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1. What the CIA director’s mystery trip to Moscow says about Putin's next move

   

   An unannounced but highly visible flight to Moscow by CIA Director John Ratcliffe aboard a U.S. Air Force transport plane this week has ignited a fierce debate over Vladimir Putin’s next military move. With Russia’s volunteer recruitment drying up and its economy straining under the weight of 1.4 million casualties, intelligence briefs suggest Putin is preparing a massive, unpopular mobilization of 600,000 new troops.

2. Syrian president names former commander of Kurdish-led fighting force as adviser

   

   Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa appointed the former commander of a now-dissolved Kurdish-led fighting force as a presidential adviser on Friday, reflecting a rapprochement between the two longtime civil war adversaries.

3. Why Lindsay Clancy, on trial for the deaths of her 3 children, has so many supporters

   

4. ICE to purchase thousands of electric-shock gloves

   

   U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has awarded a $16.7 million contract to purchase 6,000 pairs of gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks, saying officers would use them to control detainees and protesters who resist.

5. King Harald V, Norway's reform-minded head of state, dead at 89

   

   Norway's King ‌Harald, a ​reformer who emerged ​from the shadow ​of his well-loved ‌father over more than three decades on the ‌throne, has died aged ​89, the royal palace said on ​Friday.