Baghdad Commemorates Nasrallah Anniversary with Tahrir Square Rally

As Baghdad commemorates Hezbollah leaders in Tahrir Square, Iraq finds itself walking an increasingly precarious tightrope between its Iranian-backed militias and its aspirations for regional stability and international legitimacy. The Symbolism...

Iraq boosts gold reserves as global prices hit record highs

2025-10-14T19:47:46+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq has increased its gold holdings, now accounting for nearly 15% of its foreign reserves, as global prices climb past $4,000 per ounce amid geopolitical tensions...

Iraq tribal leader self-harms in loyalty stunt

Video footage of the incident, which quickly went viral on platforms such as Instagram and X, shows the man being stopped amid shock and confusion among the audience. The clip has prompted a flood of reactions, many expressing disbelief, others...

IHEC to keep disqualified candidates on Iraq's election posters

2025-10-14T15:19:22+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq’s Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) will keep the names of disqualified candidates on official election posters and booklets to avoid delays as courts...

Iraq recovers 185 artifacts from UK

Baghdad: The Iraqi Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and Antiquities has announced that 185 Iraqi archaeological tablets smuggled to Britain will be repatriated after being found and seized by the British police and government. Iraqi Minister of...

Iraq exports 2.5M barrels of Kurdish crude as oil flows normalize

2025-10-14T14:41:51+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Erbil Iraq has exported roughly 2.5 million barrels of crude from the Kurdistan Region since shipments resumed late last month, a senior official from the State Oil Marketing...

Iraq to repatriate nearly 190 artifacts from the UK

2025-10-14T16:16:25+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad British police recovered 185 smuggled Iraqi cuneiform tablets, Culture Minister Ahmad Fakkak al-Badrani said on Tuesday, confirming coordination with London to bring...

Another Turkish Akıncı Drone Was Shot Down, This Time Over Iraq (Videos)

Click to see full-size image. A Turkish Bayraktar Akıncı combat drone crashed on October 14 in the northern Iraqi semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan. A video showing the drone falling from the sky surfaced online, along with another of the...

PKK calls on President Barzani to helm Kurdish-Turkiye talks

2025-10-14T17:53:16+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Erbil Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), has urged Kurdish President Nechirvan Barzani to take a leading role in reviving peace...

Iraqi Hezbollah Comments on Elizabeth Tsurkov’s Release and Allegations

The first public statement from Elizabeth Tsurkov’s captors reveals not just the fate of an Israeli researcher, but the terrifying normalization of state-sanctioned kidnapping in modern Iraq. A Researcher Vanishes, A Militia Boasts Elizabeth...

Shipwreck claims Iraqi migrants' lives near Greek island

2025-10-14T13:04:05+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Al-Sulaymaniyah A boat carrying Iraqi migrants, mostly from the Kurdistan Region, sank off the Greek island of Rhodes on Tuesday, according to journalist Ranj Pzhdary....

Leader Barzani urges electoral reform ahead of Iraq’s parliamentary vote

2025-10-14T17:10:06+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Erbil Leader Masoud Barzani, head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), called for revising Iraq’s current election law, describing it as “unfair” and outdated. During a...

International Documentary Festival Amsterdam Announces Competition Lineups; Slate Packed With World Premieres

International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) revealed its full competition lineups today, completing the slate for the upcoming 38th edition of the world’s largest nonfiction cinema festival that runs from November 13-23 in the Dutch...

Iraq, Mauritania ink broad cooperation deals

2025-10-14T10:19:52+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad (updated at 14:11) Iraq and Mauritania signed a series of wide-ranging cooperation agreements on Tuesday, aiming to expand their political, economic, and cultural...

Iraq, Cardinal Sako: Christians to the polls to preserve stability and pluralism

The Chaldean Patriarch launches an appeal less than a month before the general election, inviting people to choose candidates ‘suitable to serve the people without discrimination’. The issue of the fight against corruption and the power struggle...

Iraq's new offshore pipeline to dramatically boost oil exports

The Iraqi oil minister stated that the first phase should be completed within less than two years [Getty] Iraq started work on its third offshore oil pipeline at the Grand Faw Port in Basra province on Saturday, which could massively boost energy...

Flavours of Iraq Shine at Coffee and Tea Festival

This week, Iraq celebrated its second edition of the Coffee and Tea Festival in its capital. Taking place at the Palm Complex in Baghdad, the event, organised by the Reza Alwan Cultural Foundation and Enfold Company, brought together nearly 70...

IDFA Reveals 250 Documentaries Headed for Amsterdam — Many Will Shape the International Doc Conversation for the Next Year

The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) remains the most influential global platform for documentaries centered in Europe. This year’s 38th edition (November 13-23) boasts 250 titles in short and feature form from 76...

Doha Film Festival Unveils International Competition Lineup For Inaugural Edition

Qatar’s Doha Film Festival has announced the International Feature Film Competition lineup for its inaugural edition in November. It is the main competition of the new event, spearheaded by the Doha Film Institute, which will mete out awards worth...

INTERVIEW – International support and pressure on Israel essential for Gaza peace: Ex-German ambassador

- ‘The process must continue. Whenever there is a standstill, there will be a relapse,’ says Martin Kobler, Germany’s representative to the Palestinian territories in the 1990s - UN Security Council endorsement would give Trump’s plan greater...