What Warfare gets wrong about Iraq

In Alex Garland’s new film Warfare, one detail stakes the film’s claim to be the most honest depiction of combat yet. Not the severed foot left lying on an Iraqi street after a bomb blast, nor a wounded US soldier’s screams as a medic bandages up what is …

Iraq FM: US intel ties key to fighting terror

2025-04-28T23:19:12+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News/ On Monday, Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein stressed the urgency of ramping up intelligence and security cooperation to strengthen Iraq’s fight against …

Iraq exports first locally-made cancer drugs to Libya in landmark

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Iraq achieved a significant milestone in its pharmaceutical sector on Sunday, April 27, 2025, exporting its first ever shipment of locally manufactured cancer medications to Libya, the Ministry of Health announced. Ministry …

Cancer Control Authority: Libya hasn't imported medicines from Iraq

The Head of the National Cancer Control Authority, Haider Al-Sayah, stated that the Authority has not imported any medicine from Iraq or any Arab or Asian country. Al-Sayah confirmed via his Facebook page that the Cancer Control Authority imports …

Nationals gear up to take on Iraq in opener

HANDBALL – BAHRAIN’S senior men’s handball national team face off with their counterparts from Iraq in their opening preliminary round fixture of the Arab Handball Cup 2025, taking place in Kuwait City next month. The tournament is scheduled for May 5 to …

Iraq’s public expenditure declines

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) revealed on Monday that the government’s public expenditure declined at the end of 2024. In a monetary and financial indicators report, the CBI mentioned that public spending by the government fell …

3 Kurdish security personnel injured in unknown drone attack in N. Iraq

BAGHDAD, April 28 (Xinhua) -- An unknown drone attack on Monday wounded three members of the Peshmerga, the military of the Kurdistan Regional Government, in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region, a Kurdish security source said. The incident occurred …

Iraq’s Old Hussainiya: Faith and resilience in clay and palm

2025-04-29T03:58:36+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News/ In the center of Iraq’s Wasit Province, nestled in the historic Al-Qalaa neighborhood, stands the Old Hussainiya, one of the region’s most cherished religious and cultural …

Iraq designated as Guest of Honor at 36th TIBF

TEHRAN-Iraq will be the Guest of Honor at the 36th Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF), Ebrahim Heidari, Deputy Director of the fair, said at a press conference held on Sunday in Tehran. “Iraq will participate with over 15 publishers and a 30-member …

School exam crisis looms as teacher strike spreads in Iraq