Tikrit’s “Palace of the Girl” caught between folklore, history, and neglect

2026-05-15T23:11:07+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Saladin One of Iraq’s Tikrit’s most mysterious heritage sites, known locally as “Qasr al-Bint” (Palace of the Girl), continues to fuel debate... Read more »

“Devil Wears Prada 2” backlash misses the point

Amid a flood of unflattering reviews, here is an unpopular opinion. I loved “The Devil Wears Prada 2.” It has become hard to admit such a thing in public, harder still to... Read more »

Exclusive: al-Maliki, al-Ameri lead push for new Shiite bloc after Iraq cabinet vote

2026-05-15T14:30:33+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Baghdad Five of Iraq’s “most powerful” Shiite political figures are in advanced discussions to form a new parliamentary alliance, a well-informed source... Read more »

UAE to accelerate oil pipeline project to help bypass Hormuz amid Iran war fallout

Reuters — The United Arab Emirates will accelerate construction of a new oil pipeline to double its export capacity through Fujairah by 2027, the government’s Abu Dhabi Media Office said on Friday,... Read more »

Ali Al-Zaidi sworn in as Iraq’s prime minister with a program already failed

Shafaq News Every Iraqi government since 2003 has arrived with a program containing the same commitments: weapons under state control, anti-corruption measures, electricity reform, banking restructuring, agricultural development, reduced oil dependence, improved... Read more »

Jews protest at New York Times office against column alleging abuse of Palestinians

NEW YORK — Protesters gathered outside The New York Times offices in Manhattan on Thursday to demonstrate against a widely-criticized column that alleged systemic sexual abuse of Palestinian inmates in Israel. Around... Read more »

The most dangerous man to Israel’s democracy

Two cynics The local press extracted from Netanyahu’s “60 Minutes” interview mainly headlines regarding enriched uranium and relations with Trump. As a result, Netanyahu’s response to an unusual question about Chinese involvement... Read more »

‘They’ll do anything to buy an hour,’ author says of Iranian regime negotiators – Israel & Jewish News

( May 14, 2026 / JNS ) The United States and Israel are engaged in a just and legal war against the Iranian regime, which does not, as a matter of policy,... Read more »

Iraqis hail death sentence for Nugrat al-Salman torturer

2026-05-14T12:41:25+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Kirkuk The death sentence handed down by Baghdad’s Rusafa Criminal Court against a former Saddam-era prison official drew widespread welcome across Iraq... Read more »

Masada: The making of a myth (Part 2)

Hey, I’m Noam Weissman and this is Unpacking Israeli History, the podcast that takes a deep dive into some of the most intense, historically fascinating, and often misunderstood events and stories linked... Read more »