Dollar rises 0.6% as Iran tensions shake markets

2026-04-24T07:40:03+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News The dollar was on track for its first weekly gain in three weeks on Friday, as stalled peace negotiations between the U.S.... Read more »

Oil futures rise as Iran tensions and strikes fuel market fears

2026-04-23T21:40:08+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News Crude oil futures spiked $5 a barrel on Thursday after reports that air defenses were engaging targets​over Tehran and of a power... Read more »

The Shiite Coordination Framework: Can govern Iraq, but cannot agree on a prime minister

Shafaq News Four days before a constitutional deadline that could tip Iraq’s government formation into legal crisis, the Shiite Coordination Framework —the largest bloc in the country’s 329-seat parliament— has failed repeatedly... Read more »

Digital IQD Proposal targets $7-12bn Economic Gains

By Hayder Aziz. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Cylinder Seal: A Sovereign Digital Currency Engine for Iraq’s Non-Oil... Read more »

Budgeting for baby: Financial strain cools Iraq’s birth rate

Shafaq News In today’s Iraq, having a child is no longer a matter of tradition or personal desire alone; it has become a calculation shaped by survival. Families once proud of their... Read more »

Jiyad: US-Israeli War Against Iran – Detrimental Impacts on Iraq

By Ahmed Mousa Jiyad. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The American – Israeli War Against Iran, the Unprecedented... Read more »

Ceasefire without sovereignty: how Lebanon’s fragmented power blocks a peace with Israel

Shafaq News Two days before a ten-day ceasefire came into effect, the Lebanese and Israeli ambassadors sat across from each other in Washington on April 14, 2026 —the first direct meeting at... Read more »

Iraq’s Najaf: Libraries resurrecting history from the ashes

Shafaq News In the narrow alleys of Najaf, behind wooden Mashrabiyya (ornamental lattice) screens and heavy doors, four libraries safeguard one of the Islamic world’s most significant concentrations of manuscript heritage. Some... Read more »

Opinion: Washington pursues regional de-escalation through fragile frameworks

2026-04-18T21:19:59+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Washington A tentative push to ease tensions in the Middle East is taking shape —from Lebanon-Israel talks to the reopening of the... Read more »

Opinion: KDP, PUK, and the fracturing of Kurdish political partnership in Iraq

Shafaq News By Ali Hussein Feyli Kurdistan Region is widely regarded, in many external assessments, as one of the Middle East’s most notable federal experiments, not only because it rests on a... Read more »