Iraq's general election in January was thrown into doubt on Monday when the war-torn country's presidential council demanded a greater say for minorities ...
Iraq's general election in January was thrown into doubt on Monday when the war-torn country's presidential council demanded more clout be given to ...
Video shot just before three US citizens were arrested while entering Iran from Iraq demonstrates they were just innocent vacationers and should be released, supporters said Tuesday. Two video clips, shot by a fourth hiker, who was not arrested, show the trio ...
Shawkat Amin Korki spent more than two decades in exile from his Iraqi homeland, dreaming of the day he could make a film for his long-suffering compatriots. But now that film is finally finished, the Kurdish director says there are no movie ...
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdistan's oil minister has denied wrongdoing in a murky stock deal that has left some outsiders raising questions about doing business in a relatively stable corner of Iraq. Ashti Hawrami, natural resources minister of the semiautonomous Kurdish region ...
Gunmen shot dead a prominent Iranian cleric on Thursday in the northwest province of Kurdistan, the official IRNA news agency reported, in the latest attack to shake the region. Mullah Mohammed Sheikh Olislam, who represents the province in Iran's top clerical body ...
SULAIMANIYA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq's former deputy prime minister was chosen on Wednesday to head the government of semi-autonomous Kurdistan, a move that could bring a more cordial tone to tense ties between Kurds and majority Arabs. At the heart of the ...
Junior oil explorer hits 52-week high. WesternZagros Resources (TSX: V.WZR, Stock Forum) was among the most active stocks trading on the TSX Venture index on Wednesday and topped the most active securities by value. The Calgary-based exploration and production company holds a ...
Blending traditional folk music with pop beats, sultry gyrations and plunging necklines, the musical phenomenon that is Dashni Murad is shaking Iraq's conservative northern Kurdistan region. In a part of the world where many women are expected to be demure, the lithe ...
The Iraqi government on Thursday officially accepted the resignation of one of its two deputy prime ministers, Barham Saleh, who plans to become premier of the autonomous region of Kurdistan. "Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki emphasised the brotherly relations and good work which ...
A new magazine in Iraq's Kurdistan region has caused furore among conservative Muslims with a rousing call for Jews to leave Israel -- and come back to Iraq. The magazine, "Israel-Kurd", is the brainchild of Dawood Baghestani, the 62-year-old former chief of ...
Three Americans detained in Iran during a hiking trip near the border with Iraq made "a simple and very regrettable mistake," a companion of the trio said Thursday. Shon Meckfessel, the fourth member of the party, did not go on the hike ...
