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Kirkuk provincial council fails to convene for third time

The Kirkuk provincial council meeting which was planned for Tuesday, May 7^th, was cancelled for the third successive time due to lack of quorum.

The...

Kirkuk: Police arrest a man charged with murdering his son over drug addiction

Police in Kirkuk’s eastern sub-district of Laylan have found the body of a 33-year-old-man dumped in nearby forest.

Police earlier arrested the father of...

Gunmen attack Iraqi federal police northwest of Kirkuk

Islamic State militants attacked Iraqi federal on the road between Kirkuk and Erbil near Kloor village in Pirde (Altun Kopri) northwest of Kirkuk.

Three...

A four-year-old profoundly deaf girl gone missing in Khanaqin

 A profoundly deaf girl has been missing since May 3, 2019 after she left her relatives’ house in a village in Khanaqin northeast of Diyala.

Lana Andam, 4,...

Agricultural land ownership disputes in Kirkuk to be raised to Iraqi parliament

A special committee which has been formed to resolve disputes over agricultural land ownership in the multi-ethnic province of Kirkuk is due to take the...

A rehabilitation project in Shingal raises concerns about corruption

A United Nations project to rehabilitate 502 houses in Shingal (Sinjar) district, a disputed territory in Ninewa province, which were damaged during the war...

Kirkuk University announced winner at THE Awards Asia 2019

The University of Kirkuk won the Outstanding Support for Students category at the Times Higher Education THE Awards Asia 2019 ceremony.

Dr. Abbas Hassan...

UN rehabilitates 502 houses for returnees in Shingal

The United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat) and UN Development Program (UNDP) handed over 502 rehabilitated houses to returnees in Ninewa’s...

In photos: Exhumation of Kojo mass graves in Shingal underway

Ezidi Spiritual Council accepts children of IS victims of rape into community

The Ezidi Supreme Spiritual Council has decided to allow children of Ezidi women born to Islamic State Group (IS) fighters into the community, ending a long...

Shingal’s Grr-Ozer residents choose a new sub-district commissioner

Local residents of Grr-Ozer (also known as Qahtaniya),a sub-district associated with the predominantly Ezidi populated town of Shingal (Sinjar) west of...

The project will cost US$ 8 billion
Iraqi government to build an oil refinery in Kirkuk

 The assistant to Kirkuk acting governor for technical affairs announced an Iraqi government plan to build an oil refinery in the multi-ethnic province of...