Հուլիսի 16 2019

• Russian, Ukrainian Officials Discuss Prisoner Swap
  Russian and Ukrainian officials report talks on a major prisoner swap just days after their respective presidents discussed the conflict in eastern Ukraine and a possible captive exchange in their first telephone call.
• Roadside Bomb Kills 11 'On Way To Shrine' In South Afghanistan
  A provincial council member said all the victims were members of the same family and were on their way to a shrine.
• France Says Iranian-French Academic Arrested In Iran
  Fariba Adelkhah, an anthropologist and author of several books on Iran, was reportedly detained last month in Iran on unknown charges.
• Kazan Principal Turns To European Court In Fight For Tatar Language
  The director of a private school in Russia's Tatarstan region has filed a lawsuit with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) against a partial ban imposed by Russia's federal authorities on Tatar-language teaching in schools there.
• Uzbek Chief Of Amateur Boxing Federation Resigns
  The head of world amateur boxing’s governing body (AIBA) -- Uzbek businessman and alleged drug trafficker Gafur Rakhimov -- has resigned from the post after his tenure played a role in AIBA being stripped of the right to organize Olympic boxing events.