Shafaq News As the Iraqi Parliament advances legislation to formalize the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) as an independent security institution, tensions with the United States are escalating. Washington warns the bill could... Read more »
Thailand launched airstrikes against Cambodian forces Thursday in the most severe border crisis in years, with both countries recalling ambassadors and closing frontier crossings as fighting spread across multiple provinces surrounding contested... Read more »
2025-07-23T14:31:25+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News The Independent High Electoral Commission’s (IHEC) decision to abolish the use of indelible ink in Iraq’s upcoming November 2025 elections has ignited... Read more »
2025-07-23T19:16:12+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News Iraq continues to rely heavily on oil revenues to finance its federal budget, a strategy that international organizations and economic experts say... Read more »
Recent incidents targeting Israelis in Greece, including the prevention of Israeli tourists from disembarking the Mano Maritime cruise ship in Syros and attacks on Israeli youth in Rhodes, have prompted a significant... Read more »
2025-07-23T10:52:49+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Gaza Palestinian journalist Walaa al-Jaabari was killed alongside her husband, five of their children, and her unborn child, in an Israeli... Read more »
Israel braces for the peak of a severe heat wave Wednesday as temperatures are forecast to reach 108°F (42°C) in the Beit She’an Valley and an extreme 111°F (44°C) in the Arava... Read more »
Iranian authorities are privately investigating what they believe to be a systematic sabotage campaign following more than two weeks of mysterious explosions and fires across the country, according to The New York... Read more »
2025-07-22T13:24:50+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Washington President Donald Trump has ordered the United States to withdraw from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO),... Read more »
Federal prosecutors announced plans to contact Ghislaine Maxwell for a meeting as the Justice Department intensifies efforts to gather information about Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation. This marks the first time the... Read more »