Unmet promises of Iraq’s Mental Health Law

2025-10-05T22:45:58+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News In a country weighed down by decades of wars, conflicts, and mass displacement, millions of Iraqis live with deep psychological scars. Within... Read more »

‘I hope you end up like the hostages’

Drama seems to surround every international competition involving Israel these days. Against the backdrop of examining Israel’s participation in Eurovision 2026 and Spain’s decision to boycott the competition, the demonstrations during the... Read more »

A pragmatist between two worlds: Khamenei entrusts Tehran’s security to Larijani

Shafaq News Amid one of Iran’s most volatile political junctures in years, Ali Larijani has reclaimed a powerful post that fuses security and strategy at the highest level of statecraft. In August... Read more »

Israeli Tech Sees Record-Breaking $71B in M&As in 2025 Despite Decline in Funding Rounds in Q3 2025 

The market is shifting toward larger, more selective investments Stable global investor interest Cybersecurity continues to dominate M&As and attract significant capital  TEL AVIV, September 30, 2025 – Startup Nation Central, a... Read more »

What are the odds? Greta Thunberg, Trump race for Nobel Prize

Is President Donald Trump on his way to receiving the Nobel Peace Prize? After a series of significant diplomatic achievements and dramatic progress in negotiations between Israel and Hamas on hostage release... Read more »

Keeping Trump on its side

“I’m on the side of Israel. I’ve been on the side of Israel, really, my whole life,” President Donald Trump said recently. His ten years leading the world, including during the last... Read more »

Israel and Hamas to begin US-brokered ‘technical talks’ in Egypt

Negotiations between Israel and Hamas , under American supervision, will begin this Monday in Egypt over the first phase of President Donald Trump’s Gaza plan. The main points of the plan include... Read more »

The Pause Before the Storm: Gaza ceasefire is Netanyahu’s tripwire for 3-Front War

Shafaq News With Hamas announcing its conditional approval to engage in talks based on US President Donald Trump’s plan, including a ceasefire, hostage release, and the handover of Gaza’s administration to an... Read more »

Over 130 Gaza flotilla ‘provocateurs’ deported to Turkey, says Israel

Another 137 activists from the flotilla that attempted to break the Israeli maritime blockade on the Gaza Strip have been deported to Turkey, Israel’s Foreign Ministry said Saturday, accusing them of “provocation... Read more »

Six years post-Tishreen uprising: Sacrifices outweigh political gain

Shafaq News Iraqis are marking the sixth anniversary of the protests that erupted in October 2019, when hundreds of thousands of young people flooded the streets in the largest popular uprising since... Read more »