Dollar posts weekly gain as Fed rate cut bets rise

2025-11-07T10:33:54+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News The U.S. dollar was on track for a modest weekly gain on Friday as investors sought to balance the Federal Reserve’s hawkish... Read more »

Qatar reportedly paid intel firm to discredit woman accusing ICC prosecutor of abuse

A high-level Qatari government office reportedly paid a private intelligence firm to uncover information that would discredit a woman who accused International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Karim Khan of sexual abuse. The... Read more »

Lebanon condemns Israeli strikes: Aggressions against negotiation intensions

2025-11-06T19:42:22+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Beirut  Lebanese President Joseph Aoun described Thursday’s Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon as “a full-fledged crime and a heinous political offense.”... Read more »

Jennifer Apple on portraying Hannah Senesh and the power of Jewish women on stage

During Jennifer Apple’s first professional gig, a few people walked out — though not because of her performance. She was starring in “Spring Awakening” in Wichita, Kansas, a show known for its... Read more »

Oil for Water: Iraq bets on new Turkiye deal to ease drought crisis

Shafaq News In a move hailed as a “historic solution” to Iraq’s deepening water crisis, Baghdad and Ankara finalized an accord on November 2, 2025, pledging substantial investment in the water sector... Read more »

Iran is stockpiling missiles, but Israel holds two cards for the next war

Here is interesting real estate information from Iran: since June, on the Iranian housing classifieds website, apartment owners have been proudly noting that their property is far from military bases. If the... Read more »

Al-Sadr’s boycott shakes Shiite balance, raises doubts over legitimacy

Shafaq News Six days before Iraq’s parliamentary elections, scheduled for November 11, the decision of the head of the Patriotic Shiite Movement (PSM), Muqtada al-Sadr, to boycott the vote continues to cast... Read more »

Hezbollah to respond to Israeli strikes

Hezbollah has informed Lebanese leaders that it intends to respond to future Israeli strikes against its operatives, according to a letter the Shia terror organization sent to top officials in Beirut. The... Read more »

Iraq’s Feyli Kurds push beyond marginalization in November Elections

2025-11-06T11:45:08+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News Once a pillar of Iraq’s cultural and economic life, the Feyli Kurds — a Shiite Kurdish community long marginalized and persecuted —... Read more »

Zohran Mamdani NYC Mayoral Election Win Sparks Antisemitism Warning from Combat Antisemitism Movement

The Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) and the Republican Jewish Coalition both came out with strongly worded statements amid Zohran Mamdani’s sweeping victory in Tuesday’s New York City elections, while the Anti-Defemation League... Read more »