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Baghdad Mandates Federal Audit Approval for Kurdistan Region Foreign Remittances 

As a result, companies in the Kurdistan Region are prohibited from executing foreign remittances unless their financial reports receive formal approval in Baghdad.

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Putin Vows to Bolster Air Defenses After Ukrainian Drones Strike Deep Inside Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he is open to a diplomatic compromise to end the conflict in Ukraine, but insisted that any peace deal must be anchored to the security frameworks discussed during his August 2025 summit with U.S. President Donald Trump in Anchorage, Alaska.

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Key art from 007 First Light, developed by Copenhagen-based studio IO Interactive. The game launched globally last week across PC and major consoles to near-universal critical acclaim and historic first-week revenue. Credit: IO Interactive

Report: James Bond Game ‘007 First Light’ Is Denmark’s Most Expensive Entertainment Project Ever

007 First Light, the newly released James Bond video game from Denmark-based developer IO Interactive, reportedly commanded a massive development budget exceeding $200 million across a seven-year production cycle.

02/06/2026
Photo of some of Nineveh's damaged artifacts

Mosul: From Historic Legacy to Destruction 

Mosul’s ancient heritage continues to face severe challenges years after the destruction carried out by ISIS, with dozens of archaeological and cultural landmarks still awaiting restoration amid slow reconstruction efforts and urgent warnings from experts about the risk of further irreversible loss.

18/05/2026
KRG Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani in a handout image released on May 14, 2026, as he highlighted Kurdistan’s participation in the Cannes Film Festival and plans to expand international film cooperation.

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Qubad Talabani Says Kurdistan Launched Largest Film Fund During Cannes Participation

KRG Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani said the Kurdistan Region participated in the Cannes Film Festival for the second consecutive year, describing the event as part of broader efforts to strengthen Kurdistan’s film industry and international cultural engagement.

14/05/2026
FILE - Sir David Attenborough poses for a photo after being appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George following an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle, in Windsor, England, June 8, 2022. A fossil of a 560-million-year-old creature, which researchers believe to be the first animal predator, has been named after the British naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough. Scientists said Monday, July 25, 2022 they believe the specimen, named Auroralumina attenboroughii, is the earliest creature known to have a skeleton.(Jonathan Brady/Pool via AP)

David Attenborough Turns 100: A Century of Life and Seven Decades That Changed How the World Sees Nature

From collecting fossils as a boy on the grounds of a Leicester university to narrating the fate of the planet for billions of viewers, Sir David Attenborough has lived a life as vast and layered as the natural world he spent a century championing.

08/05/2026
Dr. Rafiq Sabir Qadir, born in 1950, was a renowned Kurdish poet and scholar whose influential works in literature, linguistics, and philosophy spanned Iraq, Bulgaria, and Sweden until his passing in 2026.

Remains of Renowned Kurdish Poet and intellectual Rafiq Sabir Returned to Homeland

The remains of Rafiq Sabir, a prominent Kurdish poet, writer, and politician, were returned to his homeland on Sunday to be laid to rest in his native soil in Qaladze, Sulaymaniyah Governorate.

26/04/2026

DNA Tests Planned for Unearthed Erbil Archaeological Site as Monument Project Announced

Archaeological teams have uncovered a new historical site dating back more than 1,400 years in the Baghlu Manor district of Erbil, following the discovery of 108 skulls and several ancient relics.

26/02/2026