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Saudi Arabia’s new social media rules, balancing creativity with compliance across trending digital platforms/ Representative Image Saudi Arabia has introduced new content creator guidelines, aimed at regulating social media, protecting privacy, and promoting responsible digital behavior. The General Authority for Media Regulation (GAMR) announced the rules to ensure content aligns with cultural values and fosters…

Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh University of Arts opens in 2026, offering 13 colleges and scholarships/Representative Image In a strategic move to strengthen its creative economy, Saudi Arabia has announced the launch of the Riyadh University of Arts (RUA), a landmark cultural education institution designed to elevate artistic talent, drive job creation, and align with the Kingdom’s…

A broad coalition of US higher education organizations is urging the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to withdraw a proposed rule that would replace the longstanding “duration of status” (D/S) policy for F-1 international students and J-1 exchange visitors with fixed, four-year visa terms. The groups warn that the change would harm US colleges and…

Residents must earn between AED 4,000 and AED 15,000 monthly to sponsor family or friends for UAE visit visas/ Representative Image Thinking of inviting your parents, siblings, or even a friend, to visit you in the UAE? You’ll now need to show what’s in your paycheck. The country has introduced new income rules for sponsoring…

The Iranian flag (Image credits: AP) Iran is once again facing crippling international sanctions on its weapons trade, oil exports, international banking, and much more under the snapback mechanism of the 2015 nuclear deal.The accord, concluded between Iran on one side and the US, France, Germany, the UK, Russia and China, as well as the…

California cops pull over robot taxi; left scratching heads on who to ticket (Picture credit: San Bruno Police Department) California police officers conducting a grant-funded DUI enforcement operation in San Bruno had an unusual encounter last week when they pulled over a driverless Waymo taxi for making an illegal U-turn, authorities said.The incident occurred at…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent accidentally leaked a sensitive national security text during last week’s United Nations General Assembly. A photograph taken by the AP’s Angelina Katsanis during last Tuesday’s United Nations General Assembly shows Bessent reading a message from someone with initials matching those of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, Daily Beast reported. The message flagged…

New York ICE incident: Officer who pushed woman at immigration court reinstated An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who was temporarily removed from duty following a widely shared video showing him pushing a woman to the ground outside a New York immigration court has been returned to work, two US officials cited by CBS News…

Ian Andre Roberts, the superintendent of the Des Moines Public Schools in Iowa, who was arrested by ICE, is a registered active Democrat voter in the state of Maryland.According to the official website for the Maryland State Board of Elections, Roberts, who overstayed a student visa from 1999, held an active voter status and was…