UAE to accelerate oil pipeline project to help bypass Hormuz amid Iran war fallout

Reuters — The United Arab Emirates will accelerate construction of a new oil pipeline to double its export capacity through Fujairah by 2027, the government’s Abu Dhabi Media Office said on Friday,... Read more »

Ali Al-Zaidi sworn in as Iraq’s prime minister with a program already failed

Shafaq News Every Iraqi government since 2003 has arrived with a program containing the same commitments: weapons under state control, anti-corruption measures, electricity reform, banking restructuring, agricultural development, reduced oil dependence, improved... Read more »

Jews protest at New York Times office against column alleging abuse of Palestinians

NEW YORK — Protesters gathered outside The New York Times offices in Manhattan on Thursday to demonstrate against a widely-criticized column that alleged systemic sexual abuse of Palestinian inmates in Israel. Around... Read more »

The most dangerous man to Israel’s democracy

Two cynics The local press extracted from Netanyahu’s “60 Minutes” interview mainly headlines regarding enriched uranium and relations with Trump. As a result, Netanyahu’s response to an unusual question about Chinese involvement... Read more »

‘They’ll do anything to buy an hour,’ author says of Iranian regime negotiators – Israel & Jewish News

( May 14, 2026 / JNS ) The United States and Israel are engaged in a just and legal war against the Iranian regime, which does not, as a matter of policy,... Read more »

Iraqis hail death sentence for Nugrat al-Salman torturer

2026-05-14T12:41:25+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Kirkuk The death sentence handed down by Baghdad’s Rusafa Criminal Court against a former Saddam-era prison official drew widespread welcome across Iraq... Read more »

Masada: The making of a myth (Part 2)

Hey, I’m Noam Weissman and this is Unpacking Israeli History, the podcast that takes a deep dive into some of the most intense, historically fascinating, and often misunderstood events and stories linked... Read more »

Iraq’s agriculture graduates struggle for jobs despite farming push

2026-05-14T08:14:14+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Baghdad Agriculture graduates in Iraq are struggling to find work despite government efforts to revive the country’s agricultural sector through development projects,... Read more »

What’s so funny about antisemitism? With Raanan Hershberg

Noam Welcome to Wondering Jews with Mijal and Noam. This podcast is our way of trying to unpack those big questions about Israel, about Judaism, and about the Jewish experience. Today, I... Read more »

Ahmed Al-Basheer ridicules Iraq’s political system as Al-Zaidi nomination fuels criticism

2026-05-13T22:49:09+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Washington Iraqi political satirist Ahmed Al-Basheer on Wednesday delivered a public critique of Iraq’s post-2003 political order, mocking the opaque rise of... Read more »