooting accident in Erbil city on Thursday (June 30), NRT reporter, Rizgar Kochar said.
The spokesperson of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) said in a press conference yesterday (June 29) that none of the oil companies working in the Kurdistan Region has left.
No one was injured in two separate explosions caused by grenades fired at two houses in the town of Sulaimani on Wednesday and Thursday (June 29 and 30), an NRT reporter said.