Meet & Greet with Cornerstone Construction's Isaiah Clow

Earlier this year, Isaiah Clow bought the assets of Meridian Construction & Development Inc., a Spokane-based general contractor at which he'd been a longtime employee. In the process of buying the company, he changed its name to Cornerstone...

Iraq’s river flows and dam reserves fall below half

2025-06-23T21:37:43+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News/ Iraq is entering a critical phase of water scarcity as inflows from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers drop below 50% of normal levels and strategic dam reserves plunge to...

Iraq tightens US bases security as pro-Iran militias may attack

Iraqi armoured vehicles deployed outside the US embassy in Baghdad on 12 June 2025. [Getty] As the world watches for Iran's response to US airstrikes on its nuclear facilities, Iran-aligned militias in Iraq are reportedly preparing to target US...

Iraq removes, South Korea eases restrictions on import of Brazil chicken meat

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Iraq removed a trade ban it had imposed on Brazilian chicken meat after a bird flu case on a commercial farm last month, while South Korea eased its restrictions, the Brazilian Agriculture Ministry said on Monday. South Korea...

Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” Is a Huge Win for the Military-Industrial Complex

July 3, 2025 While weapons contractors will gorge on a huge new infusion of cash, military personnel, past and present, are clearly going to be neglected. Ad Policy A Boeing B52H bomber is pictured flying in August 2020. (Rob Reedman / CC BY-NC-ND...

Lindsey Graham issues threat to Putin

(MENAFN) Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has warned that US President Donald Trump will “whoop” Russian President Vladimir Putin and take punitive measures against nations buying Russian oil. In a Sunday interview with Fox News, Graham suggested...

Shipping rates from India still stable but may spike if Strait of Hormuz closes

Commerce Department is closely watching freight rates, in touch with all stakeholders | Photo Credit: Hamad I Mohammed Shipping rates from India are more or less stable right now despite the on-going Iran-Israel conflict but the feared closure of...

BP, once a hunter in the oil industry, is now prey. What went wrong?

LONDON – For months, speculation has been building that the London energy giant BP could be acquired by a competitor. Its lackluster returns and low share price have made it a tempting takeover target. An activist shareholder had built up a...

Towards sustainable energy security

Suresh Ramanujan, vice president - Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq & Jordan at Emerson argues that technology and partnership are imperatives for achieving sustainable energy security Achieving energy security is not necessarily in conflict with ensuring...

Two Democrats, Diana Kastenbaum and Steven Holden, looking to challenge Republican Claudia Tenney

Two Democrats are vying for the chance to challenge Republican incumbent Rep. Claudia Tenney in the 2026 congressional midterms. Diana Kastenbaum of Batavia, the former CEO of Pinnacle Manufacturing Co. who unsuccessfully ran against former...

Energy majors pull staff from Iraq amid fears of retaliation by Iran

Energy majors pull staff from Iraq amid fears of retaliation by Iran

Israel illegally used Iraq's airspace to attack Iran

The Zionist regime repeatedly used Iraqi airspace during its attacks on Iranian territory—an action that has drawn criticism from officials in Baghdad. Al-Sudani stated that the violation of Iraqi airspace by the Zionist regime is a breach of...

Turkey's Erdogan sees $50bln gain from mega Iraqi project

A mega project to construct a 1,200-kilometre rail line and a parallel motorway from Southern Iraq to the northern border with Turkey could pump $50 billion into the Turkish economy, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said. Erdogan told a global...

OPEC Moves To Regain Market Share With Possible Production Increase In August 

Uche Cecil Izuora The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is working to expand its Global oil market share and is set to announce another big increase of 411,000 barrels per day in production for August, four delegates from the...

Coordinated Drone and Rocket Attacks Hit Critical Sites in Northern Iraq

More Than 10 UAVs Target Baiji Refinery Adel Al-Daraj, the subdistrict governor of Baiji in Salahaddin province, confirmed that “the Baiji refinery was attacked by more than ten unmanned drones at dawn Tuesday.” He added that security and...

172 Preliminary Licences for New Industrial Projects in Iraq in May

By John Lee. Iraq's General Directorate of Industrial Development (GDID), part of the Ministry of Industry and Minerals, issued 172 preliminary licences for the establishment of new industrial projects during May 2025. Director General Dr. Eng....

Al-Sudani: Iraq took diplomatic role in war, signed air defense deals

2025-07-01T22:54:22+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ On Tuesday, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani underscored Baghdad’s pivotal diplomatic engagement during the recent regional conflict, stating that Iraq stood ready to manage...

Water crisis hits Iraq’s Basra jail

2025-07-02T11:58:38+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Basra Inmates at Basra Central Prison issued an urgent plea, on Wednesday, after the facility ran completely out of water, worsening what officials describe as the province’s...

Is the revival of the Iraq-Lebanon oil link just a pipe dream?

Tripoli's refinery, built in 1940 to process Iraqi crude from the Kirkuk fields, was nationalised by Lebanon in the 1970s and ceased operations in 1992. [Getty] A proposal to revive the Iraq-Syria-Lebanon oil pipeline, originating in Kirkuk and...