Shafaq News Baghdad marks 1,263 years since its founding with an unusually reflective mood, confronting how a city conceived as the “City of Peace”—once the intellectual heart of a global empire—grapples with... Read more »
2025-11-20T15:43:10+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News Iraq marked World Diabetes Day amid growing concern over the rapid rise of the disease, as updated national and global estimates highlighted... Read more »
Shafaq News Iraq’s sixth parliamentary elections — held through special and general voting on November 9 and 11 with a turnout of 56.11% — revived an old argument about how the country’s... Read more »
2025-11-19T10:29:05+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News Iraq’s teachers and education staff are preparing for nationwide protests after the Ministry of Finance refused to release a 150,000-dinar (roughly $103)... Read more »
Shafaq News On the morning after Iraq announced the results of its 2025 parliamentary elections, the political landscape felt familiar yet fundamentally transformed. The Patriotic Shiite Movement (PSM), led by Muqtada Al-Sadr,... Read more »
2025-11-19T07:32:30+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Erbil By Manish Rai* In the recently concluded Iraqi federal legislative elections, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) has emerged as a... Read more »
2025-11-17T23:47:29+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News Heavy rainfall over Baghdad and several Iraqi provinces on Friday and Saturday exposed ongoing challenges in Iraq’s sewage and infrastructure systems, as... Read more »
Shafaq News – Iraq Iraq’s Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) on Wednesday will release the final results of the 2025 parliamentary elections, confirming a 56.11% turnout nationwide. The figures conclude two days... Read more »
From the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. UNDP and JICA renew Partnership Agreement... Read more »
Shafaq News Divided across rival alliances but converging on a shared political mission, Feyli Kurdish candidates are entering Iraq’s new parliament with influence that exceeds their limited numbers. Their rise comes at... Read more »