Hellish Heat: Iraqi workers trapped in a climate-labor crisis

Shafaq News As temperatures in Iraq routinely soar above 50°C during the summer months, a silent humanitarian crisis is playing out in the country’s bakeries, fish markets, and traditional kitchens. Far from... Read more »

Iraq pushes PMF Law forward despite US warnings of Iranian influence

Shafaq News As the Iraqi Parliament advances legislation to formalize the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) as an independent security institution, tensions with the United States are escalating. Washington warns the bill could... Read more »

IHEC’s ink decision reopens wounds in Iraq’s electoral trust

2025-07-23T14:31:25+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News The Independent High Electoral Commission’s (IHEC) decision to abolish the use of indelible ink in Iraq’s upcoming November 2025 elections has ignited... Read more »

International warnings hit Baghdad: Money, oil, mismanagement

2025-07-23T19:16:12+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News Iraq continues to rely heavily on oil revenues to finance its federal budget, a strategy that international organizations and economic experts say... Read more »

Pregnant journalist killed in Gaza as media cries foul against Israel

2025-07-23T10:52:49+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Gaza Palestinian journalist Walaa al-Jaabari was killed alongside her husband, five of their children, and her unborn child, in an Israeli... Read more »

Trump orders US withdrawal from UNESCO over bias on Israel

2025-07-22T13:24:50+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Washington President Donald Trump has ordered the United States to withdraw from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO),... Read more »

Gaza death toll climbs as pressure builds to end Israeli war

2025-07-22T15:55:05+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Gaza (Updated at 8:28 p.m.) At least 77 Palestinians were killed and 376 injured in the past 24 hours, Gaza’s Health... Read more »

Turkiye-Iraq Pipeline: End of an era, dawn of a new energy game

Shafaq News Turkiye’s decision to formally terminate its decades-old oil pipeline agreement with Iraq marks a pivotal shift in regional energy dynamics. Despite multiple rounds of negotiations between Turkish and Iraqi officials... Read more »

Iraq faces oil export reckoning as Turkiye ends historic pipeline deal

2025-07-21T20:24:23+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Turkiye’s decision to terminate a decades-old oil pipeline agreement with Iraq has exposed deep structural vulnerabilities in Baghdad’s export strategy,... Read more »

Israeli forces accused of abducting Gaza’s top field hospital chief

2025-07-21T21:09:54+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Gaza Israel’s reported abduction of a senior Palestinian physician in southern Gaza has drawn sharp condemnation from Gaza’s Health Ministry, local... Read more »