Kurdistan has long been a land of opportunity in both material and social respects, yet far too often, it has also been a land of missed opportunities, particularly in regard…
The ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) was leading in a parliamentary election in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq with 85 percent of votes counted, the election commission said on…
It has been more than a year since Kurdistan’s referendum on independence. It was the moment when Kurdistan voted overwhelmingly in favour of becoming a separate nation state from Iraq,…
Thousands of opponents and supporters of Germany’s immigration policy marched Saturday through the eastern city of Chemnitz after a wave of racist violence that followed a knife killing. Some protesters…
President Emmanuel Macron on Monday said preserving European Union unity was more important than forging a close relationship with post-Brexit Britain, and hit out at what he called US President…
For years, Uganda’s best-known musician-turned-politician has sung about intimidation and oppression. But with his latest prosecution on treason charges, Bobi Wine’s life is starting to imitate his art. The message…
A Saudi Arabian female human rights activist may be the first to face execution in the kingdom. Israa al-Ghomgham, a Shia activist arrested with her husband in 2015, is among…
Maersk, the world’s largest shipping line, will soon test the waters of the Arctic for shorter routes, due to warmer temperatures that have opened up the Northern Sea Route. The…
The EU’s financial services chief Valdis Dombrovskis warned market access should never be taken for granted, with Brussels toughening assessments of whether countries meet the conditions. He said: “We see…
Zimbabwe’s opposition MDC Alliance presidential hopeful Nelson Chamisa faced his moment of truth on Wednesday when his team of top local and regional lawyers took to the centre stage at…
