Iraq’s death sentence for Syrian man tests fragile refugee–host ties

Shafaq News – Baghdad A death sentence handed down by an Iraqi court against a Syrian national convicted of terrorism has unsettled the country’s large Syrian refugee community and reignited debate over... Read more »

2 Israeli hostages returned from Gaza identified as Amiram Cooper and Sahar Baruch

Deceased hostages Amiram Cooper, 85, and Sahar Baruch, 25, were officially identified Thursday evening at the National Center of Forensic Medicine. Their caskets were transferred by Hamas in the afternoon to the... Read more »

When friendship meets the front lines

They gathered me around the patio table — four faces I’d trusted for years, some since the first week of college. One by one, they spoke. They told me that joining the... Read more »

Tens of thousands crowd Jerusalem in ultra-Orthodox display of force against IDF draft

Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox men gathered at the entrance to Jerusalem on Thursday for a “million man” protest against military conscription, which quickly turned deadly after a 20-year-old man fell to... Read more »

Dollar jumps to August highs on Fed-BOJ policy divergence

2025-10-30T16:42:38+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News The Japanese yen tumbled against the U.S. dollar on Thursday after the Bank of Japan adopted a less hawkish tone than traders... Read more »

YidLife Crisis’ ‘Swedishkayt’ explores Sweden’s unexpected Yiddish revival

In Sweden — a country more associated with ABBA than Abraham — Yiddish has quietly returned to public life.  Once a fading echo of Eastern Europe, it’s now one of Sweden’s officially... Read more »

Lebanon’s Aoun instructs army to act against Israeli incursions

2025-10-30T11:15:04+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Beirut Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Thursday ordered Army Commander Rodolphe Haykal to respond to any future Israeli incursions, following an... Read more »

Sde Teiman video leak probe

Chief Military Advocate Major-General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi took leave Wednesday after dramatic turns in the investigation into the Sde Teiman video leak showing the treatment of Palestinian terrorists, according to an IDF spokesperson... Read more »

Tech Giants Report AI Investment Returns Today

Wall Street was bracing for a pivotal moment in the artificial intelligence race today, as tech titans Microsoft, Alphabet (Google), and Meta are all set to report their quarterly earnings. The results... Read more »

Al-Sadr shockwave: New uncertainty ahead of Iraq’s parliamentary poll

Shafaq News Iraq’s political landscape entered a new phase of uncertainty following Muqtada al-Sadr’s renewed call to boycott the upcoming parliamentary elections, scheduled for November 11, 2025 — a move that has... Read more »