Twenty years ago, Hedva Sela – known by her Belgian name, Jeanne Ben Zaken – first went public with a claim that stunned many: “I am the daughter of the King of... Read more »
During last week’s settler killing of a Palestinian-American teen in the West Bank, Israel Defense Forces soldiers were present as some 30 armed and masked settlers shot several Palestinians and stole hundreds... Read more »
2026-02-24T10:53:49+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News By Ali Hussein Feyli An “Iraq without the Kurds” would not represent merely a geographic or political shift; beyond the deep historical... Read more »
A significant rift has emerged between what President Donald Trump said publicly about his top general’s views on Iran and what that general allegedly communicated in high-level White House meetings – a... Read more »
Following multiple reports that the US chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, has cautioned against a prolonged attack on Iran, US President Donald Trump said his top general... Read more »
By John Lee. The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has announced updated lists of banks and companies prohibited from dealing in US dollars as part of its ongoing banking sector reform initiative.... Read more »
LONDON (Reuters) — Former British ambassador to the US Peter Mandelson has been arrested by London police on suspicion of misconduct in public office, following revelations over his ties to convicted sex... Read more »
The Jerusalem District Court on Monday rejected National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir’s request that it stay a ruling ordering him to promote Supt. Rinat Saban, an investigator in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s... Read more »
Shafaq News Each time Iran threatens to close the Strait of Hormuz in the event of a war with the United States, concern reverberates across the region, particularly in Iraq, given the... Read more »
Reinstating officials who were previously pushed aside is a classic hallmark of weakness in authoritarian regimes. That pattern now seems visible in Tehran. Khamenei, who has held ultimate authority for 37 years,... Read more »