Isha Jain is a reporter and producer for Almost and is based in Delhi. Contact this reporter at isha@almostmag.co.
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While women in Iran already face punishments for not wearing a hijab, the new law would have introduced heavy fines and prison sentences for women “who do not cover their hair, forearms or lower legs”.
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Khaled Nabhan gained widespread attention on social media after a heartwrenching video of him mourning his granddaughter Reem went viral.
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South Korean lawmakers have voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol after he attempted to impose martial law, which sparked widespread protest across the country.
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The UNGA also passed another resolution supporting the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).
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Since al-Assad’s regime fell, Israel has carried out more than 480 airstrikes targeting key military sites across major cities in Syria in just the 48 hours, the Israeli military said.
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Netanyahu said Israel “needed to ensure that no hostile force embeds itself right next to the border of Israel.”
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In the photo, the woman was also seen holding a sign with a slogan that said, “Woman, Life, Freedom”.
LGBTQ
The move comes after Nick Infinger, a man from Hong Kong who married his same-sex partner in Canada, sued the government in 2018.
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After the airstrikes, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned of a possible escalation in the attacks.
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Australia has become the first country in the world to ban children under 16 from using social media.
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The alleged crimes occurred between Aug. 25, 2017 and Dec. 31,2017 when Min Aung Hlaing led a military campaign that forcibly displaced more than 740,000 Rohingya to Bangladesh.
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The ICC said there were "reasonable grounds" to believe Netanyahu and Gallant had committed crimes including murder, persecution and starvation as a weapon of war.