MP calls for government to be held accountable for obstructing the budget

MP calls for government to be held accountable for obstructing the budget

9-18-2025

Al-Maalouma/Baghdad..
Representative Raed Al-Maliki called on citizens, on Thursday, to hold the government accountable through the ballot boxes for obstructing the budget schedules and halting their interests after all attempts to hold it accountable Read more…

Trump designates Antifa as a terrorist organization and pledges to pursue its funders.

Trump designates Antifa as a terrorist organization and pledges to pursue its funders.

2025-09-18 00:06

Shafaq News – Washington
US President Donald Trump has designated the anti-fascist group Antifa as a terrorist organization, vowing to pursue all of its financiers.

Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social, saying: “I am pleased to inform many patriotic Americans Read more…

Iraq signs an agreement and seven trade memoranda of understanding with Lebanon.

Iraq signs an agreement and seven trade memoranda of understanding with Lebanon.

2025-09-18 04:38

Shafaq News – Baghdad
The Iraqi Ministry of Trade and the Lebanese Ministry of Economy and Trade signed an agreement and seven memoranda of understanding today, Thursday, to enhance trade and investment between the two countries.

This came during the second session of the Iraqi-Lebanese Joint Committee held Read more…

Liquidity shortages and financial waste… The Iraqi parliament identifies serious government shortcomings.

Liquidity shortages and financial waste… The Iraqi parliament identifies serious government shortcomings.

2025-09-18 05:26

Shafaq News – Baghdad
The Finance Committee of the Iraqi Parliament revealed on Thursday that the state has a cash shortage due to low oil revenues and significant waste of public funds.

Committee member Moeen Al-Kadhimi told Shafaq News Agency that there is a shortage of financial liquidity due to the decline in Read more…

Trade Bank of Iraq launches direct delivery service for electronic cards.

Trade Bank of Iraq launches direct delivery service for electronic cards.

2025-09-18

The Trade Bank of Iraq announced today, Thursday, the launch of a direct delivery service for electronic cards. The bank stated in a statement, “To facilitate customers’ convenience, it has been decided to activate the direct delivery service Read more…

Iraqi Dinar Guru opinions 9-17-2025

Iraqi Dinar Guru opinions 9-17-2025

9-17-2025 Intel Guru Frank26 Oh my goodness, all of a sudden, this guy Trump comes along, let me tell you something, if it wasn’t for Donald Trump, these knuckleheads like Sudani would still be sitting there scratching their butts…I’m as serious as a heart attack. They would because that’s what they had been doing, hadn’t they? Now, Trump wants to get paid, doesn’t he? Read more…

6.8 trillion dinars in electronic collections in 2025

6.8 trillion dinars in electronic collections in 2025

09/17/2025

The Central Bank of Iraq revealed that the total government electronic collections through points of sale (POS) during the first eight months of 2025 exceeded six trillion dinars, while the number of employee payroll cards exceeded five million.

The Director General of the Information Technology and Payments Department at the Central Bank of Iraq, Adnan Asaad, told Read more…

Anbar Alliance: Halbousi has no chance of returning to the parliament presidency.

Anbar Alliance: Halbousi has no chance of returning to the parliament presidency.

9-17-2025

Al-Maalouma/Baghdad…
Member of the United Anbar Alliance, Mohammed Al-Fahdawi, ruled out the return of Mohammed Al-Halbousi to power as Speaker of Parliament again, noting that an attempt to reinstate him had been proposed previously and failed and would not Read more…

Parliamentary Finance Committee rules out passing budget agendas amid parliament’s procrastination

Parliamentary Finance Committee rules out passing budget agendas amid parliament’s procrastination

9-17-2025

Al-Maalouma/Baghdad…
Member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Moeen Al-Kadhimi, ruled out on Wednesday the passing of the budget tables or their transmission from the government to Parliament, pointing to the procrastination of the House of Representatives as the parliamentary Read more…

Economist: Iraq seeks to increase its oil share in line with population

Economist: Iraq seeks to increase its oil share in line with population

9-17-2025

Al-Maalomah/Baghdad…
Economic expert Safwan Qusay confirmed on Wednesday that Iraq desires to reconsider oil exports and make them in line with population ratios. He explained that this desire boils down to reducing exports to member states in exchange for increasing them to Iraq according to the population ratios Read more…

Coordination Framework: No postponement of the October elections…and participation will be higher than expected

Coordination Framework: No postponement of the October elections…and participation will be higher than expected

9-17-2025

Al-Maalouma/Baghdad –
Issam Shaker, a member of the Coordination Framework, confirmed on Wednesday that the date for the November elections is fixed and will not be changed, stressing that the turnout will exceed expectations.
Shaker told Al-Maalouma that “the false information being broadcast about Read more…

Arqoub returns in a formal suit… How did Al-Sudani’s reforms turn into corruption deals and electoral financing with the money of the poor?

