Carrie Soloway, inspiration for trans Jewish protagonist of ‘Transparent,’ dies at 88

JTA — Carrie Soloway, a US Jewish psychiatrist in Chicago whose late-in-life coming out as a transgender woman formed the basis for her children’s hit Amazon TV series “Transparent,” has died at... Read more »

Tabaqchali: Election Kerfuffle, What Kerfuffle !!!

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. “Election kerfuffle, what kerfuffle... Read more »

The Battle Over Jewish Identity: A Hanukkah Conversation with Sarah Hurwitz (Part 1)

Mijal: Hi everyone. Mijal here. Welcome to Wondering Jews with Mijal and Noam. It’s going to be just me this week and without Noam, he’s in Israel celebrating a very special family... Read more »

Hadramout under fire: Armed uprising shuts power, shakes global maritime corridor

2025-12-03T13:18:44+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Sanaa Armed tribal groups launched sweeping attacks on strategic sites, energy facilities, and oil fields in Yemen’s Hadramout province, plunging entire... Read more »

UK government lawyers defend Palestine Action terrorism ban at court challenge

LONDON, United Kingdom — Lawyers for the UK government on Tuesday defended a contentious ban under anti-terror laws of anti-Israel activist group Palestine Action, as three days of hearings challenging the move... Read more »

The air we breathe: How pollution is quietly rewriting Iraq’s future

2025-12-02T22:09:40+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News  Iraq is confronting a widening environmental emergency that now reaches every corner of public life. From toxic air blanketing the capital to... Read more »

15 years after deadly Carmel blaze, state still ‘underfunding wildfire protection’

On the 15th anniversary of Israel’s deadliest wildfire, state funds are still being held up to create firebreaks, ensure sufficient firefighting water supplies and adequately staff the Fire and Rescue Services, a... Read more »

Iraq’s oil pivot: Balancing Beijing’s muscle and Washington’s comeback

2025-12-02T23:12:55+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News Iraq’s reliance on foreign operators to sustain its oil industry is deepening, with Chinese companies now entrenched across many of the country’s... Read more »

Hillary Clinton says ‘Israel Has the worst PR’

Speaking at the Israel Hayom Summit in New York on Tuesday, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivered a stark warning regarding the information war surrounding the Middle East, asserting that while... Read more »

Commercial transaction: Experts reject Iraq-Turkiye water agreement

Shafaq News Iraq’s water crisis is intensifying, pushing the nation to the edge of severe scarcity with few solutions in sight. A sharp decline in river flows from neighboring countries, combined with... Read more »