Four ways to honor and bring awareness to Jewish languages and ethnolects

From Judeo-Shirazi to Jewish Neo-Aramaic, there’s a wide and rich range of Jewish languages, ethnolects, and dialects beyond Hebrew — many of which have been spoken for over a thousand years. These... Read more »

Israel warns Lebanon: Deterrence or descent into new war?

Shafaq News Israel’s leadership has issued the sharpest warnings in months that it could expand military operations in Lebanon if Hezbollah’s post-ceasefire rebuilding continues—raising a central question for Beirut and the region:... Read more »

French cement maker Lafarge goes on trial on charges of financing jihadists in Syria

PARIS — French cement maker Holcim’s Lafarge unit went on trial Tuesday, facing charges that its Syrian subsidiary financed terrorism and breached European sanctions to keep a plant operating in northern Syria... Read more »

iren stock Microsoft commits $7.9B to UAE tech hub; $9.7B IREN deal aims to ease AI computing crunch

IREN Limited (NASDAQ: IREN) (“IREN”) announced a significant multi-year GPU cloud services contract with Microsoft on Monday. The agreement, valued at approximately $9.7 billion over a five-year term, involves IREN providing Microsoft... Read more »

Uniforms off, campaigns on: Former Iraqi officers vie for parliament seats

2025-11-04T05:51:50+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News Iraq’s upcoming parliamentary elections on November 11, 2025, are shaping up as a battlefield of a different kind, where former military officers... Read more »

IDF Bans Chinese Electric Vehicles Over Security Concerns

The Chinese Embassy in Israel on Monday rejected allegations that Chinese-made electric vehicles could be used for espionage, after Israel Hayom reported that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had ordered the removal... Read more »

Two men charged in Detroit-area terrorism plot after Halloween arrests

DETROIT, Michigan (AP) — Two men were charged with terrorism-related crimes in the Detroit area after federal authorities made arrests and seized a cache of weapons last week in a storage unit... Read more »

Tabaqchali: “A Ho-hum Month, Ahead of Elections”

By Ahmed Tabaqchali, Chief Strategist of AFC Iraq Fund. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. “A Ho-hum Month, Ahead... Read more »

UK police charge man over train stabbing rampage

LONDON (AP) — UK police charged a 32-year-old man with attempted murder on Monday over a mass stabbing attack on a train that wounded 11 people, and said he also tried to... Read more »

Iraq’s 2025 Elections: Revised law reshapes the path to power

2025-11-03T11:08:52+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq’s parliamentary elections, scheduled for November 2025, will be held under the amended Election Law No. 9 of 2020, which... Read more »