Sunday, September 25th, 2022 

Mass protests against mobilization take place in Dagestan with protesters clashing with police. (Reuters) 

The number of people detained in anti-war protests across Russia increases to more than 2,000. (BBC News) 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirms that Ukraine has received NASAMS air defence systems from the United States. (Reuters) 

Uzbekistan suspends the use of Russia’s card payment system Mir. The move was supposedly warranted by the need “to carry out the necessary technical procedures” and was not related to sanctions. (Euronews) 

The Iranian government announces that security forces have regained control of Oshnavieh, a day after protestors allegedly “took control” of the city. (BBC News) 

Eleven people are killed during an ambush by cattle rustlers in Turkana County, Kenya. (BBC) 

Italians head to the polls to elect members of the Parliament. (AP) 

Exit polls show that the centre-right coalition led by Brothers of Italy leader Giorgia Meloni has won the election with a majority of seats in the Italian Parliament. (BBC News) 

Cubans vote on legalizing same-sex marriage and same-sex adoption. The government urges people to vote in favour of legalization while the Catholic Church urges people to vote against legalization. (DW) 

Saturday, September 24th, 2022 

Elon Musk says that Starlink will be enabled inside Iranian cities after the United States State and Treasury Departments announce measures to increase internet freedom and access to information in the country. (Reuters) 

The death toll from the protests in Iran increases to 50. (Hindustan Times) 

Reports emerge that protestors have allegedly “taken control” of the city of Oshnavieh after security forces withdraw. (Atalayar) 

The Iranian Army announces that it will “confront the enemies” in response to the ongoing protests. (Dawn) 

The Iranian Revolutionary Guards shell the “headquarters of anti-Iranian terrorists” in Iraqi Kurdistan. (Reuters) 

Ukraine announces a reduction of Iranian diplomatic mission staff in response to the delivery of drones to Russia as part of the Russo-Ukrainian War. (Reuters) 

Thousands of fighting-age men continue to leave Russia due to the mobilization. Massive lines are reported at the country’s borders with Georgia and Finland. (iNews) 

At least 700 people are detained during anti-war protests across Russia. (ITV News) 

Hurricane Fiona leaves more than 500,000 people without power in Atlantic Canada. (CBC) 

Two people are killed and 120,000 people experience a power outage after Tropical Storm Talas hits central Japan. (NBC News) 

Three people are injured after a shooting occurred at an amusement park in West Mifflin, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. (AP) 

Thousands of people protest in Luanda, Angola, accusing incumbent president João Lourenço of electoral fraud in the latest election. (Reuters) 

The planned launch of Artemis 1 is newly delayed due to a storm. (BBC News) 

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Friday,  September 23rd, 2022 

China‘s former justice minister Fu Zhenghua is sentenced to death with reprieve, which means his sentence will be life in prison without the possibility of parole, after pleading guilty to accepting bribes. (DW) 

Referendums beginintheRussianoccupied Ukrainianoblasts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the separatist republics of Donetsk and Luhansk on whether to join Russia, in what Ukraine and other countries consider to be “sham” referendums. (AFP via Barron’s) 

At least 1,300 protesters rallying against the mobilization are arrested throughout Russia. (BBC News) 

Ukraine and Russia release 55 Russian prisoners of war and 215 fighters from the Siege of Mariupol as part of a prisoner exchange mediated by Turkey and Saudi Arabia. Among those released are pro-Russian Ukrainian politician Viktor Medvedchuk, Azov Regiment commander Denys Prokopenko, and British volunteers Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner.  (BBC News) 

Seven people are killed and 41 others are injured when a car bomb explodes at a mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Reuters) 

Gunmen kill ten people in a mass shooting at a pool hall in Tarimoro, Guanajuato, Mexico. (CBS News) 

Bhutan reopens its borders for international tourists following a two-year closure due to the pandemic. (ANINews) 

Sanctions are imposed on seven Iranian government officials and one group by the United States Department of the Treasury, which blames the Guidance Patrol for the death of Mahsa Amini. (AP) 

At least three people are killed by an explosion at an oil refinery in Neuquén Province, Argentina. (AP) 

Thursday, September 22nd, 2022 

In a major address to the nation, Russian president Vladimir Putin announces a partial mobilization, with the exceptions of students and conscripts. (AP) 

Large amounts of fighting-age men flee Russia after the announcement of the mobilization. Long traffic jams form at border crossings out of Russia and the price of plane tickets out of Russia skyrocket. (BBC) 

Anti-mobilization and anti-war protests occur across Russia, with many arrests also occurring. (Reuters) 

Donetsk People’s Republic authorities accuse Ukraine of shelling a market in Donetsk, killing six civilians. (Times of Israel) 

Ukraine and Russia release 55 Russian prisoners of war and 215 fighters from the Siege of Mariupol respectively as part of a prisoner exchange mediated by Turkey and Saudi Arabia. Among the people released are pro-Russian Ukrainian politician Viktor Medvedchuk and British volunteer Aiden Aslin.  (BBC) 

Two Ukrainian staffers of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe are sentenced to 13 years of prison by a court in the separatist Luhansk People’s Republic for “alleged high treason and espionage for the United States.” (Politico) 

