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ErbilKUWAIT CITY, Kuwait — The Gulf Arab Cup Football Federation has approved the participating clubs for the third edition of the Gulf Champions League, scheduled for the 202…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — A drone strike hit a camp belonging to an Iranian Kurdish opposition group in a mountainous area northeast of Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region, se…
ErbilBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi Football Federation has set the matchups for the 2026-2027 Super Cup, pitting Air Force against Zewa and Police against Erbil in the two opening…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The Kurdistan Region Investment Board has announced a new regulation for wheat producers, following approval from the Council of Ministers and a decree date…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The Erbil Governorate announced a series of new appointments within the provincial Directorate of Education, the governorate said in a statement on Monday. …
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — A woman who was a social media personality on TikTok died after falling from the fourth floor of a residential building in Erbil on July 3, and her sister h…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — A woman died after falling from the balcony of her apartment in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region, according to a statement from the Erbil Police D…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — Erbil Provincial Directorate of Police said on Sunday that Khurshid Latif Harki, a leader of the Harki tribe, and his brother Haidar Latif were detained in …
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — Erbil Provincial Police Directorate said two brothers from the Hırki tribe, Hurşid Latif and Haydar Latif, were taken into custody on charges of murder, inc…
ErbilTEHRAN, Iran — TEHRAN — Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani traveled to Tehran at the official invitation of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, where he a…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The Kurdistan Regional Government’s Ministry of Natural Resources has authorized gasoline imports to address a supply shortfall and curb rising fuel prices …
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and the New Generation Movement signed a political agreement called "Balance and Prosperity," a step that could resha…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The head of the Kurdistan Region's General Directorate of Trade said trade activity in the region has fallen noticeably this year, citing the ASYCUDA custom…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The Kurdistan Region's Ministry of Finance and Economy said revenues from taxes and state-owned real estate reached 5 trillion 415 billion 30 million dinars…
ErbilPARIS, France — PARIS — Florian Philippot, leader of France's far-right Patriots party, suggested on X that President Emmanuel Macron may have received "a second slap" fr…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — BAGHDAD — The Kurdistan Region's Ministry of Peshmerga will launch the first concrete step on Monday to unify Peshmerga forces, a ministry source said, begi…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The Kurdistan Regional Government's Council of Ministers, chaired by Prime Minister Masrour Barzani, approved a proposal setting the minimum monthly pension…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The Kurdistan Regional Government has arrested more than 1,000 drug and stimulant dealers during the current cabinet term, the government's international re…
ErbilCAIRO, Egypt — CAIRO — Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the grand imam of Egypt's Al-Azhar, on Tuesday received Kurdistan Region Minister of Endowments and Religious Affairs Beshti…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani received Russian Ambassador to Iraq Elbrus Kutrashev in Erbil, the Kurdistan Region Presidency said in a statem…
