By John Lee. The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on a network of shipping companies and vessels led by Iraqi-Kittitian businessman Waleed al-Samarra’i,... Read more »
British police this week arrested a 26-year-old man suspected of shooting a teenage Jewish boy in the head with an air rifle in the city of Bournemouth, in an apparent antisemitic attack,... Read more »
Documents authored by Brig. Gen. (res.) Guy Hazut, who heads the Ground Forces’ instruction division, assert that the manner in which the IDF plans to wage the new campaign in Gaza City... Read more »
Shafaq News Iraq stands at a precarious crossroads as tensions between Iran and Israel spiral across the Middle East. While Lebanon and Yemen have already been drawn into open clashes, Iraq’s position... Read more »
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to be questioned again by police as part of the ongoing Qatargate probe, which deals with alleged ties between some of his closest aides and Qatar, Channel... Read more »
A day after the official confirmation of the death of Prime Minister Ahmad al-Rahawi and several of his ministers in the Israeli Air Force strike in Yemen, Mohammad al-Bukhaiti, a senior member... Read more »
UN Security Council permanent members China and Russia backed Iran on Monday in rejecting a move by European countries to reimpose UN sanctions on Tehran that were loosened under the 2015 nuclear... Read more »
The Israel Defense Forces on Monday rejected allegations by a group of United Nations experts of “enforced disappearances” of Palestinians at aid distribution sites in Gaza, saying the military lawfully detains individuals... Read more »
2025-09-01T08:31:36+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Mosul (Updated at 15:42) Mosul’s historic landmarks, including the Great Al-Nuri Mosque with its leaning Al-Hadba Minaret and the churches of... Read more »
KABUL, Afghanistan — A strong earthquake in eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border has destroyed numerous villages and and caused extensive damage, killing at least 250 people and injuring at least 500... Read more »