Monday, 31 August, 2026 , 17:19It is with profound sadness that we announce the death of Mehdi Zana, former mayor of Diyarbakir and a leading figure of the Kurdish democratic resistance in Turkey, who passed away on 29 August 2026 in a hospital in Diyarbakir at the age of 86.
His funeral took place at Yeniköy Cemetery in Diyarbakir on 30 August 2026.
Thursday, 13 August, 2026 , 17:44Nytimes.com | By Ben Hubbard and Safak Timur reported from Istanbul.
The government adopted a law that might prove a significant step toward ending an outlawed group’s decades-long battle with the Turkish state.
Tuesday, 4 August, 2026 , 18:18Rudaw.net
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - For more than two decades, Mehdi Tavakoli used his camera to document Kurdish life, culture, and hardship. He photographed refugees fleeing the Islamic State (ISIS), mentored hundreds of aspiring photographers, organized cultural events, and repeatedly found himself in the crosshairs of Iranian authorities for his civil activism.
Thursday, 30 July, 2026 , 15:29Rudaw
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Islamic Resistance in Iraq (IRI), an umbrella group of Iran-aligned armed factions, on Wednesday gave Baghdad a nine-day ultimatum to take "action," while vowing a response to the US-Saudi strike on Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) bases that resulted in dozens of casualties.
Tuesday, 28 July, 2026 , 18:03Nytimes.com | By Leily Nikounazar and Sanjana Varghese
Human rights activists say the Iranian government has been rapidly escalating executions. The latest prompted public protest, videos appear to show.
Monday, 20 July, 2026 , 16:01Kurdistan24.net
US Central Command says the service member died July 18 while conducting a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian one-way attack drone.
Friday, 17 July, 2026 , 15:41Rudaw.net
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Kurdistan Regional government condemned the “unjustified attacks” by Tehran on Friday calling on Baghdad and the international community to take actionable steps to bring about an end to escalations amid a surge of attacks on the Region.
Tuesday, 30 June, 2026 , 17:18Rudaw.net
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The federal government sent only 42 percent of the Kurdistan Region's total budget allocation – around $38 billion – between 2019 and 2025, the Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) finance ministry said on Thursday, adding that some of the disbursements were classified as loans.
Tuesday, 30 June, 2026 , 17:14Rudaw.net
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Up to 20 percent of Iraq’s public funds have been lost to corruption, a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) official in Iraq told Rudaw on Monday, as the Baghdad government intensified a sweeping anti-corruption crackdown that has led to the arrest of tens of suspects, including senior officials and political figures, since Sunday.
Monday, 22 June, 2026 , 17:36Telegraph.co.uk | David Harris
Kurdish people, denied their own state, have experienced genocide. The West doesn’t care because their oppressors aren’t Israeli.
