News 2019-05-09 One woman among 72 candidates for posts of Ninewa governor and deputies Kirkuk provincial council fails to convene for third time The Kirkuk provincial council meeting which was planned for Tuesday, May 7th, was cancelled for the third successive time due to lack of quorum. The... 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... 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... 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 Forensic teams continue the exhumation process of dozens of mass graves containing the remains of Ezidi victims slaughtered by the Islamic State (IS)... 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... ‹ 1 2 ... 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 ›