The New York Times reports that Iranian law enforcement officers have arrested dozens of people, including high-ranking officials of the country's intelligence service, as part of the investigation into the death of Ismail Haniya, head of the political bureau of Hamas.

Today's revival of Islam on a global scale is also felt in Uzbekistan. On the one hand, foreign powers, and on the other hand, the domestic political elite, each of them, based on their own interests, is trying to assess the possibility that the development of Islam, or, in scientific terms, the "increasing of the religious background" will ensure the country's stability or, on the contrary, lead to a political crisis.