By Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including China. Brendan joined Newsweek in 2018 from the …
MOSUL: Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani officially reopened Mosul International Airport on Wednesday, marking a major milestone in the city’s recovery from the devastation caused by the Islamic State group. The airport, heavily damaged during …
Explosive drones target U.S. and Norwegian oil fields in Iraq's Kurdistan region amid rising tensions and battles. No casualties reported, but tensions are soaring. In a dramatic escalation across Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, a wave of …
At this year’s Sulaimani Forum, hosted by the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS), it was disheartening to hear Zahra al-Sadr of the Al-Hikma Movement, a Shiite political bloc with roots in Iraq’s clerical establishment, defend child marriage on …
Drone attacks for a third day on oilfields in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region have slashed crude output by 140,000 to 150,000 barrels per day, two energy officials said on Wednesday, as infrastructure damage forced multiple shutdowns. It was …
Just months after joining the Wifra incubation program, Hasan Falah has built one of Iraq's most promising new ventures in sustainable food production. His startup, Micro Harvest, is a youth-led agribusiness growing organic microgreens in a country …
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has inaugurated the northern city of Mosul’s newly restored airport, more than a decade after it was destroyed in a series of battles to dislodge the now vanquished ISIL (ISIS) group. “The airport will serve as …
Recently, Kurdish security forces in Raparin arrested several human traffickers and confiscated the passports of over 70 young people who had planned to migrate to Libya. [Getty] Yvette Cooper, the UK Home Secretary, is reportedly in the "final stages …
Four explosive-laden drones hit oil fields in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region as PKK begins disarmament, with no casualties or damage reported. The Counter-Terrorism Agency in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq announced today, Wednesday, that four explosive-laden …
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