Sparta. This is one of the best kept secrets. Few know its full details, and here it will be sketched only in broad strokes for reasons of national security. Anyone who does... Read more »
Shafaq News The humanitarian toll of drought in southern Iraq is no longer measured in withered crops or livestock losses alone. What began as an environmental challenge has now evolved into a... Read more »
A Paris court convicted former French president Nicolas Sarkozy of criminal conspiracy Thursday in connection with alleged illegal campaign financing from Libya’s late leader Muammar Gaddafi, sentencing him to five years in... Read more »
Shafaq News Iraq’s railway network, once a vital artery linking the country to its neighbors and Europe, is today only a shadow of its past. Lawmakers and transport experts warn that decades... Read more »
Some of the world’s most prominent news outlets released a short film on Wednesday with a joint statement calling on Israel to allow international journalists into Gaza to report on the ongoing... Read more »
Syria President Ahmad Al-Sharaa speaks during the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday at U.N. headquarters. Heather Khalifa/AP hide caption toggle caption Heather Khalifa/AP UNITED NATIONS — Turning... Read more »
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced Wednesday that his country will join Italy in dispatching a naval vessel to accompany the flotilla to Gaza. Sánchez made the announcement at a press conference... Read more »
Following Trump’s speech, delivered in the spirit of a Nobel Peace Prize acceptance, and after the Saudi-French initiative and Trump’s summit with Arab and Turkish leaders, Israeli eyes are now set on... Read more »
Shafaq News In the modern political memory of Iraqi Kurdistan, Nechirvan Barzani occupies an unusual space. He is neither the romantic insurgent of old legends nor the modern populist who rallies public... Read more »
Citing the war in Gaza and West Bank settlement expansion, a Danish teachers’ pension fund worth nearly $25 billion said Wednesday that it would stop investing in Israeli state assets, including government-controlled... Read more »