Bondi Beach active shooter: Police respond to Sydney incident

An active shooter situation at Sydney’s Bondi Beach prompted law enforcement deployment Sunday evening just after 7 p.m. , with reports indicating it happened at or near the event held by the... Read more »

Feyli Kurds demand action 15 years after genocide ruling

2025-12-14T07:25:24+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Fifteen years after the Iraqi High Criminal Court recognized the mass deportation, displacement, and disappearance of thousands of Feyli Kurds... Read more »

How to wish your Jewish friends a happy Hanukkah

Hanukkah — or Chanukah, both are common spellings — is taking place between Dec. 14 and Dec. 22 in 2025. The Jewish Festival of Lights is an eight-day holiday commemorating the ancient... Read more »

Invisible yet everywhere: Iraq’s struggle to support 4M citizens with disabilities

Shafaq News Hundreds of Iraqis with disabilities gathered at the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, filling its halls with color, craftsmanship, and quiet persistence. Hand-woven shawls, carved wooden boxes, and delicate... Read more »

Judith and the Hanukkah heroine story you’ve never heard

She went into the enemy camp with a wheel of cheese and a jug of wine, and left with a man’s head in a bag. Her name was Judith, a determined widow... Read more »

“Ignore the Warnings”: US cultural platform urges travelers to rediscover Iraq’s living history

Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq should be approached not as a high-risk destination but as a “living museum” that embodies thousands of years of human achievement, resilience, and cultural continuity, according to... Read more »

Lebanese Woman Defends Israel After Life-Saving Hospital Visit

Place of birth: Lebanon. Formative experience: The civil wars of the 1970s. Childhood memory: Hatred toward the Jewish state. With opening data like these, one could have bet with closed eyes that... Read more »

Chukar: A Kurdish icon at risk of falling silent

2025-12-13T14:47:15+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Erbil The chukar partridge, regarded as the national bird of the Kurdish people, is increasingly threatened across Iraqi Kurdistan as uncontrolled... Read more »

Behind the scenes of history

 1. “Jacob settled in the land where his fathers had sojourned, in the land of Canaan” (Gen. 37:1). How much calm, peace of mind, and security these words convey. Jacob, a man... Read more »

Caesar Act lifted: Syria’s economy reopens, reforms await

Shafaq News After years of tight economic restrictions, the repeal of the US Caesar Act has opened a new window for the Syrian economy to regain stability and enter a broader phase... Read more »