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Uzbekistan converts diplomacy into capital as it draws closer to Trump

Nearly a year after Uzbekistan and the U.S. announced economic deals at a White House summit, the Central Asian country is touting its ability to transform diplomatic pledges into lucrative investment.

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Ethiopia risks a wider war. Here are 5 things to know

Renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia is threatening the fragile peace that ended the Tigray war

105-year-old under investigation over deaths at Nazi POW camp

German prosecutors are investigating a 105-year-old man on suspicion that he worked as a guard at a Nazi prisoner-of-war camp during World War II and was an accessory to multiple killings there.

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13 Afghan Taliban personnel killed in overnight border clash, Pakistan says. Kabul denies the claim

Overnight fighting along the southwestern border left at least 13 Afghan Taliban personnel dead, Pakistan said Friday, in a claim Afghanistan denied. It was the latest escalation between the neighbors following Pakistani airstrikes on Afghan territory.

Final results of Russia's tightly managed vote give a record high parliament seats to Kremlin party

Full results released Friday from Russia's first wartime parliamentary election showed that the tightly orchestrated vote had further cemented the Kremlin's overwhelming political control of the country.