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Amanj Hasan Zada ran an operation in the city of Preston, north-west England, disguised as a barber shop, while co-ordinating small boat crossings. Photo: NCA

UK police raid dozens of 'Turkish' barbers in money laundering crackdown

Barber shops have been used by Kurdish people smugglers such as Amanj Zada to disguise their activities

Iraqi writer Nussaibah Younis shortlisted for Women's Prize for Fiction

UK summit targets Kurdish people-smuggler bosses

Business InsightsBP back to the future at Kirkuk

Iraq considers greater security role for PMF militia coalition

Kurds gain asylum in UK over threat from Iraqi Shiite militia

Moqtada Al Sadr sparks controversary over Quran alteration comments

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A mobile phone in Bangkok, Thailand displays an AI-generated image in the style of Japan's Studio Ghibli animation. That many people are reflexively uploading photos of themselves to use the tool should raise concerns about how their data and likenesses are being put to use. AFP

EditorialWhat the Ghibli craze tells us about big tech

US President Donald Trump revealing the reciprocal tariffs during an event at the White House in Washington this week. AFP

Middle East companies prepare for limited direct hit from new US tariffs

Druze leader Walid Jumblatt is seen by his allies, and his foes, as Lebanon's political wizard. AFP

InterviewLebanon's Jumblatt on confronting Israel and giving Syria's new leader a chance

Amanda Seyfried has built her award-winning career by continuing to push herself into new territory. AFP

Amanda Seyfried: 'I'm too scared to make Broadway debut'

The tool goes by the acronym Frappe – framing, persuasion and propaganda explorer. Photo: MBZUAI

UAE's AI university develops tool to detect propaganda in news

Godolphin trainer Saeed bin Suroor is the most successful trainer in the history of the Dubai World Cup, saddling nine winners. Getty

ExclusiveGodolphin's Saeed bin Suroor on Dubai World Cup legacy of excellence

A rendering of the Hakuto-R Mission 2 landing vehicle orbiting the Moon. Photo: ispace

Japan's ispace to attempt second Moon landing after 2022 crash

A street vendor walks past the USAID office in Abidjan on March 22. AFP

CommentCountries need to go back to the drawing board on foreign aid

A mobile phone in Bangkok, Thailand displays an AI-generated image in the style of Japan's Studio Ghibli animation. That many people are reflexively uploading photos of themselves to use the tool should raise concerns about how their data and likenesses are being put to use. AFP

EditorialWhat the Ghibli craze tells us about big tech

US President Donald Trump revealing the reciprocal tariffs during an event at the White House in Washington this week. AFP

Middle East companies prepare for limited direct hit from new US tariffs

Druze leader Walid Jumblatt is seen by his allies, and his foes, as Lebanon's political wizard. AFP

InterviewLebanon's Jumblatt on confronting Israel and giving Syria's new leader a chance

Amanda Seyfried has built her award-winning career by continuing to push herself into new territory. AFP

Amanda Seyfried: 'I'm too scared to make Broadway debut'

The tool goes by the acronym Frappe – framing, persuasion and propaganda explorer. Photo: MBZUAI

UAE's AI university develops tool to detect propaganda in news

Godolphin trainer Saeed bin Suroor is the most successful trainer in the history of the Dubai World Cup, saddling nine winners. Getty

ExclusiveGodolphin's Saeed bin Suroor on Dubai World Cup legacy of excellence

A rendering of the Hakuto-R Mission 2 landing vehicle orbiting the Moon. Photo: ispace

Japan's ispace to attempt second Moon landing after 2022 crash

A street vendor walks past the USAID office in Abidjan on March 22. AFP

CommentCountries need to go back to the drawing board on foreign aid

A mobile phone in Bangkok, Thailand displays an AI-generated image in the style of Japan's Studio Ghibli animation. That many people are reflexively uploading photos of themselves to use the tool should raise concerns about how their data and likenesses are being put to use. AFP

EditorialWhat the Ghibli craze tells us about big tech

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Syrian police destroy seized Captagon pills at the headquarters of the fourth division in Damascus in February. EPA

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Burnt vehicles in Jableh after sectarian violence in Syria's coastal region. Reuters

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Washington has declined to renew a waiver that had allowed Iraq to buy electricity from neighbouring Iran, bypassing the sanctions

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An oil refinery in central Iraq. In March 2023, Turkey suspended the flow of about 450,000 barrels of Iraqi oil daily through the Ceyhan pipeline. AFP

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Iraqi Kurdistan President urges PKK to disarm for peace

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Pictures of migrants at sea were found on Pistiwan Jameel's phone. Photo: National Crime Agency

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