Four generals are among arrested officials variously accused of planning a coup or reconstituting the Baath party:
UN unable to distribute food as the Israeli blockage prevents supplies from being replenished:
- UN Agency Suspends Gaza Food Aid (Al Jazeera)
Helping to cope with the monetary crisis and retain profits for Gaza:
Will a compromise with the Taliban reverse undermine progress for women’s rights:
- Afghan Women Fear a Retreat to Dark Days (Christian Science Monitor)
DOJ seeks seizure of building secretly owned by Iran’s Bank Melli, “previously designated by the Treasury Department as a key financier of Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs”:
- U.S. Links Iranian Bank To Fifth Avenue Building (Washington Post)
Critics argue the measure “would stifle the constitutional rights of the accused” and fear “the laws might be used to unfairly target India’s 130 million-strong Muslim minority”:
- Anti-Terror Bills Advance in India (Washington Post)
Arrested for Islamic modesty or foul language?
- Ga. Judge Jails Muslim Woman Over Head Scarf (AP / Washington Post)
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