Israel, UAE and US among top cyber targets for Iran

Iran has most frequently targeted Israel, the US, the UAE and India with attempted cyber attacks this year, according to a digital defence report from Microsoft. The US technology giant's analysis, the Digital Defence Report 2025, pointed out that...

Erbil sets stage to end international ban on Iraqi horses

2025-10-10T21:38:19+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Erbil The seventh edition of the Kurdistan Purebred Arabian Horse Championship opened on Friday at the Erbil International Equestrian Club, drawing leading riders and...

Iron gates & pirate names: How Iraqi Kurdistan’s ruling family built a $100 million portfolio of US real estate

This story is based on an investigation by Zack Kopplin and Kevin Hall for the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project. Delaware-based lawyer Jonathon Moore received a request in 2007 from an associate of a real estate investor scooping...

Iraq launches 100-bed hospital project under China infrastructure deal

Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani launched on Monday the construction of a 100-bed hospital in Al-Rahmaniya, Al-Shu’ala district, in western Baghdad as part of the Iraq China oil-for-infrastructure agreement The project is among the 16...

Do more to stop romance scams, banks told - as one victim makes 403 PAYMENTS in a single year

Banks have been told they must do more to 'break the spell' of romance scams, after an investigation uncovered one victim who had made 403 payments to a fraudster in one year. A probe by the financial watchdog uncovered cases where financial firms...

Interview: Graham Platner calls for generational change in race against Maine Sen. Susan Collins

Platner spoke to NEWS CENTER Maine after a packed town hall in Lewiston on Thursday. MAINE, USA — As oyster farmer Graham Platner has rocketed from obscurity to a serious Democratic Senate candidate in Maine in the past two months, part of his...

Turkey lifts ban on Iraq's Sulaymaniyah airport amid PKK peace process

Turkey has agreed to lift the flight ban it placed on Iraq's Sulaymaniyah International Airport more than two years ago over alleged Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) activity in the area, flag carrier Turkish Airlines and Iraq's Kurdistan region...

Baxter Health welcomes Joel McMasters, MD, Cardiac Anesthesiologist

Share This Article Baxter Health is proud to welcome Joel McMasters, MD, to our medical staff as a board-certified anesthesiologist. Dr. McMasters brings over 25 years of clinical and military anesthesiology experience, having served in academic,...

Iraq security sweep: Kidnappings resolved, drug busts and arrests

2025-10-06T20:59:36+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News Below is a summary of key security and crime-related incidents reported across Iraq on October 6, 2025. - Attempted Home Invasion (Baghdad) Five armed men in civilian vehicles...

Left-Wing Darling Senate Candidate Outed By Own Comments As Anti-White Communist

Since-deleted posts by Democrat Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner have resurfaced, showing him once calling himself a communist and insulting police and rural white Americans, according to a report. Most of the posts, made about five years ago...

Dick Yarbrough: Looking back on a visit to Iraq with Georgia heroes

Dick Yarbrough Syndicated columnist It was just a small paragraph buried in the news briefs inside the paper stating that the U.S. was drawing down its mission in Iraq under an agreement with the Iraqi government. A Pentagon spokesman says the...

Health Ministry Launches Construction of 100-Bed Hospital in Baghdad

The Minister of Health, Dr Saleh Mahdi Al-Hasnawi, launched today, the executive works for a 100-bed hospital project in the Al-Rahmaniya Al-Shalla area on the Karkh side of Baghdad. The project forms part of the Iraqi-Chinese agreement, which...

Looking back on a visit to Iraq

Published 3:00 pm Thursday, October 9, 2025 Dick Yarbrough is a Georgia newspaper columnist who has been recognized on numerous occasions by the Georgia Press Association. It was just a small paragraph buried in the news briefs inside the paper...

Christians of Iraq: Where did they go?

Shafaq News For nearly two millennia, Iraq’s Christians have been a thread in Mesopotamia’s history. From the monasteries of Nineveh to the churches of Baghdad and the mountain villages of the north, they preserved traditions that predate Islam....

YARBROUGH: Looking back on a visit to Iraq 20 years ago with a group of Georgia heroes

It was just a small paragraph buried in the news briefs inside the paper stating that the U.S. was drawing down its mission in Iraq under an agreement with the Iraqi government. A Pentagon spokesman says the drawdown reflects “our combined success...

80% of breast tumors in Iraq are benign if caught early, says official

2025-10-09T11:28:18+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Erbil Iraq registers more than 9,000 new breast cancer cases each year—including in the Kurdistan Region—but only 2% are detected early, according to Dr. Chinar Sinjawi, head...

WHO ready to ‘scale up’ health response after Gaza ceasefire: chief

GENEVA: The World Health Organization chief hailed Thursday the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas as “a big step toward lasting peace,” saying his agency was prepared to “scale up” health assistance in Gaza. “WHO stands ready to scale up its...

Nepali envoy presents letter of credence to Iraqi President

KATHMANDU, Oct 9: Nepali Ambassador to Iraq, Ghanashyam Lamsal, presented his letter of credence to Iraqi President Dr Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid at a special ceremony held at the Baghdad Palace in Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday. On the occasion,...

Credentials presented in Iraq

Kathmandu, Oct 9: Nepali Ambassador to Iraq, Ghanashyam Lamsal, presented his credentials to President Dr Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid at a special ceremony held at the Baghdad Palace in Baghdad, Iraq on Wednesday. On the occasion, Ambassador Lamsal,...

Nepali Ambassador Lamsal presents credentials to Iraqi President

Ghanashyam Lamsal presented his letters of credence to Iraqi President Dr. Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid. BAGHDAD: Nepal’s Ambassador to Iraq Ghanashyam Lamsal presented his letters of credence to Iraqi President Dr. Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid during a...