Joshua Yang
@joshuaqyang.bsky.social
International desk @washingtonpost.com. Formerly freelancing @foreignpolicy.com @thenation.com @restofworld.org etc covering 🇮🇳🇮🇱🇭🇰 & elsewhere. DM for Signal.
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Millions of voters—roughly 8 percent of Bihar’s electorate—were removed in total from the voter list during the Indian state’s Special Intensive Revision. The consequences of the campaign will extend far beyond just voting rights, writes Joshua Yang.
India Is Disenfranchising Millions of Voters
A controversial policy may be targeting religious minorities and Dalits.
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November 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Millions of voters—roughly 8 percent of Bihar’s electorate—were removed in total from the voter list during the Indian state’s Special Intensive Revision. The consequences of the campaign will extend far beyond just voting rights, writes Joshua Yang.
Shalev Ben David did not expect his free trip to Israel to end on the pool deck of a Cyprus-bound cruise liner while Iranian missiles rained down on Tel Aviv, but he made the best of it.
“We partied the second we got on the boat till we got off,” he said.
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“We partied the second we got on the boat till we got off,” he said.
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Amid rockets and missiles, Birthright trips to Israel adapt to conflict
Organizers scrambled to evacuate thousands of participants from the country during the 12-day conflict with Iran.
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June 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Shalev Ben David did not expect his free trip to Israel to end on the pool deck of a Cyprus-bound cruise liner while Iranian missiles rained down on Tel Aviv, but he made the best of it.
“We partied the second we got on the boat till we got off,” he said.
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“We partied the second we got on the boat till we got off,” he said.
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Iranian Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh warned that if the U.S. launched strikes on Iran, “all U.S. bases are within our reach and we will boldly target them.”
These are the U.S. military sites Iran could target: wapo.st/3TxYLcv
These are the U.S. military sites Iran could target: wapo.st/3TxYLcv
U.S. bases that could attack Iran — and become targets
A number of U.S. military sites in the Middle East could face reprisals if Trump strikes Iran.
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June 22, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Iranian Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh warned that if the U.S. launched strikes on Iran, “all U.S. bases are within our reach and we will boldly target them.”
These are the U.S. military sites Iran could target: wapo.st/3TxYLcv
These are the U.S. military sites Iran could target: wapo.st/3TxYLcv
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“All U.S. bases are within our reach and we will boldly target them” if attacked, Iran's defense minister warned this month. Here's where he's talking about from @joshuaqyang.bsky.social
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U.S. bases that could attack Iran — and become targets
These U.S. bases could strike Iran — or be struck by Iran.
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June 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
“All U.S. bases are within our reach and we will boldly target them” if attacked, Iran's defense minister warned this month. Here's where he's talking about from @joshuaqyang.bsky.social
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