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Nearly 800 people have been detained in Russia as protests against the country's partial military mobilization continue in cities across the country.

The head of Iran's powerful judiciary has pledged to act "without leniency" in a deadly crackdown against nationwide demonstrations now in their second week since a young Iranian woman died after a reported beating at the hands of morality police.

Education authorities are scrutinizing textbooks after right-wingers teamed up with the powerful Orthodox Church to challenge a recently introduced syllabus and textbooks that they claim are overly indulgent on gender issues.

Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan have continued to blame each other for recent deadly clashes along their border.

Supporters of a fugitive businessman's pro-Russian party have led thousands in a protest outside the Moldovan president's official residence in Chisinau to complain about gas and other price hikes and press their demands for early elections.

Russian authorities have raided the home of a village store owner who used his business to oppose the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine -- and now faces criminal charges punishable by up to five years in prison.

Ivan Kalchev is a candidate in Bulgaria's upcoming snap parliamentary elections. But instead of wooing voters, Kalchev is in Ukraine, fighting in Kyiv's counteroffensive against invading Russian forces.

Many Ukrainians in the territories occupied by Russia are staying at home as they try to dodge soldier-escorted election officials forcing them to participate in a vote on annexation by Moscow.

In Mykolayiv, Lviv, Kyiv, and other cities, Ukrainian theater companies are adapting to the strained circumstances of war -- and putting on productions that capture the everyday and sometimes unglamorous heroism that defense entails.

Russian police have dispersed peaceful protests against President Vladimir Putin's military mobilization order, arresting hundreds of people in more than 30 cities across the country.