Description: AK News is a politically independent news agency serving the Iraqi Kurdistan region It was founded in October 2008 by Aras Press with the extensive cooperation of an experienced network of journalists along with professionals from the Deutsche Presse Agentur DPA Westdeutscher Rundfunk Kln WDR and Dortmund University of Technology It publishes its stories in Kurdish Kirmanji Saru and Kirmanji Khwaru Arabic Turkish Persian English and GermanAK News is committed to honesty accuracy and independence and can be depended on to uphold these values in its approach to delivering the news AKnews has no political or religious affiliations of any kind and its sole purpose is to channel an objective representation of Kurdistans state of affairs giving the people of Kurdistan an opportunity to tell their story and the rest of the world a chance to better understand Kurdistan