Latest Kirkuk news in English, including politics, security, energy, Turkmen community affairs and northern Iraq developments.
KirkukBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq has disbanded the Eastern Tigris Operation Command, a military formation that covered a wide area from south of Kirkuk to Tuz Khurmatu, including par…
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — LONDON — Norwegian oil company DNO made an offer on July 28 to buy Genel Energy's stake in the Taawki field in the Kurdistan Region for £202 million, accor…
KirkukBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Oil Minister Baisam Hudhair has announced plans to increase production at the Kirkuk oil fields, the Oil Ministry said. The minister outlined the s…
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — The head of Iraq's Federal Integrity Commission, Mohammed Ali Lamie, met with officials and staff at the commission's investigation office in Kirkuk, the c…
KirkukBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Kurdistan Regional Government's general body has rejected remarks by Kirkuk Governor Mohammed Seman Agha calling for the repeal of Article 140 of the …
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — An unidentified gunman on a motorcycle opened fire on a parked black Chevrolet Silverado in the Aviation Square area of central Kirkuk on Sunday night, kil…
KirkukBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Agriculture is carrying out a three-pronged program to combat tick-borne hemorrhagic fever across all governorates except Kirkuk, a sen…
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — Police in Kirkuk detained a murder suspect less than an hour after the killing, which followed a dispute that began on social media and escalated into a fi…
KirkukANKARA, Turkey — Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US special envoy Tom Barrack in Ankara on Tuesday, with…
KirkukBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Federal Commission of Integrity said a local official was caught red-handed in Kirkuk while soliciting bribes from citizens and contractors. The co…
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — Kirkuk Governor Muhammad Siman Agha's visit to Ankara has fueled debate in the province over the city's reported accession to the Turkic World Municipaliti…
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — A 16-year-old was stabbed in the Shoravo area of Kirkuk on Saturday and taken to hospital, a medical source said. The attacker has not been identified. In…
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — Kirkuk's full membership in the Union of Turkic World Municipalities was approved at a meeting held in Karaman, Turkey, Justice and Development Party (AK P…
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — An official in Kirkuk said gasoline stations in the city halted distribution of improved-grade fuel on Sunday, redirecting demand to outlets still supplyin…
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — Several high-ranking police officers and civil servants have been detained as part of an investigation into allegations of bribery and forgery within state…
KirkukBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Counter-Terrorism Service said it arrested two ISIS members in operations carried out on Sunday in Sulaymaniyah and Kirkuk provinces. The service s…
KirkukBAGHDAD, Iraq — Residents of Rujaybat village in Kirkuk governorate have protested the bulldozing and leveling of a 110-year-old cemetery by a private investor, saying th…
KirkukBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Kirkuk Provincial Council's Services Commission has launched an investigation into the city's electricity privatization and smart meter conversion pro…
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — Kirkuk University announced that its Center for Continuing Education has received ISO/IEC 17024 quality management accreditation, becoming the first Iraqi …
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — Two people were injured when a heavy cargo truck crashed into the Jameen checkpoint in northern Kirkuk, security sources said. The driver lost control of t…
