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Both sides of the war between Russia and Ukraine are taking hits, as explosions rocked two Russian air bases on Monday, and multiple Ukrainian cities sustained damage from missiles, the Wall Street Journal reported. One explosion was at a Russian base near Engels, a city in the Russian region of …

Russian soldiers are facing a new enemy during the country’s continued invasion of Ukraine, with reports surfacing that inadequate gear and clothing has led some troops to die from hypothermia. “This is what happens when you have a fashion designer, such as Valentin Yudashkin develop Russian military uniform,” Rebekah Koffler, a …

The Iranian attorney general appeared to indicate that the country’s morality police might be a thing of the past, but then local reporting indicated that rumors of the organization’s demise might be greatly exaggerated. Attorney General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri spoke about the Guidance Patrol, which handles issues like dress code …

A 14-year-old girl was killed and another teen girl was wounded when a 27-year-old man allegedly attacked them with a knife on Monday morning in Illerkirchberg, a small town in southern Germany about 80 miles west of Munich.  The two girls were on the way to school around 7:30 a.m. …

Iranian women have taken to the streets to protest the country’s repressive laws against women, and women in neighboring Afghanistan are taking notice. Widespread protests erupted across cities in Iran after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini on Sept. 16 while she was detained by the morality police for violating …

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a law that significantly expands restrictions on activities seen as promoting LGBT rights in the country. A 2013 law banned what authorities deem to be spreading “propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations” to minors. The new law expands that ban to spreading such information …

According to the South Korean military, North Korea has violated a 2018 inter-Korean agreement that was intended to curtail tensions by firing 130 artillery rounds into the sea off both its east and west coasts Monday morning.  North Korea allegedly detected military drills being conducted by the South. Verbal warning …

An international fugitive and child sex offender from Georgia was arrested on Saturday in Mexico after nearly five years of evading law enforcement. Brad A. Hatter was arrested in 2005 in Gwinnett County, Georgia, after he attempted to meet a 9-year-old girl for sexual activity. He planned the meetup after …

Indonesia’s tallest volcano erupted on Sunday, sending a river of lava across the terrain of the country’s most populated island, and clouds of ash up into the sky, according to reports. The Associated Press reported on Sunday that monsoon rains contributed to the erosion and collapse of a lava dome …

At least nine members of a Church congregation in Johannesburg, South Africa, died when a flash flood swept them away during a religious service along a river on Saturday, according to officials.  The remains of two victims were found on Saturday, while seven others were located during a search and …