India U23 Football Team Ready for Second Friendly Against Iraq Ahead of AFC U23 Asian Cup 2025 Qualifiers

Mumbai, August 28: Following a narrow 1-2 defeat in their first friendly, the India U23 men's national team will take on Iraq in their second closed-doors friendly match on Thursday at the Kuala Lumpur Football Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,...

Motorola Launches Devices in Iraq with Al-Watani Telecom

By John Lee. Motorola Mobility, owned by Chinese company Lenovo, has officially launched its devices in Iraq through a partnership with Al-Watani Telecom. Sharay Shams, General Manager for Middle East, Africa, Turkey and CIS at Motorola Mobility,...

IDB Launches Iraq's First Smart Banking Branch

By John Lee. International Development Bank (IDB) has announced the opening of Iraq's first smart banking branch, located at its headquarters on Abu Nuwas Street in Baghdad. According to a statement from the bank, the new facility provides...

Zain Expands Business Accelerator to Iraq

By John Lee. Zain Group has announced the regional expansion of its flagship startup accelerator, Zain Great Idea (ZGI 2025), now open to innovators in Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and UAE. The program is powered by Zain Ventures,...

Iraq approves principles of cooperation framework with Siemens Energy

CAIRO: The Iraqi Cabinet approved on Tuesday the principles of an energy cooperation framework with Germany's Siemens Energy, according to a statement. The statement did not provide further details. The German company has already been involved in...

UNDP Recommendations to Reduce Poverty in Iraq

Iraq welcomes breakthrough as 91 new ambassadors approved

2025-08-26T19:39:07+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq hailed on Tuesday parliament’s approval of the long-delayed list of 91 ambassadors submitted by Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, which ended more than a...

Iraq security brief: Clashes, mass arrests, and explosions

2025-08-26T21:33:07+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News Below is a summary of key security and public safety incidents reported across Iraq on August 26, 2025. Drowning (Diyala): Police recovered the body of a 16-year-old boy who...

Iraq boosts power output to 28,000 MW

2025-08-26T20:32:23+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq’s electricity production has increased to 28,000 megawatts (MW), up from 19,000 MW in 2022, Electricity Minister Ziyad Ali Fadhil announced on Tuesday during a...

Iraq to release June salaries for Kurdistan employees

2025-08-26T17:56:06+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad / Erbil Iraq’s Council of Ministers on Tuesday approved the payment of June 2025 salaries for public employees in the Kurdistan Region. According to a statement from...

Erbil Firm Wins ILO Contract

Meta And Google At Iraq's First Internet Governance Forum

(MENAFN- Iraq Business News) Meta and Google Join Local Stakeholders at Iraq's First Internet Governance Forum Baghdad will host the country's first Internet Governance Forum (IGF) on 30-31 August, bringing together global and local voices to...

India U23 To Play Iraq In Last Friendly Before AFC Qualifiers

Last Updated:August 27, 2025, 23:14 IST India U23 faces Iraq in a crucial friendly as final prep for the AFC U23 Asian Cup Qualifiers in Doha. Naushad Moosa (NEUFC)After a narrow 1-2 defeat in their first friendly, the India U23 men’s national...

Iran–Iraq security pact: Foundation for a broader military alliance?

The most crucial part of the agreement — preventing either country’s territory from being used against the other — forms the core of the pact, a seed from which a full-fledged military alliance could easily emerge. Join us on Telegram, Twitter,...

Security sweeps in Iraq target terrorists, drug traffickers

2025-08-27T12:26:41+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Saladin / Nineveh / Baghdad Iraqi security forces have carried out a series of arrests on terrorism charges as well as allegations of drug possession, forgery, and weapons...

US to pull out its forces from Iraq

(MENAFN) Reports indicate that American forces have begun hastening their withdrawal from Iraq, pulling out troops from Ayn al-Asad and Victoria bases. Some units are being relocated to Erbil, the administrative center of the Kurdistan region,...

Iraq Assists in Lebanon’s Captagon Raid: The Signals

The dismantling of one of the Middle East’s largest Captagon factories in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley in mid-July highlights both the scale of regional narcotics production and the emerging role of Iraq’s intelligence services in countering...

Armenia, Iraq exploring opportunities to restore direct flights

ArmInfo. On August 26, RA President Vahagn Khachaturyan received a delegation led by Minister of Agriculture Abbas Jabr Al-Maliky, who is Yerevan to participate in the session of the Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation between...

Iraq PM: Imports top $70B as Baghdad eyes 20% non-oil revenues

2025-08-26T12:18:39+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq’s annual imports exceed $70B, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said on Tuesday, urging stronger regulation of border crossings to convert this trade into...

Iraq signals readiness to exchange 10 million tourists with Iran

TEHRAN – Iraq’s Minister of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities Ahmed Fakak al-Badrani said on Tuesday that his country welcomes increasing tourist exchanges with Iran to 10 million visitors in a year. Al-Badrani made the remarks during a meeting in...