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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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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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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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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Coming Up This Week The UN General Assembly - an annual meeting of world leaders - convenes in New York starting tomorrow. The U.S. reluctantly issued visas for the Russian delegation last week, foll …

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UkrainePresidents Putin and Xi met yesterday, and the readout makes it sound like it was a fairly friendly meeting, but Xi may have subtly rebuked Putin for his invasion of Ukraine: in their public re …

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