Iran-Iraq security deal key to sustainable mutual security: Qalibaf

Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has placed a premium on implementing the security agreement between the Islamic Republic and Iraq, saying the deal is a crucial step towards ensuring lasting mutual security. Qalibaf made the...

Iraq 2nd among OPEC producers in September

2025-10-15T13:15:24+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq ranked as the second-largest oil producer in OPEC for September 2025, according to the organization’s monthly report released on Wednesday. The report placed...

From Baghdad to Caracas: a Washington manual on sanctions and war

By Manolo De Los Santos Author Bio: This article was produced by Globetrotter. Manolo De Los Santos is Executive Director of The People’s Forum and a researcher at Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. His writing appears regularly in...

Iraqi election candidate killed in car-bomb attack

A Sunni politician and candidate in imminent elections has been assassinated in a bomb attack north of Baghdad, the Speaker of Iraq's parliament said on Wednesday. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani has ordered an inquiry. Safaa Al...

British Army Increases Challenger 2 Tank Fleet to 288 for Stronger Heavy Armour Posture

The UK’s annual equipment statistics list 288 Challenger 2 main battle tanks in Army holdings as of 1 April 2025, up from 219 a year earlier. The jump suggests a policy push to retain heavy armor, but the headline number reflects total inventory,...

Switzerland seeks to boost water diplomacy in Middle East

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Jordan Receives Over 117,000 Barrels of Iraqi Crude Under Extended MoU

Ammon News - The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources said that the Jordan Petroleum Refinery in Zarqa received 117,182 barrels of Iraqi crude oil between October 11 and 19, as part of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Jordan and...

Seven Palestinians killed in new Israeli attacks on Gaza; Trump starts construction on privately funded $200 million White House ballroom

Gaza’s Health Ministry reports 13 Palestinians killed—including seven killed in new Israeli attacks—with six recovered from under the rubble and at least eight wounded arriving at hospitals in the past 24 hours. Hamas says it will hand over the...

President Barzani: Kurdish oil resumption a positive step for Iraq

2025-10-21T12:16:52+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Erbil On Tuesday, Kurdish President Nechirvan Barzani discussed with Turkish Ambassador to Iraq Anil Bora Inan oil exports, water management, and Iraq’s upcoming elections....

Chinese firm starts work on Iraq’s Sadr City

China’s Shandong construction company has started working on a project to build around 11,000 houses in Al-Sadr city near the capital Baghdad. Works include houses, power utilities, roads, services and other infrastructure facilities needed for...

Trump names Michigan businessman U.S. special envoy to Iraq

By Paula Wethington Paula Wethington Web Producer Paula Wethington is a digital producer at CBS Detroit. She previously held digital content roles at NEWSnet, Gannett/USA Today network and The Monroe News in Michigan. She is a graduate of the...

Shipping news: von der Leyen’s risky ‘nein’ to Trump

This week in London, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen may – perhaps for the first time – say “no” to the second Trump administration in Washington, by standing by a UN deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions from global shipping....

Iraq could replace 140 U.S. Abrams tanks with 250 South Korean K2 Black Panthers

Iraq is reviewing a proposal to acquire about 250 K2 Black Panther main battle tanks from South Korea’s Hyundai Rotem, valued at roughly $6.5 billion. The plan aims to gradually replace Iraq’s fleet of American M1A1 Abrams tanks and older Soviet...

Iraq Launches National Housing Policy 2025-2030

By John Lee. The Government of Iraq, with support from the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and funding from the European Union (EU), has launched the National Housing Policy (NHP) 2025-2030, providing a comprehensive...

Iraq signs preliminary deals for LNG supply

OPEC member Iraq has reached a preliminary agreement with Qatar and Oman to supply it with liquefied natural gas (LNG) after a deal with Turkmenistan bogged down because of objections by the U.S., an Iraqi official told Iraq’s Shafaq News Agency...

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...

Nationwide water emergency urged as Iraq’s reserves plunge to 8%

2025-10-20T21:47:02+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Baghdad must declare a nationwide “water emergency” as drought is depleting reservoirs, crippling agriculture, and threatening food security, an Iraqi lawmaker...

Indonesia and Iraq: Quiet contacts, modest openings

Indonesia and Iraq rarely feature together in discussions of foreign policy. Their relationship has long been cordial but limited, defined more by polite exchanges than by active cooperation. In 2025, that pattern continued, though with a few...

Trump Increases Pressure On China For Pro-Iranian Energy Moves

Donald Trump’s U.S. Presidency 2.0 differs in one great respect from the 1.0 beta version. The aim is the same – to cement his country as the leading superpower on the planet – but the approach in dealing with America’s rivals has a sharper edge....

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...