China‘s former justice minister Fu Zhenghua is sentenced to death with reprieve, which means his sentence will be life in prison without the possibility of parole, after pleading guilty to accepting bribes. (DW) 

Two people are killed by a 6.9 magnitude earthquake originating from Michoacán, Mexico. It is an aftershock of the earthquake three days ago. (The Guardian) 

Amid protests after the death of Mahsa Amini, Iran restricts access to Instagram and WhatsApp, among other websites. (Reuters) 

Lithuania places its rapid reaction force on high alert in response to Russia’s mobilization, according to Defence Minister Arvydas Anušauskas. (LRT) 

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says that Russia’s military mobilization is “dangerous and reckless”, and condemns Putin’s use of “nuclear rhetoric”. (Reuters) 

Three people are killed and 13 others are injured in an explosion at a restaurant in Deh Mazang, Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP) 

Hurricane Fiona reaches Category 4 as it moves from the Turks and Caicos Islands toward Bermuda. (CNN) 

Queen Margrethe II tests positive for COVID-19 for the second time. (The Guardian) 

World Taekwondo denies giving bribes in order to become an Olympic sport after allegations emerge from a former employee turned whistleblower. (The Guardian) 

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Wednesday,  September 21st, 2022 

In a major address to the nation, Russian president Vladimir Putin announces a partial mobilization, with the exceptions of students and conscripts. (AP) 

Lithuania places its rapid reaction force on high alert in response to Russia’s mobilization, according to Defence Minister Arvydas Anušauskas. (LRT) 

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says Russia’s military mobilization is “dangerous and reckless”, and condemns Putin’s use of “nuclear rhetoric”. (NTV) 

Eight people are injured after an explosion tore through a building in Austin, Chicago, Illinois, United States. (AP) 

New York City Mayor Eric Adams announces that the city will end its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private businesses on November 1. (Axios) 

Hurricane Fiona reaches Category 4 as it moves from Turks and Caicos to Bermuda. (CNN) 

World Taekwondo denies giving bribes in order to become an Olympic sport after allegations emerge from a former employee turned whistleblower. (The Guardian) 

Tuesday,  September 20th, 2022 

It is announced that the referendums on the entry of the Luhansk People’s Republic, the Donetsk People’s Republic, and the occupied parts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts into Russia as federal subjects will be held from September 23 to 27. (RIA Novosti) 

Russian State Duma deputies approve the introduction of the concepts of mobilization, martial law, wartime and armed conflict, as well as punishment for desertion, into the Criminal Code. (Forbes) 

The National Bank of Georgia formally applies to join the European Union’s Single Euro Payments Area. (Agenda) 

Protests continue for the fourth consecutive day across Iran in response to the death of Mahsa Amini while in the custody of the morality police. Two people are killed during protests in Kermanshah. (The Washington Post) (Times of Israel) 

Irish judge Síofra O’Leary is elected the new president of European Court of Human Rights, becoming the first woman to hold that position. (The Journal) 

An 84-year-old woman is murdered in Holon, Israel in a suspected terror attack. The Qalqilya-born suspect is found dead, presumably by suicide, inside an abandoned building in Tel Aviv. (Times of Israel) 

Four people are killed and 114 others are injured as Typhoon Nanmadol makes landfall on the island of Kyushu, Japan. (BBC News) 

UEFA announces that Russia will continue to be suspended meaning their team is barred from the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying draw. (UEFA) 

A civilian is killed and another iscriticallywoundedduringclashesbetweenPalestinian fighters and Palestinian authorities outside a police station in Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, after two Al-Qassam Brigades militants were arrested. (Al Jazeera) 

Tigray People’s Liberation Front authorities say that Eritrea has launched a full-scale intervention into the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. (Reuters) 

Uganda reports an outbreak of Ebola after a rare case of the Sudan ebolavirus strain infected a 24-year-old man who later died, the first known fatality from the strain since 2011. (Reuters) 

Monday,  September 19th, 2022 

Luhansk People’s Republic authorities say that a Ukrainian shelling attack has killed seven civilians including three children in the town of Krasnorichenske. (Reuters) 

Mongolia places Khovd Province under quarantine after confirming a case of bubonic plague in Möst district. (Xinhua) 

Four people are killed and more than 30 injured as police open fire on people protesting in Saqqez, Kurdistan province, Iran, over the death of a woman under police custody in Tehran. (The Guardian) 

Equatorial Guinea abolishes the death penalty after its president Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo signs a new penal code into law. (The Guardian) 

Thirteen people are killed and scores more are wounded in explosions in the Donetsk People’s Republic-held city of Donetsk. DPR leader Denis Pushilin accuses Ukraine of being behind the attacks. (BBC) 

The Ukrainian Ground Forces recapture the village of Bilohorivka in Luhansk Oblast as it advances on Lysychansk. (The Telegraph) 

The state funeral of Elizabeth II is held in London, United Kingdom. (BBC) 

Hurricane Fiona makes landfall in the Dominican Republic after causing vast devastation in Puerto Rico. (CNN) 

Afghanistan releases American engineer Mark Frerichs in exchange for Afghan drug lord Bashir Noorzai who has been held by the United States on drug charges since April 2005. (Reuters) 

The State Duma of Russia reported that a referendum on the accession of the Luhansk People’s Republic to Russia will be held in the near future. (TASS) 

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