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When former President George W. Bush stood on the West Front of the Capitol for his second inauguration in 2005, he gave a speech that called for a utopian foreign ...

The majority of residents in Iraqi Kurdistan have endured prolonged and chronic electricity cuts since a deadly drone attack against the autonomous region’s Khor Mor gas field on Wednesday night. The ...

The second-largest county in the United States has established a permanent guaranteed basic income program after the success of a previous pilot version. The Cook County Board of Commissioners ...

QANDIL, Iraq (AP) — A militant Kurdish group announced on Sunday that it is withdrawing its fighters from Turkey to Iraq as part of a peace effort with the Turkish government. The statement delivered ...

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For far too long, American policymakers have tiptoed around the Kurdish question, hesitant to fully endorse independence for fear of regional backlash or instability. But the realities on the ground ...

Universal or guaranteed basic income programs are gaining momentum across the country, as local governments and nonprofits experiment with the bold new alternative to traditional welfare models.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Paul Iddon is a freelance journalist focused on Middle East affairs. Iraqi Kurdistan has once again found its territory, including ...

On Friday, July 11, a group from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) held a disarmament ceremony in the countryside of Sulaymaniyah in the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq. The PKK has been in ...

A ceremony in northern Iraq on Friday saw a handful of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants lay down their weapons, a small but hugely symbolic gesture that marks the beginning of an end to a ...

STORY: Fighters from the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, burned their weapons on Friday. The event signified the beginning of a disarmament process meant to end a bloody, four-decade insurgency ...