اخبار Iraq

US President Trump confirms Elizabeth Tsurkov freed after being held by Iraqi group amid spy claims.

Elizabeth Tsurkov​, an Israeli and Russian citizen, is now safe at the U.S. Embassy in Iraq, President Trump announced Tuesday.

The House is set to vote on an amendment that would repeal two laws authorizing the use of military force (AUMF) in Iraq after three members...

Iraq’s prime minister also said the group, Kataib Hezbollah, had freed Elizabeth Tsurkov, a Russian-Israeli graduate student taken hostage i...

WASHINGTON (AP) — An Israeli-Russian graduate student from Princeton University who was kidnapped in Iraq has been released, according to he...

Baghdad, SANA – The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned on Tuesday the Israeli attack on the Qatari capital, Doha, stressing that it...

Shafaq News – BaghdadFour Arab countries ranked among the world’s strongestcurrencies against the US dollar in 2025, while Iraq placed near...

Iraq’s state oil marketing firm is in discussions with Exxon for potential crude storage sites close to demand markets in Asia, the United S...

Shafaq News – Moscow / KyivDeadly strikes raged across the border as Ukrainian andRussian forces exchanged attacks on Tuesday, while the Uni...

Shafaq News – Addis AbabaEthiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmedon Tuesday officially inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD),bui...

Shafaq News – ParisOn Monday, France’s parliament voted to oust Prime Minister François Bayrou’s government over its plans to curb rising na...

Shafaq News – Kyiv /MoscowFormer Ukrainian PrimeMinister Mykola Azarov suggested on Monday that the fire which brokeout in Kyiv’s Cabinet of...

In an interview with FRANCE 24, the head of Iraq's Kurdistan Democratic Party, Massoud Barzani, warned that the planned withdrawal of US-led...

Shafaq News – Madrid Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchezannounced on Monday nine measures aimed at halting the "genocide inGaza."In a press...

Shafaq News – Vienna / Tehran Talks with Iran on resuming full nuclear inspections havemade progress, but time is running out, the head of t...

Shafaq News – WashingtonOn Sunday, US President Donald Trump issued what he called his “last warning” to Hamas, urging it to accept the ceas...

Shafaq News – WashingtonOn Sunday, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent signaled readinessto partner with European allies to impose additiona...

Farmers and experts warn Iraq’s historic rivers are vanishing, threatening survival, identity and stability.

Shafaq News – VeniceThe 82nd Venice International Film Festival concludedin Italy with Father Mother Sister Brother by Jim Jarmusch (USA/Ire...

Shafaq News – BaghdadMicrosoft announced that some Azure cloudservice users may face slower connections following multiple undersea fiberopt...

Shafaq News – KyivA suspected drone strike sparked a fire onSunday at Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers building in central Kyiv, local mediare...

Shafaq News – San FranciscoOpenAI has unveiled a jobs platform to connectAI-trained professionals with employers across the public and priva...

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani called on Saturday for a review of Iraq's crude oil export share based on indicators of its pro...

Shafaq News – KhartoumOn Saturday, Sudan Doctors Network (SDN)called the famine in El Fasher a “full-blown genocide,” accusing the RapidSupp...

Shafaq News – KyivThe Ukrainian military revelaed on Saturdaythat Russia has lost more than 1,087,000 soldiers since the start of thefull-sc...

Shafaq News – WashingtonYemeni-Americans from more than 20 US states gathered inWashington this week for the third annual Yemen Advocacy Day...

Shafaq News – WashingtonUS President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executiveorder rebranding the Department of Defense as the Department...

Shafaq News – KhartoumA deadly landslide in Sudan’s Marrah Mountains, in thewestern Darfur region, has claimed the lives of up to 200 childr...

Shafaq News – London On Friday, United Kingdom Foreign Minister David Lammy wasappointed as the country’s new deputy prime minister, replaci...

Shafaq News – BangkokThailand's Parliament elected Bhumjaithai(Proud to be Thai) Party leader Anutin Charnvirakul as Prime Minister onFriday...