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October 20, 2017
Uzbek Authorities Release Opposition Activist After 11 Years In Prison

Uzbek authorities have released an opposition activist who has spent the last 11 years in prison on charges that his supporters say were politically motivated.

October 19, 2017
Ukraine Passes Long-Delayed Health Reforms Sought By West

Lawmakers in Ukraine have approved a long-awaited law reforming the health-care system replacing broken-down Soviet-era arrangements with a Western-style, tax-funded healthcare insurance system.
October 19, 2017
Rights Group Urges U.S. To ‘Loudly And Clearly' Support LGBT Community In Tajikistan

A U.S.-based human rights group has called on U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to publicly raise concerns about the fate of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community in Tajikistan, where the authorities say they have drawn up a registry of gay and lesbian citizens.
October 19, 2017
Former Soccer Star Kaladze Looks Toward New Goal: Mayor Of Tbilisi

Former AC Milan defender Kakha Kaladze says he has a new goal -- becoming mayor of Tbilisi.
October 19, 2017
Pakistani Court Indicts Ex-PM Sharif Over Undisclosed Assets

A Pakistani court has indicted former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter, and son-in-law over undisclosed assets abroad.
October 19, 2017
Ukrainian Parliament Set To Consider Lifting Lawmakers' Immunity Amid Protests

Ukraine’s parliament is set to consider changes in electoral law and the immunity of lawmakers from prosecution amid demands from protesters camped in front of the legislature to clamp down on corruption.
October 19, 2017
Dozens Of Soldiers Killed In Taliban Attack On Afghan Army Camp

The Afghan Defense Ministry says 43 soldiers have been killed and nine wounded in a Taliban attack on an army camp in the southern province of Kandahar.
October 18, 2017
Bosnian Serb Lawmakers Pass Resolution On 'Military Neutrality'

Bosnian Serb lawmakers have passed a nonbinding resolution insisting on the "military neutrality" of Bosnia-Herzegovina's ethnic Serb-dominated entity, as part of an effort to oppose the country's potential membership in NATO.
October 18, 2017
Kyrgyz, Kazakh Leaders Agree To Ease Border Bottleneck

Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan have agreed on steps to ease a severe bottleneck on the border and speed the flow of traffic between the two countries.
October 18, 2017
Protesters, Police Clash At Tent Camp Outside Parliament In Kyiv

Ukrainian protesters who are demanding that President Petro Poroshenko enact anticorruption reforms or step down have clashed with police at a tent camp outside the parliament building in Kyiv.
October 18, 2017
Ukrainian Officials Say Two Soldiers Killed, Four Wounded In East

Ukraine's military says that two of its soldiers were killed and four were wounded amid multiple cease-fire violations by Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine on October 17.
October 18, 2017
Bombing Targets Pakistani Security Forces, Killing At Least Seven

Pakistani officials say a bomb attack on the outskirts of the southwestern city of Quetta has killed at least six members of the country's security forces and one civilian.

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