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Sirius: The brightest star in the night sky

Sirius is visible on the far left of the above photograph, to the left of the co...

NGC 1818: A Young Globular Cluster

Globular clusters once ruled the Milky Way. Back in the old days, back when our ...

When roses aren't red

Not all roses are red of course, but they can still be very pretty. Likewise, th...

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Borthwick should trust Marcus Smith to unshackle Englan...

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President Nechirvan Barzani and Italian Foreign Ministe...

Press release - 12 March 2026.

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President Nechirvan Barzani extends his condolences to ...

Press release - 11 March 2026.

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Ramadan: Spiritual discipline and social responsibility

Dr. Sirwan Abdulkarim Ali / Political commentator

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Mustafa Barzani’s Vision of Leadership in His Kani Smaq...

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Baghdad, US turn to Iraqi Kurds for oil exports as Iran...

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has appealed to the Kurdistan Regio...

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Orchids, plums and pine cones – all bursting out of cat...

St Albans Cathedral, Hertfordshire, UK: The chapel here is a wonderful curiosity...

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Villagers on Príncipe, the ‘African Galapagos’, to be p...

A billionaire is funding a sustainable development project on the west African i...

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‘Everyone feels like they are being scammed’: can Centr...

Family-run farms in El Salvador and Honduras face mounting losses, rising costs ...

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Labour strikes deal to remove hereditary peers from Lords

They will no longer sit in upper chamber after current session ends in May

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