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Kirkuk: court house decides to execute a wife killed her husband with help of two persons — 2020-05-20
Kirkuk: court house decides to execute a wife killed her husband with help of two persons

Suni Wakf in Kirkuk 'loses' hopes to reopen mosques

Suni Wakf in Kirkuk 'loses' hopes to reopen mosques

Sunni Wakf council in Kirkuk is concerned that the crisis sell has neglected their demands to reopen the mosques, while local markets and most of the public...

Coronavirus cases increase in the disputed areas amid the surge of the virus in Iraq

Coronavirus cases increase in the disputed areas amid the surge of the virus in Iraq

Five new coronavirus cases were recorded in four days in Nineveh, which coincided with the rise of the virus in Iraq. On Monday, May 18, Iraq recorded 150...

Security forces shut down local markets amid restricting coronavirus measures

Security forces shut down local markets amid restricting coronavirus measures

The crisis cell in Kirkuk, with the cooperation of the security forces, shut down the local markets, known as Bazaars, to prevent the spread of the...

Mustafa al-Kadhimi cabinet lacks plan to implement article 140 of the Iraqi constitution

Mustafa al-Kadhimi cabinet lacks plan to implement article 140 of the Iraqi constitution

The implementation of article 140 of the Iraqi constitution was not included in the proposal of the cabinet of the newly elected Iraqi prime minister...

‘Islamic State militants’ kill two Kakai farmers and burn their grain fields

‘Islamic State militants’ kill two Kakai farmers and burn their grain fields

The dead bodies of the two killed Kakai farmers were found in Khanaqin district, Diyala province after their abduction. Their farms and tractors were also...

Duhok: One billion and 98 million dinars corruption cases uncovered in Sinjar education directorate

Duhok: One billion and 98 million dinars corruption cases uncovered in Sinjar education directorate

Three persons have been arrested for a corruption case of Sinjar lecturers' budget that was worth a billion and 98 million Iraqi Dinars (IQD). The...

The US provides Iraqi IDPs with 6.5 million dollars to combat COVID-19

The US provides Iraqi IDPs with 6.5 million dollars to combat COVID-19

The United States provides the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Iraq with six million and 500 thousand dollars to support the...

Kirkuk: wheat and barley crops damaged by heavy rainfalls and hailstones

Kirkuk: wheat and barley crops damaged by heavy rainfalls and hailstones

Thousands of donums of wheat and barley crops were damaged by heavy rainfalls and hailstorms in Kirkuk, while the majority of the farmers have rented the...

Heavy rainfall and hailstorm damage wheat crops of 120 farmers in Sinjar

Heavy rainfall and hailstorm damage wheat crops of 120 farmers in Sinjar

Heavy rain and hailstorm damaged 120 farmers’ wheat crops in Sinjar, while the crops were in their final stage of growth. Last week, heavy rains and...

Iraqi government to buy wheat crops from farmers in the disputed areas

Iraqi government to buy wheat crops from farmers in the disputed areas

The Iraqi Council of Ministries (CoM) would purchase wheat crops from the farmers in the Iraqi disputed areas, parliament member Dilan Ghafur from Kirkuk...

Kirkuk: Arab and Turkmen call for deployment of additional troops

Kirkuk: Arab and Turkmen call for deployment of additional troops

The Arab and Turkmen parties and tribes call for the deployment of additional forces to Kirkuk and demand people to take up arms against the insurgent...

Human trafficking band headed by a mother and her son arrested

Human trafficking band headed by a mother and her son arrested

The Iraqi Ministry of Interior announced that the entire members of a band that was involved in human trafficking are yet to be arrested, only a woman and...