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Women's rights activists are just as worried about warlords and the strongmen who dominate Afghanistan's U.S.-backed leadership as they are about the Taliban.

Foreign Minister Javad Zarif tells state broadcaster that authorities are considering "numerous" options in response to U.S. ending waivers for import of oil from Iran. Meanwhile, Iran's chief of staff says U.S. Navy has not changed its protocol regarding the now-blacklisted Revolutionary Guards.

Isaiah Joel Peoples is being held without bail after he drove his car into a group of pedestrians because he thought some of them might be Muslims. Eight people were injured in the attack, including a 13-year-old girl who is in a coma.

15 people killed in clashes with the Sri Lankan military on Friday included Zainee, Rilwan, and Mohamed Hasim, who were seen in a social media video calling for all-out war on "nonbelievers."

Andrew Anglin of the Daily Stormer is being sued after he accused Tanya Gersh and other Jewish residents of Whitefish, Montana, of engaging in "extortion racket."

Mohammed Javad Zarif tells state-run news agency IRNA that both Iran and North Korea "struggle" under U.S. sanctions.

Iranian news agency says the Revolutionary Guards has successfully managed a surveillance flight over a U.S. aircraft carrier.

Warning signs of encroaching Islamic funamentalism may have been ignored by Sri Lankan government, which has been overwhelming focused on suppressing any revival of Tamil separatism in recent years.

Russian President Vladimir Putin supports North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's efforts to normalize relations with the U.S.

Al Qaida-linked terrorists say attack that killed at least 11 Malian soldiers was revenge for the massacre of some 160 Fulani civilians in the village of Ogossagou last march, which was Mali's worst ethnic bloodletting in living memory.