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Iraqi media is preoccupied with regional war spillover, US-Iraq security entanglements, and senior officials' globe-trotting diplomacy to secure oil routes, investment deals, and shield Iraq from foreign strikes, while flagging governance failures from fleeing mayors to ongoing fuel crises.
  1. Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani and the Italian ambassador discuss relations between Erbil and Baghdad. (Shafaq News, 2026-09-15)
  2. Will war reorder financial policy and spending priorities in the Gulf states (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman)? (Shafaq News, 2026-09-15)
  3. A US vision to help Iraq in the second phase of the trial of ISIS detainees (Shafaq News, 2026-09-15)
  4. In Duhok Governorate, six bombs were destroyed and a mortar shell was found in the town of Al-Amadiya (photos). (Shafaq News, 2026-09-15)
  5. Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani will attend an economic summit in Sulaymaniyah next Thursday (Shafaq News, 2026-09-15)
  6. The mayor of Nasiriyah flees to an unknown destination after an arrest warrant is issued against him (Shafaq News, 2026-09-15)
  7. Iraqi Oil Minister al-Zubaidi says the partnership with Germany is bilateral and Iraq will export oil to Europe via Syria and Turkey (Shafaq News, 2026-09-15)
  8. 100,000 displaced as fighting resumes in Yemen, and Saudi Arabia vows to respond "firmly" to Houthi attacks (Shafaq News, 2026-09-15)
  9. Welsh actor Matthew Rhys makes Emmy Awards history with a double win (Shafaq News, 2026-09-15)
  10. In Kirkuk, a scientific seminar warns of the dangers of banned and highly toxic pesticides (Shafaq News, 2026-09-15)
  11. Erbil launches Iraq's 'Youth Strategy' with the participation of Rawnkah (photos) (Shafaq News, 2026-09-15)
  12. Russia and Ukraine resume mutual strikes on energy facilities despite US President Donald Trump's ceasefire announcement (Shafaq News, 2026-09-15)
  13. Will artificial intelligence escape human control? (Shafaq News, 2026-09-15)
  14. 'You leave your home for the street and lose everything overnight': when life in Yemen becomes a journey of survival (Shafaq News, 2026-09-15)
  15. Sixty-three agreements signed during al-Zaidi's foreign tours: what has Iraq actually gained? (Shafaq News, 2026-09-15)
  16. Iraq's Diyala Governorate forms crisis cell to prepare for a 'better upcoming summer' (Shafaq News, 2026-09-15)
  17. Iraq's Traffic Department confirms Shafaq News reports by announcing suspension of vehicle registration and driving license issuance (Shafaq News, 2026-09-15)
  18. Forgery and property ownership transfer operations involving assets of former Ba'ath regime loyalists uncovered in Iraq's Saladin Governorate (Shafaq News, 2026-09-15)
  19. Iraqi official al-Zaidi presents Iraq's Development Road project to German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier as a gateway linking Asia to Europe (Shafaq News, 2026-09-15)
  20. The United States confirms for the first time that it has deployed space weapons, and China warns of an 'arms race' in space (Shafaq News, 2026-09-15)