"The shutdown of online discourse within Iran has allowed both the government and its critics to flood social media outside the country with disinformation campaigns and fake images":

• Battles over Truth Rage Online Amid Iran’s Internet Blackout (NY Times)

The Reagan appointee "leveled the searing critique during a hearing in Boston to determine the appropriate remedies for the administration’s detentions of pro-Palestinian students last year" ...

• Trump Cabinet Secretaries Conspired to Violate Constitution, Judge Says (Washington Post)

... now Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil ... is safe from further detention — for about a month and a half":

• Despite Court Ruling, ICE Can’t Detain Mahmoud Khalil — For Now (The Intercept)

"Officials promise a gradual return of internet connectivity after weeks of deadly protests":

• Iran Restores SMS as Phased Rollback of Internet Blackout Negins (Aljazeera)

Israeli war crimes continue:

• Updates: Israel Keeps Attacking Gaza, Kills Two Minors, Elderly Woman (Aljazeera)

Israeli war crimes continue:

• Inside Gaza’s Medical Emergency: “We Fled Death in the Tents Only to Die Here Because the Power Is Out?” (Palestine Deep Dive)

"Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday told his Iranian counterpart that China opposes the use or threat of force in international relations, and also opposes using the 'law of the jungle'":

• China Senses Opportunity as U.S. Targets Iran and Venezuela (Washington Post)

America's most famous and beloved Muslim "once quipped that he should be on a postage stamp because 'that’s the only way I’ll ever get licked'":

• Muhammad Ali Forever Stamp the Ultimate Reversal of Government's View of Him (AP / CBS)

"A tense calm hangs over Iran after a wave of protests drew a bloody crackdown that reportedly left thousands of people dead":

• Iran Enters Uneasy Calm After Deadly Anti-regime Protests (Deutsche Welle)

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