Olympics-related security hype has given China momentum to conduct raids on Uighur Muslims, and now police arrest assailants without explaining their motives or affiliations:
- Truck, Grenade Attack in China Kills 16 Policemen (Washington Post)
As the threat of sanctions looms following a missed nuke-deal deadline, Iran warns of its ability to close critical Persian Gulf waterway:
- Iran Escalates Military Rhetoric in Nuclear Face-Off (New York Times)
Wounded Palestinians receive medical treatment on the condition that they become informants:
- Ill Palestinians ‘Asked to Spy’ (BBC News)
Reevaluating counternarcotics strategy in Afghanistan, Canada considers de-incentivizing opium production at the processing and shipment levels:
Seven Baha’i Iranians reportedly confess to establishing an illegal institution aimed at undermining the Islamic government:
- Iran Accuses Arrested Baha’is of Israel Links-Report (Reuters/Wiredispatch)
A police raid called for by the US fails to capture man in charge of 1998 embassy bombings, but instead arrests his relatives accused of harboring him:
- Kenya Manhunt for al-Qaeda Wanted (BBC News)
A Turkish show manages to connect with Saudis where Western shows can’t, inspiring tourism, independent women’s roles, as well as a cleric’s objections:
- A Subversive Soap Roils Saudi Arabia (Washington Post)
For incarcerated Afghan women, access to medical treatment, education, and safety from those seeking revenge is reason enough to keep their children there:
