RussiaPres. 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 p …

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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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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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