(Photo: Al-Rasheed Media) The vacant position of the speaker of parliament is approaching the one-year mark, with no resolution in sight. Despite two rounds of parliamentary voting and numerous mediation efforts to... Read more »
July 2025 Cybersecurity has become a defining issue for governments, enterprises, and infrastructure providers worldwide. As digital systems grow more complex and AI capabilities accelerate, the stakes grow ever higher. In this... Read more »
Shafaq News In a country where urban stress and societal tension often weigh heavily on daily life, many Iraqi families are turning to an unexpected source of comfort: the melodic chirping and... Read more »
Tel Aviv, July 10, 2025 — Startup Nation Central, a non-profit promoting the Israeli innovation ecosystem around the world, has released the 2025 Cybersecurity Spotlight based on data from the Finder business... Read more »
(Photo: UNAMI/Office of Grand Ayatollah Sistani) Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani’s meeting with the United Nations Special Representative to Iraq earlier this month signaled a moment for reflection on Iraq’s long-term challenges and... Read more »
The 2025 Eurovision Song Contest took place in Basel, Switzerland between May 13-17. Israel’s representative, Yuval Raphael, performed in the second semifinal along with contestants from 14 other countries, qualifying for the... Read more »
(Iraq-Syria border crossing/Photo: AFP) Since 2011, the Middle East has witnessed severe crises and conflicts, most notably the uprising in Syria, which led to a long and bloody civil war. The repercussions... Read more »
In the aftermath of the Hamas massacre on October 7, 2023, and the ensuing ongoing conflict, Israel has been experiencing what experts call its largest mental health crisis ever. An estimated 3... Read more »
Shafaq News On Friday, July 11, a dramatic scene unfolded on a secluded hillside outside al-Sulaymaniyah, in Iraq’s northern Kurdistan Region, where dozens of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) fighters staged a rare... Read more »
“This is not a zoo!” Moran Levy, a digital coordinator at Midbarium Desert Animal Park, tells ISRAEL21c at the start of our tour. That message is conveyed multiple times during our journey... Read more »