Sepideh Rashno, a 28-year-old writer and artist who has been detained for more than two months for refusing to wear a mandatory hijab while on public transit, has been released on temporary bail.
EU defense ministers meeting in the Czech capital have agreed to begin the blueprints for an EU military assistance mission for Ukraine amid broader debate on added weapons and training to help Ukraine defend itself from the current Russian invasion.
An Iranian official says footage from surveillance cameras in public places such as subways will be used to help identify and fine women who fail to adhere to the country's mandatory hijab rule.
At least 12 people have been shot dead in Baghdad's Green Zone after hundreds of supporters of influential Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr stormed government buildings amid soaring tensions with rival Iran-backed Shi’ite groups.
The U.S. ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina says Washington's commitment to that Balkan state is "enduring" and it is committed along with its European allies to Bosnia's "territorial integrity, sovereignty and security, and multiethnic character."