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More than 200,000 Yazidis still displaced in Iraq: UN

English Editor2022-08-042022-08-04

2022-08-042022-08-04

More than 200,000 Yazidi survivors are still displaced from their homes in Iraq since the 2014 genocide at the hands of IS. Eight years on since the Islamic Statemilitant group’s massacres of Yazidis, more than 200,000 survivors are still displaced from their homes in Iraq, the United Nations said Thursday. The needs of......

The massacre of 1983 is often forgotten when we remember the larger genocide of the Anfal

English Editor2022-07-312022-07-31

2022-07-312022-07-31

By Davan Yahya Khalil Thirty-nine years ago today, those were the words that saved my life. I was nine, and the Iraqi army officer measuring me against his stick had decided that I was too small to count as a man. He and the others like him had come into......

Briton jailed in Iraq for smuggling antiquities to be freed, says lawyer

English Editor2022-07-262022-07-26

2022-07-262022-07-26

Aretired British geologist is to be released from an Iraqi prison after his 15-year jail sentence for smuggling antiquities was quashed, according to his family and lawyer. Jim Fitton, 66, was jailed after collecting 12 stones and shards of broken pottery as souvenirs while visiting a site in Eridu as......

EU calls on member states to ration gas use

English Editor2022-07-262022-07-26

2022-07-262022-07-26

THE European Union called on member states to reduce gas use by 15 per cent today and asked for the power to impose such cuts on individual countries. The European Commission, the unelected body which controls EU policy, said threats to reduce gas exports from Russia meant “Europe needs to......

Fears over Rwanda deportations triggering children to self harm

English Editor2022-07-262022-07-26

2022-07-262022-07-26

THE Rwanda deal is triggering a deterioration in child refugees’ mental health, therapists warned today, following reports of terrified minors self-harming over fears of being deported. As ministers push ahead with plans to send vulnerable men and women on a one-way ticket to Rwanda, charities are growing increasingly concerned about......

Today, the Kurds are spread across four nations. Who are they?

English Editor2022-07-152022-07-15

2022-07-152022-07-15

The world’s largest stateless ethnic group finds itself in one of Earth’s most politically volatile regions. Kurdistan if you cant point on a map, you’re not alone: It’s not a sovereign country. But for Kurds, an ethnic group of roughly 30 million people, it is very real indeed. Nestled on......

European police arrest 39 in crackdown on migrant smuggling gang

English Editor2022-07-132022-07-13

2022-07-132022-07-13

Police in five European countries have arrested 39 people in a major cross-border operation targeting an Iraqi-Kurdish gang which smuggled migrants across the Channel to Britain, the EU’s law enforcement agency Europol said on Wednesday. Europol said the network could have smuggled as many as 10,000 illegal migrants to Britain......

Migrants: More than 440 people cross the Channel in a day

English Editor2022-07-132022-07-13

2022-07-132022-07-13

More than 440 migrants crossed the English Channel on Monday in 15 boats, the Ministry of Defence has said. It brings the total number of migrants making the journey from France this year to more than 13,700 people. UK officials brought in 442 people, and French authorities stopped a further......

Over three million tourists visited Kurdistan Region in first half of 2022: Tourism board

English Editor2022-07-072022-07-07

2022-07-072022-07-07

Over three million tourists have visited the Kurdistan Region in the first six months of 2022, the head of the Region’s tourism board told Rudaw on Thursday, adding that they expect the number to go higher ahead of the upcoming Eid al-Adha celebrations. Considering its moderate temperature compared to the......

Who is Nadhim Zahawi? Appointed as Uk’s next Finance Minister, know all about him

English Editor2022-07-062022-07-06

2022-07-062022-07-06

Mr Zahawi was born in Baghdad to Kurdish parents and his family came to the UK when he was nine years old. Nadhim Zahawi Biography: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson named the Education Secretary, Nadhim Zahawi, as the new Finance Minister late on Tuesday. Earlier, Rishi Sunak of Indian origin had......

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More than 200,000 Yazidis still displaced in Iraq: UN

The massacre of 1983 is often forgotten when we remember the larger genocide of the Anfal

Briton jailed in Iraq for smuggling antiquities to be freed, says lawyer

EU calls on member states to ration gas use

Fears over Rwanda deportations triggering children to self harm

Today, the Kurds are spread across four nations. Who are they?

European police arrest 39 in crackdown on migrant smuggling gang

Migrants: More than 440 people cross the Channel in a day

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