Anadolu Agency's Morning Briefing - Sept. 22, 2022

ANKARA

Anadolu Agency is here with a rundown of the latest developments around the world.

• President Vladimir Putin announced a partial military mobilization in Russia.
• Russia is at war not so much with the Ukrainian army as with the "collective West," Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Wednesday after a partial military mobilization was announced in the country.
• The US dollar index hit a 20-year-high amid hawkish Fed bets and Russian President Vladimir Putin's mobilization announcement.
• Russia and Ukraine exchanged 200 prisoners of war as a result of Türkiye's mediation and diplomatic traffic conducted with the leaders of the two countries, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced.
• China launched a new satellite into space for environmental monitoring, said an official statement.
• At least six Iranians were killed in protests triggered by the death of a 22-year-old woman in police custody, according to officials and local media.
• Bangladesh's Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said his country has completely sealed its border with Myanmar in order to deter any possible influx of members of the Rohingya minority Muslim community amid ongoing unrest in the neighboring country.
• German authorities raided several properties of Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov on suspicion of tax evasion, money laundering, and sanctions violations, according to multiple reports.
• A US airstrike in central Somalia killed 27 al-Shabaab terrorists, the American military said.
• Five British prisoners of war have been released as part of a Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap negotiated by Saudi Arabia, the Middle Eastern country’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
• Around 1,500 corpses have been swept away by floods from a cemetery in northern Nigeria, an official said.