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By bnm Gulf bureau Water Resources Minister Awn Dhiab Abdullah announced that “El Niño's negative impact” on Iraq is increasing, with 12 provinces now relying exclusively on groundwater, as the ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Iraqi government has agreed to refrain from modifying the contracts of international oil ...

The Kurdistan Region’s ruling parties met on Monday in Erbil, with Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Masoud Barzani and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) leader Bafel Talabani leading the talks ...

Nigeria’s former strongman and president Muhammadu Buhari died at a clinic in London on Sunday at the age of 82.

Othman El Ballouti, a top Belgian-Moroccan drug trafficker dubbed the “Cocaine King,” was extradited from Dubai to Belgium in July 2025 after his arrest in December 2024. His handover, part of a wider ...