Iranians isolated by a long internet shutdown imposed by the authorities during the war ​with the U.S. and Israel expressed joy as social media came back to life in a country ‌where even in normal times access to the outside world remains restricted via censorship of many websites.

Belarusian President Lukashenko warned that authorities would cut off the internet if the upcoming presidential elections mirror the events of August 2020, News.az reports citing TASS.

Bangladesh was experiencing a "near-total" internet shutdown on Thursday night, outage monitor Netblocks said, as student protests demanding quota system reform escalated and led to the deaths of at least 26 people, News.Az reports citing Anadolu Agency.