Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani is meeting United States President Donald Trump in Washington, DC, to discuss regional security in the Gulf and mutual 148 billion dollars economic ties, among other issues. The emir’s visit on Tuesday comes amid heightened tensions between Iran and the US and an ongoing blockade imposed on Qatar by its Arab neighbours. Two successive bomb […]
Saudi Arabia’s Abha International Airport came under a drone attack by the Houthis on Monday night.The drone attempted to target Saudi military spots in there. The Saudi-led Arab coalition naval forces have claimed that they foiled an attack on a commercial ship in the Red Sea which was allegedly carried out by militia of Houthi. Officials […]
The World Bank will lend a total of $200 million to Iraq in order to upgrade its electricity grid. According to the agreement, which was signed by Finance Minister Fuad Hussein and Yara Salim, a representative to the World Bank, Iraq will focus on improving the power supply in the southern provinces where people have […]
Iran threatens Britain with retaliation if tanker is not released after Local authorities with the aid of British Royal Marines took custody of the Iranian ship off the coast of Gibraltar claiming that the tanker, was bound for Syria with around two million barrels of Iranian crude oil, in violation of EU sanctions that prohibit […]
Eight people were injured after several vehicles collided on the Erbil-Pirmam road on Wednesday, the injured were taken to West Erbil Emergency Hospital. However, the vehicles were heavily damaged in the crash. Elsewhere one the same day, three people died in another crash and five others were wounded in a collision on the Sulaimani-Arbat road. Firefighters […]
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani received the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary- General for Iraq Jeanine Hennis to discuss the latest political developments in the region. The pair stressed on UN’s role in resolving the remaining disputes between Erbil and Baghdad, specifically issues about the disputed territories and related to article 140 from […]
Starting from Iraq, Prime Minister issues a decision to merge all the Popular Mobilization Forces units into the military to be under one direct command of commander in chief, the political leader Mouatada Al sadr in a statement supported the prime minster decision. Sadr announced now his militia will no longer take its orders from […]
A delegation from the United Nations Security Council arrived in Baghdad for the first time in nearly three decades. The visit comes in response to an invitation made by Baghdad. Representatives of the Council in Iraq reiterated their support for the war-torn nation’s security, stabilization, and reconstruction efforts. President of the Kurdistan Region Nechirvan Barzani […]
Five members of a single family from Duhok’s district of Zakho drowned on Friday while picnicking near one of the tributaries of the Tigris River, close to their hometown. The victims included the parents, two daughters, one of whom was nine-years-old, and a son, the Duhok Civil Defense department director, Bewar Adbul-Aziz. Explained that locals […]
One person was killed and another was wounded on Wednesday evening in a Turkish airstrike north east of Erbil. Turkish warplanes struck the Kurdistan Region’s Sidakan sub-district in Erbil province, hitting a civilian car which killed one man and injured another. Kirmanj Izaat, the mayor of Soran district, said the incident occurred in the Zini […]