April 24, 2026The US Department of Justice has filed a civil forfeiture complaint seeking to seize a Beverly Hills mansion allegedly owned…
December 19, 2025Representatives from Kurdistan’s Chambers of Commerce visited the newly inaugurated U.S. Consulate in Erbil. U.S. officials described Kurdistan as “a…
October 16, 2025Intelligence Online reports that former Washington consultant Mahtaub Moore has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. against Kurdistan’s Prime Minister…- October 9, 2025An investigation by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and the Government Accountability Project found that between 2005…
- October 6, 2025The Kurdistan Region’s finance ministry sold off 60 properties belonging to jailed opposition leader Shaswar Abdulwahid, head of the New…
- August 14, 2025Shaswar Abdulwahid, leader of Iraqi Kurdistan’s opposition New Generation Movement, has been detained in Sulaimaniyah until 24 August on charges…
February 19, 2025Iraq’s Communications and Media Commission (CMC) has ordered the “immediate shutdown” of Korek Telecom’s internet services following its “failure to…
February 4, 2025Teachers and civil servants are on strike in Sulaymaniyah following the nonpayment of December's salaries, Medya has reported. The group…
January 20, 2025Masrour Barzani is in "deep trouble" following a filing by the Kurdistan Victims Fund of an updated complaint against him…
January 10, 2025Kurdistan's lack of effective leadership "hurts" its peoples' cause, U.S. academic Michael Rubin has written. In an op-ed published by…
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