2025-05-14T20:45:46+00:00 Shafaq News/ On Wednesday, Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani praised the upcoming Arab League summit in Baghdad, calling it a historic turning point that signals “Iraq’s resurgence as a key player in the Middle ...

2025-05-14T19:31:04+00:00 Shafaq News/ On Wednesday, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) cabinet approved the “Ronaqi” electricity project, providing uninterrupted electricity across the Region. Prime Minister Masrour Barzani chaired the meeting, directing the Ministry of Electricity to ...

The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) reported that Iran’s Supreme Court has rejected the second appeal for a retrial of Hatem Özdemir, a Kurdish political prisoner with Turkish citizenship, and upheld his death sentence. With ...

A vigil by the Democratic Kurdish Community in Switzerland has been taking place in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva since 25 January 2021. Every Wednesday, activists stage a protest in front of the ...

Following Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan’s historic ‘Call for Peace and a Democratic Society on February 27, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) convened its 12th Congress where it made a decision to end the armed struggle ...

The Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) released a statement welcoming the recent decision regarding the lifting of sanctions imposed on Syria: “The SDF expresses its profound appreciation to His Excellency U.S. President Donald Trump for suspending ...

Following the decisions announced by the PKK at its 12th Congress to disband and disarm, Cindi Tuncel, spokesperson for international relations of the German Left Party (Die Linke) Bremen state parliamentary group, issued a statement ...

Following Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan’s ‘Call for Peace and a Democratic Society’ announced on February 27, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) held an extraordinary congress between May 5 and 7 and decided to dissolve the ...

A court in Istanbul sentenced Bianet Women’s News Editor Evrim Kepenek to ten months in prison and postponed the announcement of the verdict. ANF ISTANBUL Wednesday, 14 May 2025, 14:43 Bianet Women’s News Editor Evrim ...

During a meeting with Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç on April 24, the İmralı Delegation of the DEM Party (Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party) requested that Abdullah Öcalan be allowed to have meetings in the İmralı ...