2025-05-22T19:08:08+00:00 Shafaq News/ On Thursday, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Masrour Barzani outlined plans to deliver 24-hour electricity across the Region—and eventually to other parts of Iraq—through increased gas production supported by two new ...

2025-05-22T18:25:21+00:00 Shafaq News/ The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) on Thursday urged Baghdad to approve the resumption of crude oil exports through Turkiye’s Ceyhan port. Exports from the Region, estimated at around 450,000 barrels per day, ...

Civilians continued to bear the brunt of bombing and shelling in towns and cities across the globe in 2024. Worldwide, civilians and civilian infrastructure were harmed by explosive weapons used by state and non-state actors ...

The scorching effects of summer in Iraq have once again made themselves felt. Temperatures rose to 49 degrees Celsius, and two people lost their lives. ANF NEWS DESK Thursday, 22 May 2025, 17:26 On Thursday, ...

Kurdish civilians Azim Yadegari and Vahab Khediripour have been imprisoned to serve sentences of 10 years and eight months in Ilam and Mahabad, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) reported. Yadegari, one of the detainees ...

In Amed (tr: Diyarbakır), civil society organizations, faith representatives, democratic mass organizations, and elected officials, primarily Kurdish political parties, came together to hold a “Unity Initiative” meeting. The initiative was established by the joint decision ...

Following Abdullah Öcalan’s February 27 ‘Call for Peace and a Democratic Society’, the PKK held its 12th Congress on May 5-7. In a statement regarding the results of the congress on May 12, the PKK ...

JINNEWS News Director Öznur Değer was released following the first hearing of her trial. ANF MARDİN Thursday, 22 May 2025, 14:29 Journalist Öznur Değer, who was imprisoned on the grounds of social media posts, appeared ...

Responding to questions from journalists on the plane returning from his visit to Hungary, Erdoğan referred to the PKK’s decision to disband and disarm, saying, “As it frees itself from the rule of arms, the ...

Political prisoners in 38 jails launched a campaign support across East Kurdistan, Rojhilat. ANF NEWS DESK Thursday, 22 May 2025, 12:02 Families of political prisoners, dissident youth, and human rights activists from 20 cities across ...