Kurds in Iraq and Syria celebrate the Newroz festival of spring at a time of new political horizons
Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week have marked the Newroz festival, a traditional celebration of spring and renewal, at a time ...
Kurds in Iraq, Syria celebrate Newroz festival of spring
Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week have marked the Newroz festival, a traditional celebration of spring and renewal, at a time when many are hoping that a new political beginning is on the horizon ...
Sahan Journal2d
In Moorhead, growing Kurdish population builds culture with the only class of its kind in Minnesota
The Kurdish American Development Organization started teaching Kurdish language classes at its office in Moorhead, home to ...
Illinois votes on a new state flag design -- and chooses the current one
The Illinois state flag is sometimes derided as an “SOB” — a state “Seal on a Bedsheet.” The white banner emblazoned with the ...
Aberdeen hailed by Palestine boss for helping Oday Dabbagh fly the flag – 'It is VERY important for us'
Ehab Abu Jazar has admitted star man Oday Dabbagh’s move to Aberdeen is massive in helping fly the Palestine flag across ...
Wales Online14d
She sewed as a child to forget the war outside, now she’s a breast surgeon and TV star
As rockets flew overhead and artillery fire edged ever closer to a small home in Basra, southern Iraq during the 1980s, young Asmaa Al-allak dreamed of becoming a doctor. Following in the ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram14d
Here’s why Texas flags are at half-staff Friday
Have you noticed flags flying at half-staff in Texas? It is to honor former Houston Mayor and Congressman Sylvester Turner, who died March 5 in Washington, D.C. at 70 years old. Turner’s death ...
The New York Times15d
Ki’Lolo Westerlund, 17, is America’s flag football star of the future
She just hadn’t seen it. It aired on millions of screens worldwide right after halftime, but the 17-year-old flag football star was actually at the game in New Orleans with her father.
Morning Star15d
Iraqi soldiers liberate more of Mosul
IRAQI troops took more of the northern city of Mosul from Isis ... s fighting for one by become a member of the People’s Printing Press Society. The Morning Star is a readers’ co-operative, which ...
The Idaho Press-Tribune17d
Senate passes bill banning 'political flags' from public schools
BOISE — The Idaho Senate has passed a bill limiting what flags can be flown on public school property. On Wednesday, the Senate voted 29-6 in favor of House Bill 41, which prohibits flags that ...
Daily Mail19d
Stars speak out against Iraq war
Hollywood stars today sent a letter to US President George W Bush urging him not to start a war with Iraq. Actor Martin Sheen, who plays a US president in TV political drama The West Wing ...
The Star20d
Oil falls on White House spat, tariffs and Iraq exports
Baghdad is set to announce the resumption of oil exports from the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region through the Iraq-Turkey pipeline, according to an Iraqi oil ministry statement. Iraq will export ...