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Under the new policy, Iraq’s CMC will require influencers to register and pay annual fees. [Getty] In a surprise move that has sparked fierce criticism from across Iraq‘s digital landscape, the country’s Communications and Media Commission (CMC) has announced new regulations imposing annual fees on influencers and content creators.  The announcement, made public on Sunday, […]

I may never find the perfect words, but silence, I have come to realise, is the cruellest response of all, writes Salma El Zamal [photo credit: Getty Images] Yusuf lost 30 family members overnight, killed in an Israeli bombardment of his neighbourhood in Gaza. “He’s not sure if his parents are alive. He won’t be

Israeli forces carried out a series of bombings across the Gaza Strip in the early hours of Wednesday, killing over a dozen Palestinians, including a mother and a baby who was around six months old. A Palestinian family was reportedly asleep in their home in Jabalia before Israeli shelling struck them. At least eight people were killed

Members of the Iranian and Afghan communities are celebrating Nowruz, the Persian new year. [Brooke Anderson/TNA] Nowruz, the Persian new year that ushers in the season of spring and new beginnings, has been gaining ground across the US, as Iranians, Afghans and others share their 3,000-year-old traditions. Last week kicked off two weeks of festivities,

Reporters without Borders (RSF) has condemned the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Hossam Shabat on Monday while urging the “international community to urgently pressure the Israeli government to end the massacre of Palestinian journalists.” In a statement RSF also said that it had found Israeli accusations that Shabat, as well as other journalists killed by

Tunisia has launched an investigation into alleged money laundering and tax fraud involving ride-hailing applications, the interior ministry said on Monday. The authorities also said they were suspending the apps. “The financial division of the National Guard has uncovered suspicions of money laundering and tax evasion among operators of private taxi ride-hailing apps,” the ministry

Israel’s ending of the ceasefire last week has seen close to 700 Palestinians – mostly women and children – killed within days [Getty] Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 23 Palestinians on Tuesday, local health officials said, as the Israeli military expanded evacuation orders to tens of thousands of residents across the

UNICEF’s Yemen representative Peter Hawkins said that one in two children under five are acutely malnourished [AHMAD AL-BASHA/AFP via Getty Images] One in two children aged under five in Yemen are acutely malnourished, the United Nations said on Tuesday, with more than half a million of them suffering from potentially deadly wasting. The UN children’s

Yet, the potential for a rapprochement is complicated by the influence of conservative figures within Macron’s government. [Getty] Algeria’s parliament has officially relaunched the process to draft a law that would criminalise French colonialism, amid a growing diplomatic crisis with Paris.  On 23 March, Brahim Boughali, the President of the People’s National Assembly (APN), Algeria’s lower

A series of separate meetings between American, Russian and Ukrainian interlocutors entered their third day on Tuesday as US negotiators shuttled back to discussions with their Ukrainian counterparts in the Saudi capital, a continuation of talks with Kyiv officials that began on Sunday over a potential ceasefire in Ukraine. Meanwhile, a Kremlin official said on