Iraq Strengthens Integrity and Environmental Justice: Anti-Corruption and Arbitration Initiative Enters New Phase With a 14-place leap in global Transparency Index, the country moves to tackle corruption linked to climate, environment, and... Read more »
2025-11-21T19:42:38+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Maysan The memory of Hawizeh’s blue water still lingers, the light once shimmering on its algae before drought forced Mustafa Hashem... Read more »
Shafaq News – Beirut Lebanon will hold no Independence Day celebrations this year, with the government citing intensified Israeli strikes, widening border violations, and a national climate too fragile for public ceremonies.... Read more »
By John Lee. The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has issued a statement setting out its criteria for trading and replacing banknotes. This unofficial translation is provided in good faith for general... Read more »
2025-11-21T13:36:27+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News The yen found some support on Friday as Japanese officials stepped up their verbal intervention to stem the currency’s decline, while the... Read more »
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 »