Norwegian oil and gas company DNO reported that production at its Tawke and Peshkabir oil fields in the Kurdistan Region rose to 73,219 barrels per day in the third quarter of 2026, following a months-long suspension triggered by the US-Israeli war against Iran.

Iraqi, Kurdish, and Iranian officials are set to meet on October 19 to discuss the presence of Iranian Kurdish opposition groups in the Kurdistan Region, Iraqi National Security Advisor Qasim al-Aboudi told Rudaw on Tuesday, stressing Baghdad’s commitment to resolving the issue peacefully.

Speakers at a panel in Washington on Tuesday urged the United States to maintain its support for the Kurdistan Region's security amid continued Iranian attacks, highlighting the Region's role as a refuge for religious and ethnic minorities fleeing conflict and persecution.

An Iraqi army brigadier general and a warrant officer were killed on Wednesday when a remnant explosive device exploded in Wadi Zghaitun, Kirkuk province, as troops inspected the site of airstrikes carried out a day earlier, Iraq’s Defense Ministry said.

Five schools offering Kurdish-language education are set to open in Syria's central Hama province, with similar requests made for the southern province of Daraa, senior Kurdish politician Elham Ahmed told Rudaw, as Kurdish leaders seek to secure constitutional recognition of their language and expand education beyond northeast Syria (Rojava).

Iran executed Ali-Sina Mostafavi, a musician and professional mountaineer from the southeastern province of Kerman, on Wednesday after convicting him of alleged armed attacks, according to the judiciary, a day after a rights group warned that his execution was imminent.

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to deliver Iran a heavy blow, as reports emerged that he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had discussed the possibility of renewed military strikes against Tehran ahead of elections in both countries.

Iran on Tuesday summoned the British ambassador to Tehran over what it deemed “baseless” allegations linking Tehran to an incident at the RAF Fairford military base and demanding evidence supporting the accusations or Iran would “seriously reconsider” bilateral relations, state media reported.

A rights organization reported on Tuesday the killing of an Arab citizen in Iran by “direct fire” in the city of Ahvaz in Iran’s southwestern Khuzestan province following their vehicle’s pursuit, after which security forces transferred injured passengers to an undisclosed location.

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi on Tuesday requested a parliamentary session later this week to vote on candidates for nine vacant ministries and deputy prime minister positions, nearly five months after his government received a vote of confidence.