Lausanne alliance must be broken The KCK (Kurdistan Communities Union) Executive Council Co-Chair Bayık sent a message to the Newroz celebration in the Qandil region of southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) Pointing to the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne, Bayık emphasized that this agreeme...

Click Image to Enlarge: 1554 Torches, fireworks light up capital Monday in Akre, known as the capital of Newroz, prepared to receive tourists and to light it up with torches at dusk This year, around 2,500 torches were readied to be carried up a hill where a 50-meter flag of Kurdistan will be displ...

Click Image to Enlarge: 1553 Leaders urge unity during Newroz Kurdistan’s president and prime minister on Monday urged Kurdistan to come together and unite in the face of intra-Kurdish disputes during their messages commemorating the Kurdish New Year Kurds celebrate Newroz, the Kurdish New Year, on...

Click Photo to Enlarge: 1552 Release Kurdish politicians Joint Leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Bafel Talabani on Tuesday called on neighboring countries to release imprisoned Kurdish politicians, during an event marking the arrival of the Kurdish New Year, Newroz, in Turkey’s Kurdi...

UN Water Conference ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The President of the Republic of Iraq, Abdul-Latif Rashid, on Tuesday traveled to New York to participate in the United Nations Water Conference The Iraqi president is scheduled to stay in New York for two days and meet with a number of political officials...

ISIS could come back stronger ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) President Masoud Barzani has warned that the so-called ISIS could come back “stronger” if the US-led coalition against the terror group withdraws from Iraq Barzani’s remarks came during an interview, which air...

French ban fishing to protect dolphins Sea Shepherd, alongside other environmental NGOs, file a legal complaint against the government for the dolphin and porpoise deaths that had been taking place The French government is to ban fishing in specific parts of the Atlantic Ocean to protect dolphins s...

Russia, China strategic partnership On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping signed two joint strategic documents aiming to boost the two global powers' economic and diplomatic partnership. Uphold international norms as per UN chart During their formal summit in...

Donors pledge €7bln quake aid Aid groups urge donors to step up their commitment after the United Nations complained about the poor response that nations had for the urgent funding Donors pledged seven billion euros on Monday to aid Turkey and Syria recover from last month's devastating 7.8-magnitu...

Click Image to Enlarge: 1551 New Asiatic Lion Sanctuary The state of Gujarat, India, agrees to transfer 40 lions to a new sanctuary in an effort to avoid a disease wipe-out of Asiatic lions A new lion sanctuary is set to be opened in the Indian state of Gujarat after an increase in the number due t...

Diplomatic settlement in Ukraine Russia welcomes the Chinese initiative aimed at resolving the war in Ukraine, President Putin said in an article he had written for the Chinese Communist Party’s official paper People’s Daily "We appreciate the well-balanced stance on the events in Ukraine adop...

Click Photo to Enlarge: 1550 Newroz in Batman The Kurdish New Year, Newroz on 21 March, was celebrated today in 23 cities across Turkey and North Kurdistan under the motto “Her der Newroz, her dem azadî” (Everywhere Newroz, Every Moment Freedom) and “To Freedom with Newroz Fire”. Newroz this year p...

Luxurious hotel franchise Erbil ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani on Sunday inaugurated two major businesses in Erbil, including a world-class American hotel branch and a new mall in the capital PM Barzani was joined by local officials as well as members of ...

Turkish-backed groups in Syria Wladimir van Wilgenburg ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The latest report by the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria will be presented to the UN Human Rights Council next week SNA members continued arbitrarily arrests and detention, includin...

Sandstorms for Iraq A United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) representative expects Iraq will again be plagued by sandstorms this summer and said urgent action is needed to combat the environmental devastation “Given where we are today, I think, reducing sandstorms is not a short-term issue. S...