Ukraine Sergei Lavrov - Russia's foreign minister - called the "special military operation" in Ukraine a war for the first time in a very pointed quote: "We didn't just get up and go to war against U …

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Islamic State Islamic State (IS) announced yesterday that its caliph - Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Quraishi - died in mid-October. A CENTCOM statement corroborated his death, saying he was killed in …

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China Police mobilizations have already helped shrink and disperse protests across China, though the demonstrations continue on a smaller scale. China's security czar promised to continue to crack do …

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Ukraine Ukrainian officials warned that Russia is planning a new round of infrastructure strikes - perhaps from a navy vessel in the Black Sea.There were also rumors that Russia was considering givin …

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ChinaThe anti-lockdown protests going on in China are gaining momentum. The NYT described them as "the most defiant eruption of public anger against the ruling Communist Party in years," and China's c …

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Iran Iran's football team declined to sing the national anthem ahead of their World Cup match against England yesterday. Analysts read the move as a gesture of support for protests back home and it s …

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