Iraq Launches ITEX 2025 to Drive Digital Transformation

Baghdad hosted the opening of the Iraq International Information and Communications Technology Fair (ITEX 2025) at the Baghdad International Exhibition, under the slogan “Iraq launches towards a new future with digital transformation technology.”...

Idris Nechirvan Barzani and the Rise of Sustainable Leadership in Iraq

The Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), the autonomous region situated in the north of the country, occupies a unique juncture in both history and geopolitics. Led by innovative thinkers seeking to shape the area into a flourishing and resilient...

Iraq fast-tracks reforms to draw global investors

2025-09-29T23:02:12+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News Iraq is stepping up efforts to attract international investors through sweeping reforms and large-scale reconstruction projects in Baghdad, Travel and Tour World reported on...

Kata'ib Hezbollah Official on Elizabeth Tsurkov's Detention and Release in Iraq

This month, U.S. president Donald Trump made the sudden announcement that Israeli-Russian researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov- a doctoral student at Princeton University- had been released in Iraq, following more than two years of detention when she was...

Iraq Adds Damascus University to Its Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research Guides for 2025

Iraq Adds Damascus University to Its Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research Guides for 2025 ARK News.. Damascus University has been included in the guides of Iraq’s Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research for 2025, which...

Saudi investment talks gain ground in Iraq’s Al-Anbar

2025-09-30T20:41:26+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Al-Anbar Al-Anbar will open its vast resources to Saudi, Arab, and foreign investors, the provincial council declared on Tuesday, stressing that its decisions are binding...

EditorialHow to arrest conservation's decline as a global issue

Jane Goodall, the British primatologist best known for her 1960s research with chimpanzees in Africa, was an articulate and determined campaigner. She knew the value of hope, especially how it can motivate the next generation to rise to the...

Baghdad strains to navigate renewed Iran sanctions

2025-09-29T03:34:49+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News Anticipation intensifies over the fallout from reactivating sanctions on Iran’s nuclear program, triggered by the so-called “snapback mechanism” after the failure of the...

Iraqi Kurds Quiet Hand in Israel’s Nuclear Strikes

For decades, Israel and Iraqi Kurdistan have danced in the shadows as natural allies against common enemies. This is no new friendship. Back in the 1960s and 70s, Mossad operatives and Israeli military advisers slipped into the Zagros mountains to...

The Great divide: The myth of Iraq’s partition

Shafaq News Since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, Iraq has faced a persistent dilemma: can this multi-ethnic, multi-sect country survive under a fragile political system and an oil-dependent economy, or will internal and external pressures...

Drug cartels are adopting cutting-edge drone technology. Here’s how the US must adapt.

Drug cartels, some of which the United States has designated as terrorist organizations, have long embraced technological innovation to outpace law enforcement and rivals. They pioneered semisubmersible boats equipped with Starlink to evade...

Iraq, Saudi firm sign deal to boost power efficiency

2025-09-27T20:51:15+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity signed a memorandum of cooperation on Saturday with Saudi company Continuous Nitrogen Services to improve the performance and...

Iraq Is Gearing Up Its Tanks For War, But With Who?

Click to see full-size image. (Screengrab\Iraqi Defense Ministry) The Iraqi military has begun to upgrade its Russian-made T-90S main battle tanks with an add-on armored package designed to protect against drones. The Ministry of Defense released...

Iraq resumes Kurdistan oil exports, launches ambitious Vision 2050 to cut fossil fuel dependency

Daijiworld Media Network - Baghdad Baghdad, Sep 27: Iraq has officially resumed crude oil exports from its semi-autonomous Kurdistan region via the Iraq-Turkey pipeline, marking the end of a two-and-a-half-year suspension that had strained...

Iraq Resumes Oil Exports From Kurdistan Region To Turkey After Over Two-Year Halt

Baghdad: Iraq’s Oil Ministry announced on Saturday the resumption of crude oil exports from the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region through the Iraq-Turkey pipeline, following a suspension that lasted two-and-a-half years. Export operations began at...

The Iraqi Dinar Revaluation Deception: 10 Persistent False Claims Exposed

By Guest Blogger. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The Iraqi Dinar Revaluation Deception: 10 Persistent False Claims Exposed For over two decades, fraudulent...

Iranian Shahed-238 Drone Detected in Iraq Border Region

A drone resembling the Iranian jet-powered kamikaze drone Shahed-238 was discovered in Iraq, near the border with Iran, in the Basra province. The Conflict reported on this. The unmanned aerial vehicle was found on September 28th, 2025, in the...

The unseen lives of Iraq's 'Kareem Al-Nasab' children

Shafaq News Wrapped in a thin, worn blanket and left outside the gate of Kirkuk University, a newborn faced his first hours of life in silence—exposed, fragile, and alone. Discovered by passersby, the infant, later named Abdullah, was rushed to...

Egypt, Singapore, Iraq join digital transformation push

Homepage > News > Business > Egypt, Singapore, Iraq join digital transformation push Egypt and Singapore have announced plans to deepen bilateral relations in digital transformation, leveraging emerging technologies, following significant progress...

Egypt’s engineering exports surpass $4bln in August 2025, up 12% year-on-year

Egypt - The Engineering Export Council of Egypt announced that engineering exports reached $4.187bn between January and August 2025, marking a 12% increase compared to $3.746bn in the same period last year. Sherif El-Sayyad, Chairperson of the...