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Iran has sentenced prominent human rights defender Narges Mohammadi to another eight years and two months in prison as well as 74 lashes, her husband says.

The latest images from agency photographers in and around Ukraine capture the mood on the ground as military brinksmanship between Russia, and Ukraine and the West continues.

The Taliban recently released water from a dam in southwestern Afghanistan into Iran, which is suffering from a severe drought. Many observers have seen the move as a sign of deepening cooperation between the Sunni militant group and Iran's Shi'ite clerical regime. 

Iranian police say they have arrested 17 people suspected of filming candid-camera pranks that boosted their social-media followings but incited panic in the streets of Tehran.

Britain says it has information indicating that Moscow “is looking to install a pro-Russian leader in Kyiv,” and has named ex-lawmaker Yevhen Murayev as a “potential candidate.” Here’s what Murayev, who has called the claim “baseless,” has said about Ukraine, NATO, and the West.

The European Court of Human Rights has held a preliminary hearing to decide whether to hear a case filed by the Netherlands and Ukraine that seeks to hold Russia responsible for the 2014 shooting down of a passenger airliner over eastern Ukraine that killed 298 people.

A court in the northern Kazakh city of Petropavl has rejected a request for early release filed by Asqar Qaiyrbek, who was sentenced for organizing activities of the banned Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan (DVK) opposition group.

Since the New Year, there have been more than 300 incidents of false bomb threats targeting schools and kindergartens across Ukraine. The authorities assert that Russian secret services are conducting a “special operation” aimed at disrupting society and sowing panic.

In Washington, the message is: Invasion is imminent. In Kyiv, the message is: Please don’t panic. A divergence in public statements on Russia’s intentions appears to be less of a rift, and more of a calculated strategy.

Russian authorities have released from custody a Turkmen citizen who is wanted in Ashgabat on controversial "extremism" charges.