Shafaq News – Baghdad In Iraq, where uncertainty and economic pressures shape everyday life, students are quietly redefining education. Workshops are replacing traditional lecture halls, offering not just practical skills but independence,... Read more »
Hamas medical officials said Friday that four Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces, including one on the terror group’s side of the Gaza ceasefire line, after an Israeli deadline passed for Hamas... Read more »
The tense mayoral race in New York City will reach its conclusion next Tuesday, with many in the Jewish community fearing the possibility that socialist-Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani, who has consistently led in polls, will be... Read more »
Shafaq News – Baghdad A death sentence handed down by an Iraqi court against a Syrian national convicted of terrorism has unsettled the country’s large Syrian refugee community and reignited debate over... Read more »
Deceased hostages Amiram Cooper, 85, and Sahar Baruch, 25, were officially identified Thursday evening at the National Center of Forensic Medicine. Their caskets were transferred by Hamas in the afternoon to the... Read more »
They gathered me around the patio table — four faces I’d trusted for years, some since the first week of college. One by one, they spoke. They told me that joining the... Read more »
Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox men gathered at the entrance to Jerusalem on Thursday for a “million man” protest against military conscription, which quickly turned deadly after a 20-year-old man fell to... Read more »
2025-10-30T16:42:38+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News The Japanese yen tumbled against the U.S. dollar on Thursday after the Bank of Japan adopted a less hawkish tone than traders... Read more »
In Sweden — a country more associated with ABBA than Abraham — Yiddish has quietly returned to public life. Once a fading echo of Eastern Europe, it’s now one of Sweden’s officially... Read more »
2025-10-30T11:15:04+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Beirut Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Thursday ordered Army Commander Rodolphe Haykal to respond to any future Israeli incursions, following an... Read more »