Iraq’s semi-autonomous north is grappling with a severe economic crisis, with many residents forced into massive personal debt.

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s oil ministry announced Saturday the resumption of oil exports from northern Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region. The exports had been halted for nearly two years ...

Even from the island prison where he has spent the past 26 years, Abdullah Ocalan still wields power over the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), the rebel group he founded to fight for a Kurdish homeland ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — Kurdish militants who have waged a 40-year insurgency in Turkey declared a ceasefire on Saturday in what could mark a significant boost to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ...

The attack was part of the larger genocidal Anfal campaign that Iraq carried out against Kurds.This is the 37th anniversary of the attack, which killed about 5,000 people. The larger Anfal campaign ...

MANILA, Philippines — The local nonlife insurance industry will continue to push for tax cuts in a bid to make protection plans more affordable for Filipinos, especially those in areas ...

MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday departed Manila to join her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, who was sent to The Hague in the Netherlands to face the ...

MANILA, Philippines — Starting tomorrow, March 15, the new maximum deposit insurance coverage (MDIC) of P1 million per depositor per bank will take effect. The new MDIC — which was doubled ...

MANILA, Philippines — Scientists from the University of the Philippines – Diliman (UPD) have developed ways to create gold nanocorals through innovative and more environmentally-friendly methods.

MANILA, Philippines — Former President Rodrigo Duterte is being held at the International Criminal Court (ICC) detention center in Scheveningen, The Hague, Netherlands, the court’s ...