Millions of Israelis prepare to disrupt their daily routines on Sunday and participate in nationwide strike demanding the return of 50 hostages, who have endured 681 days under appalling conditions in Gaza... Read more »
Thousands of Israelis joined protests across the country on Saturday night, demanding that Israel reach a comprehensive deal with the Hamas terror group to end the war in Gaza and secure the... Read more »
The air raid sirens of Kyiv rise and fall, somewhat weaker than those of Tel Aviv. The distant noise allows for speculation in the opening seconds, whether it might not be an... Read more »
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he will meet US President Donald Trump in Washington on Monday after a Russia-US summit ended without an agreement to stop the fighting... Read more »
Shafaq News Artificial Intelligence (AI) has shifted from futuristic theory to global necessity, reshaping economies, public services, and knowledge systems. Iraq, emerging from decades of conflict and institutional fragility, is now taking... Read more »
JTA — Pete Buttigieg said he would support halting US arms sales to Israel and US recognition of a Palestinian state, in a dramatic about-face following backlash over a podcast interview where... Read more »
2025-08-15T13:12:06+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Gaza / Cairo Israeli forces intensified their bombardment of the Gaza Strip on Friday, carrying out air and artillery strikes on... Read more »
Former IDF intelligence chief Aharon Haliva, in a series of leaked recordings, said that the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack did not occur because of intelligence failures or a poor response time... Read more »
2025-08-15T13:40:35+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Latakia / Hama / Damascus (updated 20:45) Civilian injuries and widespread damage continue to mount across western Syria as wildfires rage... Read more »
JTA — For the first time in decades, a long-forgotten major league baseball player has been posthumously identified as Jewish. Monte Pfeiffer, who played a single game for the Philadelphia Athletics some... Read more »