Sep 27th 2022
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Russia
Pres. Putin's "partial mobilization" was originally thought to prioritize calling up Russian men aged 18 to 35 and with prior fighting experience, but there are reports of 62-year-olds without
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Posted by BW Actual on Sep 26th 2022
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Ukraine
Ukraine accused Russia of conscripting Ukrainian men in occupied regions to fight against their own country. In at least Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, men aged 18 to 35 were reportedly barred fro
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Posted by BW Actual on Sep 23rd 2022
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Iran
Local reports from Iran say protests over the death of Mahsa Amini in religious police custody have spread to almost every city, but remain focused against the religious police rather than the r
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Posted by BW Actual on Sep 22nd 2022
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Russia
Analysts are reading nuclear threats in Pres. Putin's warning that he would use "all available means to protect our people" if Russian territory - including soon-to-be-annexed Ukrainian land -
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Posted by BW Actual on Sep 21st 2022
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Ukraine
The WSJ had an excellent report on the remarkable collaboration between Ukrainian soldiers, volunteer fighters, and local civilians to save Kyiv early in the war. See below.Flash forward six
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Posted by BW Actual on Sep 20th 2022
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Afghanistan
The U.S. and the Taliban swapped prisoners: the Taliban released civil engineer Mark Frerichs, who was abducted by a Taliban-linked group in Jan. 2020, and the U.S. released Bashir Noorza
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