A little white pill, Captagon, gives Syria’s Assad a strong tool in winning over Arab states

BEIRUT (AP) — A little white pill has given Syrian President Bashar Assad powerful leverage with his Arab neighbors, who have been willing to bring him out of pariah status in hopes he will stop the flow of highly addictive Captagon amphetamines out of Syria. read more...

Trump-appointed judge who issued rulings favorable to him assigned to oversee criminal case

MIAMI (AP) — Donald Trump ’s historic criminal case on felony charges of mishandling classified documents is set to unfold in Florida and will at least initially be overseen by a federal judge who issued rulings favorable to him last year and expressed repeated skepticism of Justice Department positions. read more...

Rights group says Myanmar’s military rulers have cracked down on lawyers, abused legal system

BANGKOK (AP) — Lawyers representing critics of Myanmar’s military government face harassment and attacks ranging from threats and arrests to unfair trials and even torture, a human rights organization charged Thursday, saying such actions reflect a broader assault on the country’s justice system. read more...

Flashpoint in Israel: Divide between religious and secular Jews heats up under Netanyahu’s rule

HARISH, Israel (AP) — The sound of children and music echoed down a narrow basement hallway in Israel as they scrambled in a pool of balls, climbed on a jungle gym, munched popcorn and laughed. read more...

4 very young children critically wounded in knife attack in French Alpine town

PARIS (AP) — As bystanders screamed for help, a man with a knife stabbed four young children at a lakeside park in the French Alps on Thursday, assaulting at least one in a stroller repeatedly. The children between 22 months and 3 years old suffered life-threatening injuries, and two adults also were wounded, authorities said. read more...

Decorated Australian war veteran unlawfully killed prisoners in Afghanistan, judge says

SYDNEY (AP) — Australia’s most decorated living war veteran unlawfully killed prisoners and committed other war crimes in Afghanistan, a judge ruled Thursday in dismissing the claims by Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith that he was defamed by media. read more...

Aras Amiri highlights jailed Iran environmentalists' plight

Among the many thousands of political prisoners in Iran's jails are seven prominent environmentalists who were arrested in 2018. The former British Council employee, Aras Amiri, spent two and a half years imprisoned with two of them. She was released last year, and is now speaking out for the first time to draw attention to their plight. read more...

Danny Masterson convicted of 2 counts of rape, ‘That ‘70s Show’ actor faces 30 years to life

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “That ’70s Show” star Danny Masterson was led out in handcuffs from a Los Angeles courtroom Wednesday and could get 30 years to life in prison after a jury found him guilty on two of three counts of rape at his second trial, in which the Church of Scientology played a central role. read more...

India's protesting wrestlers to sink medals in Ganges

India's top wrestlers have said they will throw their medals into the Ganges, the country's holiest river, as part of their ongoing protest. They also plan to go on an indefinite hunger strike at India Gate - a war memorial in capital Delhi. read more...

Malaysia detains Chinese ship suspected of looting British WW2 wrecks

Malaysia has detained a Chinese-registered vessel suspected of looting two British World War Two shipwrecks. The bulk carrier was seized on Sunday for anchoring illegally at the site in the South China Sea. read more...

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