<h1>Religious leader urges protection of rigorous journalism; export controls, flight resumptions, trade coercion, detentions, hostage exchange impact law</h1> A leading religious official urged protection of free, rigorous journalism to prevent misinformation, highlighting normative concerns about information rights. One state tightened export controls on rare-earth mining and processing technologies citing national security and alleged military diversion by foreign firms, raising trade compliance and sanctions risks. Resumption of direct flights between two states signals implementation of prior bilateral understandings affecting aviation and commercial law. Alleged use of trade threats to influence interstate conflict raises questions about the legality of tariff coercion. Separately, armed forces detained foreign fishermen for alleged illegal fishing, and rival parties agreed a phased hostage-prisoner exchange to pause hostilities under an international mediation framework.