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Canadian Publisher Boreal Drops Author Thelyson Orelien After AI Investigation

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Canadian Publisher Boreal Drops Author Thelyson Orelien After AI Investigation

The investigation involved hiring an outside party to analyze working drafts and metadata, which revealed traces of AI tags, contradicting Orelien's prior denials.

Poet Darbaz Younis Alleges Censorship of New Prison Conditions Book

Poet Darbaz Younis Alleges Censorship of New Prison Conditions Book

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Halabja Traffic Directorate Announces Pomegranate Festival Plan

Halabja Traffic Directorate Announces Pomegranate Festival Plan

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University of Milan Proposes Open Air Museum in Erbil

University of Milan Proposes Open Air Museum in Erbil

20/10/2026

Neil Armstrong’s Childhood Home Saved With $400,000 Donation

Neil Armstrong’s Childhood Home Saved With $400,000 Donation

19/10/2026

Tom Cruise Film Digger Faces $245 Million Loss Forecast

Tom Cruise Film Digger Faces $245 Million Loss Forecast

18/10/2026

Kurdistan Film Commission Joins Regional Co-Production Talks in Egypt

Kurdistan Film Commission Joins Regional Co-Production Talks in Egypt

18/10/2026

Archaeologists Uncover Roman Temple Beneath German Forest

Archaeologists Uncover Roman Temple Beneath German Forest

15/10/2026

Jordan Film Fund Supports Kurdish Filmmaker’s Upcoming Film

Jordan Film Fund Supports Kurdish Filmmaker’s Upcoming Film

14/10/2026

Photo: The General Directorate of Antiquities and Cultural Heritage of Garmian

Historic Gawri Canal Excavation Reveals New Archaeological Discoveries in Garmian

14/10/2026

Recovered paintings "Portrait of Madame Colonna Romano", right, and "Young Woman at the Well," stolen from the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer are on display at the Interdisciplinary Centre for the Conservation and Restoration of Heritage in Marseille, France, Monday Oct. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Philippe Magoni)

DNA Evidence Helps French Police Recover Stolen Renoirs

13/10/2026

Canadian poet Anne Carson, winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature, performs her work "Antigonick" at the Moderna Museet art gallery in Stockholm, Sweden, Aug. 5, 2015. CORRECTION: Corrects year to 2015.

Anne Carson Wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature

08/10/2026

Khanaqin

Khanaqin to Host Dates and Folk Arts Festival

08/10/2026

The Payz (autumn) Festival will launch at Ranya Gorge on October 9, bringing a range of cultural, artistic, sports, educational, and social activities to the Raparin area throughout the autumn season.

Payz Festival to Launch in Ranya Tomorrow

08/10/2026

FILE - A visitor walks past portraits of DC Comics superheroes as she enters the "Action and Magic Made Here" interactive experience at the Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood media preview on June 24, 2021, in Burbank, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Paramount Skydance Completes Warner Bros. Discovery Acquisition

07/10/2026

Yazidi girls in their traditional attires during a Yazidi festival

Jamayi Feast: Yazidis Begin Seven Day Autumn Festival

06/10/2026

The remains of medieval ruler Czar Samuel are seen inside a coffin during a handover ceremony, in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)

Czar Samuel’s Remains Return to Bulgaria After Decades

03/10/2026

Halabja's Pomegranate and Autumn Festival in 2024. Photo: Hama Sur/ Channel8

Halabja Pomegranate Festival Set to Begin October 25

01/10/2026

Claude Monet's 'Le Jardin des Tuileries' is displayed during a preview of the Blaquier-Arrieta Collection, a group of twelve Impressionist and Modern works which have been largely unseen for half a century, at Sotheby's in London. Wednesday Sept. 30, 2026. (Ben Bauer/PA via AP)

Van Gogh and Cezanne Works Lead $500 Million Art Auction

30/09/2026

J.M.W. Turner's 1836 painting "Rome, from Mount Aventine," estimated at around 50 million pounds ($67 million), is displayed in Rome, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026, during a press preview at Palazzo Rondinini ahead of its auction by Sotheby's in London on Dec. 9. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Turner Masterpiece Heads Toward Record Auction

30/09/2026

Dancers from the National Ballet of Cuba practice under the direction of National Ballet Director Viengsay Valdes, center, in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Aug. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Cuba’s Ballet Students Train Through Deepening Crisis

29/09/2026

Director Reed Van Dyk and cast members Hiam Abbass, Boyd Holbrook, Kenneth Branagh, Gheed, and Kalama Epstein attend the red carpet for "Atonement" at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, September 15, 2026. REUTERS/Arlyn McAdorey

Atonement Revisits Iraq War Through Forgiveness

29/09/2026

Members of K-pop boy band BTS perform during iHeartRadio Music Festival at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nev., Sept. 18. Reuters-Yonhap

BTS Sweeps Three Awards at 2026 MTV VMAs

28/09/2026