Arqoub returns in a formal suit… How did Al-Sudani’s reforms turn into corruption deals and electoral financing with the money of the poor?

9-17-2025

Information / Special ..
Just two months ago, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani came out to the Iraqis with what he called the “government’s program for correction,” announcing a broad anti-corruption purge that included referring four ministers to the judiciary and replacing them, a step that observers at the time considered Read more…

Washington officially designates four Iraqi armed factions as “terrorist” organizations.

Washington officially designates four Iraqi armed factions as “terrorist” organizations.

2025-09-17 05:53

Shafaq News – Washington
The US State Department announced on Wednesday that it had designated four Iraqi factions it described as “allied with Iran” as foreign terrorist organizations.

The ministry said in a statement published on its official website, and seen by Shafaq News Agency, that the al-Nujaba Movement, the Sayyid al-Shuhada Read more…

Kurdistan Regional Government: We have handed over oil to SOMO, and there is no justification for suspending salaries.

Kurdistan Regional Government: We have handed over oil to SOMO, and there is no justification for suspending salaries.

2025-09-17 06:13

Shafaq News- Erbil
Kurdistan Regional Government spokesman Peshwa Hawrami announced on Wednesday that the regional government has handed over its share of oil to SOMO, stressing at the same time that “there is no legal reason to stop paying salaries to Read more…

Rafidain Bank: Achieving an unprecedented boom in the volume of electronic collection settlements.

Rafidain Bank: Achieving an unprecedented boom in the volume of electronic collection settlements.

2025-09-17

Rafidain Bank announced, on Wednesday, an unprecedented boom in the volume of electronic tax settlements transferred to government departments’ accounts. The bank’s media outlets stated in a statement that, “In a scene that reflects the rapid shift towards a digital economy in Iraq, Rafidain Bank has achieved an unprecedented boom Read more…

Chairman of the Media Commission: Electronic signatures are a strategic step toward a secure digital Iraq.

Chairman of the Media Commission: Electronic signatures are a strategic step toward a secure digital Iraq.

2025-09-17

The Chairman of the Communications and Media Commission, Nawfal Abu Raghif, affirmed today, Wednesday, that electronic signatures are a strategic step towards a secure digital Iraq. While explaining that digital transformation requires partnerships with financial technology companies, he called for Read more…

Iraqi Dinar Guru opinions 9-16-2025

Iraqi Dinar Guru opinions 9-16-2025

9-16-2025 Newshound Guru Militia Man What they did in Congress is a big deal…For many of you the reality is setting in because you can’t deny what’s being put out in print. It’s really powerful. Read more…

Al-Lami: Plans to build three new oil refineries in Iraq

Al-Lami: Plans to build three new oil refineries in Iraq

9-16-2025

Al-Maalouma / Baghdad..
MP Ali Al-Lami confirmed on Tuesday the existence of ambitious plans to establish three new refineries in Iraq, noting that exporting petroleum derivatives represents a priority to support the country’s treasury in the coming years.
Al-Lami said in an interview with Al-Maalouma, “There are studies underway Read more…

Parliamentary Finance Committee calls for the formation of a revenue monitoring body.

Parliamentary Finance Committee calls for the formation of a revenue monitoring body.

09/16/2025

Amid rumours circulating by malicious parties regarding the security of civil servant salaries, the Finance Committee of the House of Representatives, represented by its member, MP Moeen Al-Kadhimi, confirmed that salaries are fully secured and that the government is working intensively to boost non-oil revenues alongside Read more…

The Iraqi government issues financial, agricultural, investment, infrastructure, and aviation decisions.

The Iraqi government issues financial, agricultural, investment, infrastructure, and aviation decisions.

2025-09-16 07:53

Shafaq News – Baghdad
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani chaired the 37th regular session of the Council of Ministers on Tuesday, during which the Council discussed the general situation in the country and issued a series of reform, administrative, financial, and service-related decisions.

According to a government statement, Read more…