Iraqi Kurdistan

Auditing Afghanistan

Will the committee set up to oversee the aid money coming into Afghanistan have the tools to keep track of a previously chaotic spending process?

19 Jul 06

Mountain holiday centres provide sanctuary for Arabs desperate to escape, albeit briefly, insurgent violence.

18 Jul 06

Two years after the ministry was formed, its scope to bring about change is severely constrained by its miniscule budget.

12 Jul 06

Conservative values and poor protection laws leave abused women facing a grim future.

7 Jul 06

Kurds fear for their lives when traveling along the notorious Baghdad to Kirkuk highway.

7 Jul 06

Sturgeon continues to be illegally caught and sold, with the authorities seemingly doing little to curb the poaching.

6 Jul 06

Turkish food has remained popular in Armenia despite the hostile diplomatic relationship, but it has been banned ostensibly for health reasons.

30 Jun 06

Widespread scepticism that three explosions in quick succession can have been the work of teenage hooligans.

26 Jun 06

Western Iraqi city’s population flees ahead of expected onslaught by United States forces.

22 Jun 06

Poultry experts say the industry is slowly recovering in Sulaimaniyah, months after the government stemmed an outbreak of the deadly bird flu virus.

21 Jun 06

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