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Iranian students have staged noisy rallies at four Tehran universities in a fourth day of protests against Iran’s Islamist rulers after they admitted to shooting down a passenger jet.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has submitted his cabinet’s resignation, shortly after President Vladimir Putin proposed a series of constitutional amendments aimed at strengthening the parliament at the expense of the presidency.

VIDEO: China is using its economic and diplomatic leverage to silence critics abroad and undermine international human rights systems, according to the 2020 Human Rights Watch world report. The report, which examines about 100 countries, claims that Beijing’s efforts not only suppress the rights of its citizens but extend far beyond it’s borders.

A long-running battle between U.S. law enforcement and the technology industry was pushed to the forefront again this week when U.S. Attorney General William Barr criticized Apple for refusing to unlock two iPhones belonging to a Saudi aviation student who killed three American sailors at a Florida naval air station. 

Iraq’s influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr escalated his rhetoric against U.S. influence in Iraq on Tuesday, calling civilians to participate in a “million-person” march for the removal of American troops in the country.