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"I had to wade -- take off my clothes and cross the water to the other side." How a Russian engineer resigned from his defense-industry job and fled to Lithuania on foot via Belarus in the dead of the night.

Iran's national currency fells to its lowest value ever against the U.S. dollar, hit by continuing U.S. sanctions as talks to revive the global 2015 nuclear deal falter.

Russian artillery is pounding the eastern Ukrainian city of Lysychansk as Ukrainian forces wage pitched street battles across the river in Syevyerodonetsk, trying to slow Russian efforts to take the city.

Are Moldovans more tolerant toward the LGBT community, who have long faced persecution and discrimination? Ten years ago, the small Eastern European state was hailed for passing landmark legislation to protect minorities, including LGBT people. But now a recent poll suggests little has changed.

New residential mortgage lender Wave Money has appointed an asset management service provider to manage lending services. One month after former Mortgage Choice chief executive John Flavell launched t

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has said security concerns raised by Turkey in its opposition to alliance membership bids by Sweden and Finland are "legitimate" and said talks with Ankara on the matter would continue without a specific deadline.

Beijing and Ankara have expanded their engagement in Central Asia in recent months as the region's governments look for new partners to boost their economies and balance against a more assertive Kremlin.

The Moscow-appointed head of Ukraine's Kherson region said weeks after Russia's invasion that his "soul" was Ukrainian. Now he has a fast-tracked Russian passport.

Authorities in Tajikistan say two "criminal leaders" have been killed in the Gorno-Badakhshan region, the latest in a series of arrests and killings in the country's restive east following recent anti-government protests.

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