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37 minutes ago Iraq closes 10,000 buildings over fire safety violations in 2025
3 hours ago Kurdistan Region prisons overcrowded, holding inmates far beyond capacity: Minister
5 hours ago President Nechirvan Barzani congratulates Barham Salih on appointment as UNHCR chief
6 hours ago President Nechirvan Barzani congratulates Yazidis on Ezi Feast Day
8 hours ago Cultural embassy complex to be established in Sulaimani
9 hours ago Former Iraqi president Barham Salih officially elected to lead UNHCR
18 hours ago Turkey does not seek military action against SDF, but patience running out: FM
19 hours ago Iraq captures two wanted individuals in airborne operation inside Syria
20 hours ago German School Erbil at 15: The rise of the Green School movement
21 hours ago KDP warns PUK against linking KRG cabinet talks to Iraq government formation

Iraq closes 10,000 buildings over fire safety violations in 2025

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Iraq closes 10,000 buildings over fire safety violations in 2025

Kurdistan Region prisons overcrowded, holding inmates far beyond capacity: Minister

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Kurdistan Region prisons overcrowded, holding inmates far beyond capacity: Minister

President Nechirvan Barzani congratulates Barham Salih on appointment as UNHCR chief

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President Nechirvan Barzani congratulates Barham Salih on appointment as UNHCR chief

President Nechirvan Barzani congratulates Yazidis on Ezi Feast Day

President Nechirvan Barzani congratulates Yazidis on Ezi Feast Day

Cultural embassy complex to be established in Sulaimani

Cultural embassy complex to be established in Sulaimani

Former Iraqi president Barham Salih officially elected to lead UNHCR

Former Iraqi president Barham Salih officially elected to lead UNHCR

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Turkey

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan. File photo: AA

18 hours ago

Turkey does not seek military action against SDF, but patience running out: FM

Syria

AFP file photo of a number of Iraqi armed soldiers.

19 hours ago

Iraq captures two wanted individuals in airborne operation inside Syria

Opinions

Sipan Abdulselam Berwari.

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German School Erbil at 15: The rise of the Green School movement

Kurdistan

President Masoud Barzani (C) chairs a KDP leadership meeting on Thursday, December 18, 2025. Photo: KDP

21 hours ago

KDP warns PUK against linking KRG cabinet talks to Iraq government formation

World

GoFundMe campaign initiator Zachery Dereniowski visited al-Ahmed in hospital on Wednesday, presenting a cheque totaling $2,533,585. Photo: Dereniowski's Instagram

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Over $2.5 million raised for Syrian man who stopped Bondi Beach attacker

Middle East

Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. File photo: AFP

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Iran-linked group hacks ex-Israeli PM’s Telegram account

ECONOMY

A chicken farm in the Kuridstan Region. Photo: Bilind T. Abdullah/Rudaw

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Baghdad to resume chicken imports from Kurdistan Region

Syria

A graduation ceremony for fighters of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in eastern Deir ez-Zor province on December 3, 2025. Photo: SDF media

yesterday at 03:42

SDF to retain ‘three divisions’ in Syrian army under preliminary deal

Kurdistan

A man cleans his flood-damaged home in Chamchamal district, western Sulaimani province, on December 11, 2025. Photo: Screengrab/Rudaw

yesterday at 01:56

Real-time website launched to track donations for Kurdistan flood victims

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Zakho SC fans win the 2025 FIFA Fan Award. Graphic: FIFA Club Football/Instagram

Zakho SC fans win FIFA 2025 Fan Award for charity campaign

Fans of the Duhok-based Zakho SC on Tuesday won the International Federation of...

Frontline Ukrainian village builds underground school bunker amid strikes

Yehor Cherniev, deputy chairman of Ukraine’s National Security, Defense and Intelligence Committee in an interview with Rudaw in Kyiv on December 5, 2025. Photo: screengrab/Rudaw

Ukraine official rejects land concessions, says Russia is buying time with talks

Yehor Cherniev, deputy chairman of Ukraine’s National Security, Defense and...

Volunteers defend Kyiv’s skies as Russia intensifies drone attacks

Interception units across Kyiv are working nightly as hundreds of Russian...

Tahrir Square in the center of Baghdad on December 1, 2025. Photo: Screengrab/Rudaw

Who will be Iraq’s next prime minister?

Sascha Graumann, UNDP deputy resident representative in Iraq, speaking to Rudaw in Erbil on November 30, 2025. Photo: Screengrab/Rudaw

Iraq, Kurdistan must develop strong digital regulatory framework: UNDP

The Rudaw Media Network holds a launch event for a special TV show for the coverage of the Kurdistan Region's upcoming elections in Erbil on September 16, 2024. Photo: Bilind T. Abdullah/Rudaw

Foreign missions praise free, objective press at Rudaw election event

Diplomats and foreign missions in the Kurdistan Region highlighted the...

Zakho expects 50 thousand tourists during Eid holidays

Germany deports Kurdish family with health issues to Iraq

Shaqlawa sets the stage for a grandiose touristic season

Iraqi police cracks down on crime in Baghdad

Kurdish melodies harmonized with Italian melodies in Sulaimani

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Halabja pomegranate festival kicks off, 300k visitors expected

PKK kicks off pullout from Turkey, nears end of four-decade conflict

Kurdish artist opens art exhibition in Erbil

Duhok hosts 18th annual grapes, honey festival

Duhok province is holding the 18th annual two-day grape and honey festival as...

Iraq exhumes large mass graves of ISIS victims

Erbil authorities to plant 5,000 orange saplings