Kurdistan
Iran protest deaths mount as Tehran vows ’severe response’
Iranian protesters on Octç 27 defied a deadly crackdown by security forces against nearly six weeks of women-led protests, as Tehran vowed to punish those behind a mass shooting that killed 15 worshippers at a shrine.
US transfers widow of top ISIL figure to Iraqi custody
The United States on August 6 handed over to Iraqi authorities the widow of a senior Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) leader who had been detained by US forces since May, the Pentagon announced.