Mosul’s ancient heritage continues to face severe challenges years after the destruction carried out by ISIS, with dozens of archaeological and cultural landmarks still awaiting restoration amid slow reconstruction efforts and urgent warnings from experts about the risk of further irreversible loss.

KRG Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani said the Kurdistan Region participated in the Cannes Film Festival for the second consecutive year, describing the event as part of broader efforts to strengthen Kurdistan’s film industry and international cultural engagement.

From collecting fossils as a boy on the grounds of a Leicester university to narrating the fate of the planet for billions of viewers, Sir David Attenborough has lived a life as vast and layered as the natural world he spent a century championing.

The remains of Rafiq Sabir, a prominent Kurdish poet, writer, and politician, were returned to his homeland on Sunday to be laid to rest in his native soil in Qaladze, Sulaymaniyah Governorate.

Archaeological teams have uncovered a new historical site dating back more than 1,400 years in the Baghlu Manor district of Erbil, following the discovery of 108 skulls and several ancient relics.