This concept isn’t new—in fact, it is the essence of representational state transfer (REST). Instead of converting to a ...

The majority of residents in Iraqi Kurdistan have endured prolonged and chronic electricity cuts since a deadly drone attack against the autonomous region’s Khor Mor gas field on Wednesday night. The ...

The second-largest county in the United States has established a permanent guaranteed basic income program after the success of a previous pilot version. The Cook County Board of Commissioners ...

Russia’s Rosneft has begun scaling back operations in Iraqi Kurdistan, reducing its stake in the Kurdistan Pipeline Company from 60% to 49%. The move follows Western sanctions on Rosneft and ...

QANDIL, Iraq (AP) — A militant Kurdish group announced on Sunday that it is withdrawing its fighters from Turkey to Iraq as part of a peace effort with the Turkish government. The statement delivered ...

Did you know that, between 1976 and 1978, Microsoft developed its own version of the BASIC programming language? It was initially called Altair BASIC before becoming Microsoft BASIC, and it was ...

For far too long, American policymakers have tiptoed around the Kurdish question, hesitant to fully endorse independence for fear of regional backlash or instability. But the realities on the ground ...

Universal or guaranteed basic income programs are gaining momentum across the country, as local governments and nonprofits experiment with the bold new alternative to traditional welfare models.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Paul Iddon is a freelance journalist focused on Middle East affairs. Iraqi Kurdistan has once again found its territory, including ...

The decision by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to lay down its arms and apparently disband has reverberated across the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq. For decades, the Turkish army has operated ...

On Friday, July 11, a group from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) held a disarmament ceremony in the countryside of Sulaymaniyah in the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq. The PKK has been in ...

A ceremony in northern Iraq on Friday saw a handful of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants lay down their weapons, a small but hugely symbolic gesture that marks the beginning of an end to a ...