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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – The Rwanga Foundation on Sunday completed an initiative to plant 20,000 Spanish olive saplings in Erbil to promote environmental sustainability, in partnership with the German development agency (GIZ) and the agriculture ministry.  “We concluded the project of planting 20,000 Spanish olive saplings, which our institution, the Rwanga Foundation, undertook in partnership […]

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Iraq is facing its worst water crisis in eight decades, as national reserves plummet to unprecedented lows, a senior water ministry official warned on Sunday. Khaled Shamal, spokesperson for the Iraqi water ministry and director of the General Authority for Irrigation and Reclamation Projects, said the current water shortage surpasses that

Pippa Crerar Political editor Labour is under no illusions about how difficult Thursday’s local elections will be for the government. Nigel Farage’s Reform is on course to take hundreds of council seats and is ahead in the race for two mayoralties. Keir Starmer has not even campaigned in the Runcorn and Helsby byelection, such is

Amendment to bill would affect anyone who qualifies for sex offender register, but charities concerned that move is being rushed Foreign nationals convicted of sex offences will be banned from claiming asylum in the UK, Yvette Cooper has said, as Labour attempts to fight off the threat from the Reform party before Thursday’s local elections. For the

A State Department cable indicates at least 10 more people will be subjected to the same. Screenshot of diplomatic cable A US State Department cable was sent from the American Embassy in Kigali, Rwanda, on March 13th with some major news: Rwanda said it was willing to accept deportees from the United States who are

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – A father from the Kurdistan Region’s Ranya town found his son’s grave in Italy over ten months after he drowned in a deadly shipwreck off the coast, and is requesting government assistance to repatriate his body.  “On June 13, 2024, Hardi left the Kurdistan Region for Turkey, and from there he

The government has introduced a new measure which will make it almost impossible for people who arrive in the UK irregularly to ever receive British citizenship. On 10 February, the Home Office (Ministry of the Interior) updated the guidance that case workers use to assess if an applicant is of “good character” to include the following provision:

Appeal to landlords for more properties to house rising number crossing in small boats The Home Office has launched a drive for landlords to house asylum seekers following a surge in Channel migrant crossings. Serco, one of three private contractors working for the Home Office, is offering landlords five-year guaranteed full rent deals to house asylum seekers at

A man has died trying to cross the English Channel, Kent Police says. The RNLI said it had launched its all-weather lifeboat and a group of people were brought to Dover in a Border Force boat on Friday morning. In a statement, the RNLI said: “Dover RNLI’s all-weather lifeboat was tasked by HM Coastguard at