Baghdad Coffee and Tea Festival brews global flavor, local tradition

2025-10-03T22:54:49+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad For the third day in a row, Baghdad’s Palm Gardens have come alive with the aromas of coffee and tea as the capital hosts the second edition of the annual Coffee and...

Dubai hosts ‘UAE Loves Iraq 2025’ event at Expo City: Free shuttle bus service available for residents

Celebrate Iraqi culture at 'UAE Loves Iraq 2025' in Dubai with free shuttle buses, workshops, performances, and authentic cuisine/ AI Representative Image, for illustrative purposes only Expo City Dubai is buzzing with energy today as 'UAE Loves...

Schengen-style Gulf visa will transform region into 'collective tourism' spot

The pilot launch of the Unified GCC Tourist Visa, scheduled for this quarter to test the system before a full roll-out, could mark the first step towards reshaping the Gulf as a “collective tourism powerhouse”, experts have told The National....

Traveling Vietnam War memorial offers healing, respect for veterans and their families

Jesse Bulldog walked the length of a traveling memorial dedicated to the 58,000 servicemembers who died during the Vietnam War. At each of the 141 panels, he stopped and wafted sage ash in a warrior salute that dates back to Native American...

With a mass marathon: Iraq celebrates independence

2025-10-03T09:44:36+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad On Friday, more than 2,000 runners took to the streets of Baghdad in a marathon marking Iraq’s National Day. Observed on October 3, the holiday commemorates Iraq’s...

Air shows and parades light up Baghdad on Iraq’s National Day

2025-10-03T21:15:44+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraqi military aircraft filled the skies over Baghdad on Friday with aerial displays marking the country’s National Day, while police convoys and crowds gathered at...

Iraq celebrates National Day with parades, marathon, and cultural events

2025-10-03T06:55:44+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraqis are celebrating their National Day on Friday, October 3, marking 93 years since the country gained independence from the British mandate and became the first...

KRI tourism surges past 2M visitors

2025-10-03T11:54:54+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Al-Sulaymaniyah Tourist arrivals in Iraq’s Kurdistan (KRI) have topped two million annually since the launch of an eight-year development plan in 2022, a senior official said...

‘Finally, blessedly, free’: Elizabeth Tsurkov in 1st statement after release from Iraq

Elizabeth Tsurkov, the Russian-Israeli academic who was kidnapped by the Shiite militia Kataeb Hezbollah in Iraq in 2023, issued on Friday her first public statement since being freed on September 10, thanking the US for orchestrating it....

FM Muttaqi to visit India after UN travel ban waiver

Iran is considering releasing hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees across its western borders with Iraq and Turkey. According to The Guardian, it would be part of what officials describe as a necessarily more offensive and unpredictable...

When is National Boyfriend Day? What to know about the pseudo-holiday

February might be the most romantic month of the year, but love is still in the air in October. National Boyfriend Day, a day honoring the romantic partners in our lives, arrives this week. Here's what to know about National Boyfriend Day 2025....

President of Azerbaijan highly values exchange of views with Iraqi counterpart in New York

Baku, October 3, AZERTAC President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev sent a congratulatory letter to President of Iraq Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid on the occasion of Iraq’s national holiday. In his letter, the Azerbaijani President highly valued his recent...

To His Excellency Mr. Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid, President of the Republic of Iraq

Dear Mr. President, On behalf of myself and the people of Azerbaijan, I extend my most sincere congratulations and best wishes to you and all your people on the occasion of the national holiday of the Republic of Iraq. I highly value our recent...

President Ilham Aliyev highly values exchange of views with Iraqi counterpart in New York

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev sent a congratulatory letter to President of Iraq Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid on the occasion of Iraq’s national holiday, Azernews reports. In his letter, the Azerbaijani President highly valued his recent meeting...

Baghdad Wins Bid to Host Global Expo 2029 Garden

Baghdad has been chosen to host Expo 2029 Garden, following a vote at the 77th Annual Congress of the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) in Ghent, Belgium. The Iraqi capital’s bid won over proposals from Thailand,...

Meet the Travelers Who Visit the World’s Most Dangerous Places

On the U.S. State Department’s Travel Advisories Map , the cobblestone lanes of Damascus, the gold-domed cathedrals of southern Ukraine and the lively fish markets of Mogadishu, Somalia, all carry the most severe warning: a red Level-4 “Do Not...

Iraq expands air links with Najaf–Lahore route

2025-10-02T16:09:59+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq’s national carrier on Thursday added Pakistan’s Lahore to its scheduled destinations. In a statement, Iraqi Airways said it has launched a new route connecting...

Azerbaijani leader congratulates Iraqi counterpart on national holiday

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, has addressed a letter to the President of the Republic of Iraq, Abdullatif Jamal Rashid, on the occasion of the National Day of the Republic of Iraq, APA reports. The letter reads: "Dear Mr....

Azerbaijani President congratulates his Iraqi counterpart

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has sent a congratulatory letter to Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid, President of the Republic of Iraq, on the occasion of the country's national day, Azernews reports. "Dear Mr. President, On behalf...

Iraqi capital wins bid to host Expo Garden 2029

2025-10-02T08:34:34+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Baghdad has been chosen to host Expo Garden 2029 after winning a vote Thursday at the 77th Annual Congress of the International Association of Horticultural Producers...