Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Former student held after two Iraq professors killed

Iraq professors killed

Two Iraqi university professors gunned down in Arbil, prompting the arrest of a disgruntled former student. A Soran University engineering professor was shot dead in his home and the dean of Salaheddin University’s law faculty killed on campus. Police believe the shooter did not originally intend to kill the engineering professor, but rather his wife. … Read more

Rockets target north Iraq oil refinery, cause ‘minor damage’

north Iraq

Six rockets landed Sunday in northern Iraq’s independent Kurdistan region, Kurdish counter-terrorism forces said, with “minor damage” pronounced at a key oil refinery, in step with a separate protection source. “Six rockets fell near the Zab river within the Khabat district,” Kurdish counter-terrorism forces said in an announcement, without specifying the goal of the attack. … Read more