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From Allies to Enemies: Ethiopia and Eritrea Edge Toward War

The two nations fought alongside each other during a brutal conflict in Tigray that left hundreds of thousands of people dead just a few years ago. Now they are on the brink of fighting each other.

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Members of the Ethiopian Federal Police on patrol aboard a pickup truck as they continued operations after federal forces pushed back the rebel Tigray People’s Liberation Front in Mekelle, Ethiopia, last week.

Nuremberg Airport in Germany Is Briefly Shut by False Alarm of Hijacking

German police said they had determined there was β€œno danger” after a plane mistakenly transmitted a code suggesting a possible hijacking onboard.

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Members of a police special operations unit at Nuremberg airport in Germany on Tuesday.

U.K. and Europe Recoil From Trump’s Diesel Deal With Putin

Shocked by the U.S. agreement with Russia, which Ukraine has called β€œa gift” to President Putin, officials in Europe have coalesced around a cautious diplomatic message.

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President Trump departing Joint Base Andrews, Md., on Saturday for a campaign rally in Clarksville, Tenn.

The Taliban Are Using Europe’s Fear of Migrants to Their Advantage

European nations that condemn the Taliban government for its human rights record are seeking its help to deport refugees back to Afghanistan.

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Celebrations in the streets of Kabul during the fifth anniversary of the Taliban’s return to power on Aug. 15.

German Officials Arrest Former Spy Chief on Espionage Charges

August Hanning is accused of helping foreign governments. His arrest shook the German political world and had roots in a steakhouse-heiress kidnapping plot.

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August Hanning in 2007, after he left the German intelligence service.

Germany’s Far Right Claims Its First Statehouse Speaker Since 1945

After winning a state election last month, the Alternative for Germany is the first far-right party to oversee a state legislature since the Nazi era.

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Tobias Rausch was chosen as the first far-right leader of a German statehouse since 1945.
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