Click Image to Enlarge: 1555 Peace protesters in US During a hearing of the Foreign Relations Committee at the Senate on Wednesday, anti-war protesters caused disruption multiple times Videos circulated online of Blinken being interrupted several times as he was speaking due to anti-war activists y...

China-Russia cooperation Connectivity between China and Russia doesn’t just benefit the two countries. As a matter of fact, Russia plays a key role in the China-Europe cargo rail link Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Russia visit is closely watched by the international community. While much of the at...

Future belongs to SCO and BRICS Iranian Minister of Economic Affairs Ehsan Khandozi believes that SCO and BRICS will play a major role Iranian Minister of Economic Affairs Ehsan Khandozi told Sputnik that Tehran appreciates the importance of developing cooperation with the Shanghai Cooperation Orga...

HDP won't field candidate ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s pro-Kurdish political party and its allies said Wednesday that they won't field a candidate to run in the country's May 14 presidential election, a move that could boost an opposition bloc's chances of unseating President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...

Iraqi forces in Kirkuk ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Iraqi forces in Kirkuk on Wednesday detained five Kurdistan Region Peshmerga forces, according to the province’s police The members of the Kurdish forces visited the Pride subdistrict in Kirkuk for medical purposes, when they were “detained” by the loca...

Yazidi culture and beliefs Efforts to separate Yazidi community from its culture and beliefs Throughout history, the Yazidi community has been subjected to countless campaigns of ethnic genocide, and the number of massacres committed against it has so far reached 73 massacres known as the "fir...

Lausanne alliance must be broken The KCK (Kurdistan Communities Union) Executive Council Co-Chair Bayık sent a message to the Newroz celebration in the Qandil region of southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) Pointing to the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne, Bayık emphasized that this agreeme...

Click Image to Enlarge: 1554 Torches, fireworks light up capital Monday in Akre, known as the capital of Newroz, prepared to receive tourists and to light it up with torches at dusk This year, around 2,500 torches were readied to be carried up a hill where a 50-meter flag of Kurdistan will be displ...

Click Image to Enlarge: 1553 Leaders urge unity during Newroz Kurdistan’s president and prime minister on Monday urged Kurdistan to come together and unite in the face of intra-Kurdish disputes during their messages commemorating the Kurdish New Year Kurds celebrate Newroz, the Kurdish New Year, on...

Click Photo to Enlarge: 1552 Release Kurdish politicians Joint Leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Bafel Talabani on Tuesday called on neighboring countries to release imprisoned Kurdish politicians, during an event marking the arrival of the Kurdish New Year, Newroz, in Turkey’s Kurdi...

UN Water Conference ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The President of the Republic of Iraq, Abdul-Latif Rashid, on Tuesday traveled to New York to participate in the United Nations Water Conference The Iraqi president is scheduled to stay in New York for two days and meet with a number of political officials...

ISIS could come back stronger ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) President Masoud Barzani has warned that the so-called ISIS could come back “stronger” if the US-led coalition against the terror group withdraws from Iraq Barzani’s remarks came during an interview, which air...

French ban fishing to protect dolphins Sea Shepherd, alongside other environmental NGOs, file a legal complaint against the government for the dolphin and porpoise deaths that had been taking place The French government is to ban fishing in specific parts of the Atlantic Ocean to protect dolphins s...

Russia, China strategic partnership On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping signed two joint strategic documents aiming to boost the two global powers' economic and diplomatic partnership. Uphold international norms as per UN chart During their formal summit in...