For the first time in the region, the preaching of the Friday prayers will be done in English in one of the mosques of Sulaymaniah of Iraqi Kurdistan. The public relations officer of the Ministry of Endowment of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Mariwan Naqshbandi stated “The ministry has decided that the Friday prayer preaching should [...]
The Iraqi Ministry of Human Rights has announced that from 2003 until April 2013, more than 15,000 Iraqis have gone missing due to violence across the country. Kamil Emin, the spokesman of the ministry said “The number of the Iraqis missing since 2003 is more than 15,000 and the ministry has recorded the appeals of [...]
Gold prices hit a low in the Iraqi markets, making the businessmen and the youths who are intending to marry pleased. The gold prices have dramatically decreased in the past day to an extent that one carat of 24K has decreased from 315,000 Iraqi Dinars to 250,000 and one carat of 18K from 250,000 to [...]
The markets of Hawjia are open once again as they were shut down for the entire week following the attacks of the SWAT forces on the demonstration sit-in which left dozens dead and injured. Shopkeeper Ahmad Snjar told Kirkuk Now “The marketplaces returned back to life as the previously announced curfew was ended and currently [...]
The Iraqi Ministry of Planning has announced that they are planning for strategic programs to confront poverty in the country and the completion of an economical census result which is scheduled in the next two months. Mahdi al-Alaq, deputy of the Iraqi Ministry of Planning announced “The ministry has conducted a complete survey in the [...]
The deaf of Kirkuk claim they are being asided while calling for support by the government. The While Hand Organization for the wellbeing of the deaf have held a conference for discussing the issues and difficulties facing them and the fact that they claim to be ignored by the government, with their numbers now reaching [...]
In the past 15 months, 149 women have been killed in different incidents with 41of them being shot to death, according to the latest investigations in Kirkuk city. The No To Domestic Violence campaign activists revealed the latest statistics regarding violence against women in the city, on Monday, April 22 in the Kirkuk Cultural Hall. [...]
The Kirkuk Health Department has banned deliveries outside of the hospitals while some pregnant women believe that the hospitals in Kirkuk are cannot provide sufficient health services for the pregnant women in the province. Burhan Omer, the general director of the Kirkuk Health Department stated that “Previously, many women delivered their babies outside of the [...]
Decades after the Anfal, in which tens of thousands of Kurdish people were buried alive in the deserts of the south of Iraq, the families of the victims claim they are still waiting for their beloved ones and the memories are haunting them. April 14, the Anfal day, is the 25th anniversary of the ungodly [...]
DNA analysis has been carried out for the remains of the Topzawa mass grave and after keeping the remains for more than three years in the forensic department, they are still not buried yet, according to delegates of the Kurdistan Parliament. The delegates visited Kirkuk Azadi Hospital on Saturday, April 13. Paiman Izadin, one of [...]
In photos, art gallery of Science Experts Forum
In photos, graduation of kindergarten students in Zab
In photos, final examinations in Kirkuk schools
May 8 blasts in photos
In photos, Kirkuk workers on International Workers Day
In Photos, convoy with victims of the Hawija violence to their homelands
