Four Run In Presidential Elections The Türkish Supreme Electoral Council announced on Monday that four candidates will be eligible to participate in the May 14 presidential election The collection of signatures of presidential candidates proposed by non-parliamentary parties closed on March 27. Onl...

Asbestos in earthquake areas Environmental organizations warn that the earthmoving work in the earthquake zones may lead to a threat of asbestos and harmful substances, and call for urgent measures to be taken 77 environmental and animal rights organizations and unions in Turkey released a written ...

Click Image to Enlarge: 1563 Akre as capital of Newroz Wladimir van Wilgenburg ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The governor of Duhok, Ali Tatar, has requested the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Council of Ministers to designate Akre as the official capital of Newroz, the Kurdish New Year celebrated in ...

Click Image to Enlarge: 1562 Mass graves near Sinjar Wladimir van Wilgenburg ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The Iraqi government, supported by the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ISIS (UNITAD), concluded the excavation of multiple mass graves in Ha...

Several world leaders going to China to discuss China's 12 point plan to end the fighting in Ukraine Due to massive anti-war anti-NATO protests, many governments can no longer ignore the demands of the electorate as people learn the truth about the conflict Also, as much as 60% of tax payers money s...

Blacks strip-searched in UK An official report accuses police of abusing their power to strip-search children, with Black children much more likely than white children to be selected by officers for the ordeal Black youths 3 times more likely to be arrested because they are 3 times more likely to c...

Several Kurdish officials arrested in Turkey ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Dozens of Kurdish officials of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and Democratic Regions Party (DBP) were arrested on Monday in the Suruc district of Urfa, Turkey The Suruc District Prosecutor's Office ordered the arre...

Will Kurdistan resume oil export The United States on Monday urged Ankara and Baghdad to allow the resumption of Kurdistan Region’s exportation of oil through Turkey The Paris-based International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitration court ruled on Thursday that Turkey had breached a 1973 pipeline ...

Calls for Nord Stream probe Back in February, Russia presented a draft UN Security Council resolution requesting that the UN Secretary-General establish an independent international commission to investigate into the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines The draft resolution was sponsored by the Ru...

Click Image to Enlarge: 1560 EU support for Syrian Kurds Dozens of Kurds held a demonstration in Brussels on Friday, calling on the European Union to intervene in northwest Syria where four Kurds were killed by Turkish-backed fighters Members of the Ahrar al-Sharqiya armed militia opened gunfire on...

Click Image to Enlarge: 1559 Combative spoiler enters election Turkey's top politicians have formed two camps heading into May's election: those who revere President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and those united in the single goal of ending his two-decade rule Then Muharrem Ince came along The Turkish lead...

Kiev unable to launch attack Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky states that Ukraine is currently waiting for its allies to supply it with weaponry Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has revealed that under present circumstances, Kiev is currently unable to launch a counteroffensive, blaming...

Removing forever chemicals Dr. Mohseni explains that PFAS still find their way into our environmental systems and bodies despite the fact that Canada is no longer producing them - through cosmetics and repellents New water technology at the University of British Columbia (UBC), developed by the uni...