- Thousands of protesters took to the streets in Iran after Tehran admitted to unintentionally shooting down a Ukranian jet liner last week, killing all 176 aboard.
- Marianne Williamson has ended her quixotic run for the White House, the long-shot 2020 Democratic primary contender had previously fired all her staff earlier this month.
- Former Pope Benedict is defending priestly celibacy in his new book, in what appears to be a direct appeal to current Pope Francis not to change the Catholic Church's stance on priests.
- Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to delay the start of his corruption trial has failed for now, gambling and losing on the courts blocking the trial to buy time for a parliament vote.
- India's Supreme Court has ruled that the government of PM Narendra Modi has illegally blocked internet service in the disputed Kashmir region, giving Modi a week to comply with the ruling.
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed. -- Benjamin Franklin
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