The turmoil at the African Network Information Centre (AfriNIC) continues. Court-appointed administrator Gowtamsingh Dabee has announced the cancellation of the ongoing Board of Di…

In a decisive ruling by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the domain Watertimer.com will remain with its current owner, while the complainant, a Colombian tradem…

Despite legal interventions and growing international attention, the crisis surrounding the African Network Information Centre (AfriNIC) continues to escalate. The much-anticipated…

DotMusic Limited, the Cyprus-based registry behind the .music top-level domain (TLD), has relaxed its registration policies by launching a new auction series for high-demand “servi…

The .Top Registry, based in Nanjing, China, has resolved its ongoing compliance issues with ICANN and committed to strengthening its DNS abuse detection and mitigation practices. I…

Seattle-based Amazon Registry Services Inc. has announced the launch dates for three new generic top-level domains: .Fast, .Talk, and .You, marking a significant expansion in its d…

ICANN has officially announced that the next round of applications for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) will open in April 2026. This marks the long-awaited return of the gTLD…

Russia is preparing a major shift in its internet policy that could significantly impact owners of .Ru domain names. According to a report by state news agency TASS, the country’s …

Amazon’s .Hot domain extension has officially entered the market, and it’s already living up to its name. Since May 12, 2025, Amazon Registry Services Inc. has opened early access …

The registry behind Montenegro’s .Me domain is stepping up its fight against illegal online content, specifically targeting child sexual abuse material. Domain.me has expanded its …

The non-profit Spamhaus Project has raised serious concerns about the rising abuse associated with the .Top top-level domain (TLD), calling out its operators in a strongly worded w…

Since its official launch in fall 2024, the .music top-level domain has experienced a noticeable trend: passive registrations are outpacing active usage. According to data from ntl…

The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom, which manages the country’s top-level domain .Fi, has announced the implementation of a national cybersecurity law in line…

Africa’s regional internet registry, AfriNIC, is inching toward structural reform after years of legal turmoil, insolvency, and governance breakdown. While a court-supervised board…

In a recent UDRP case, the distinction between a trademark application and an actual registration proved decisive. UDRP panelist Debrett G. Lyons dismissed a complaint brought by C…

The U.S.-based Medistry LLC, registry operator of the .med domain, has announced a significant policy shift, transitioning the once-restricted medical Top-Level Domain (TLD) into a…

The Italian country code top-level domain .It is now supported by the Austrian Anycast service RcodeZero DNS. This partnership was announced on May 5, 2025, by Nic.at, the operator…

ICANN has taken a decisive step to protect the string .gcc and similar abbreviations linked to international governmental organizations (IGOs) ahead of the next round of new generi…

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) jointly released a 28-page draft interim report outlining proposed reforms to the Un…

A new application round for generic top-level domains (nTLDs) is on the horizon. According to current plans, ICANN is expected to open the application window as early as the second…

Thomas Keller, a board member of Germany’s DENIC eG, has been elected Chair of the Board of Directors of CENTR — the Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries. His e…

Canadian domain registrar Tucows has officially withdrawn from ICANN’s Registration Data Request Service (RDRS), highlighting ongoing industry dissatisfaction with the system that …

InternetNZ, the official registry for New Zealand’s country-code top-level domain .nz, has announced a price increase for all .nz domain names. Starting July 1, 2025, the wholesale…

Identity Digital, the new back-end registry for Anguilla’s highly sought-after .ai domains, has introduced a Drop-Catching Platform called DropZone. The platform activates when an …

The 123rd meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), titled “IETF 123 Madrid,” will take place from July 19 to 25, 2025, at the Meliá Castilla Hotel & C…

UK Takes Historic Action Against Harmful Online Content Domainincite New：The UK communications regulator Ofcom has launched its first investigation under the new Online Safety Act,…

English Translation of the News Release: The crisis surrounding the African Network Information Centre (AfriNIC) has escalated: as announced by the Internet Corporation for Assigne…

For the first time in 22 years, South Korea is expanding its range of official subdomains. According to the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT), four new domain endings will be avai…

Telecommunications service providers without their own network infrastructure cannot be the addressees of gambling-related blocking orders for websites. This was decided by the Fed…

U.S.-based insurance and financial services giant Prudential Financial Inc. has officially terminated its branded top-level domain .pramerica. In a letter dated March 11, 2025, the…