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While Germany's 1939 invasion of Poland marks the official start of World War II, one of the major on-ramps to war was the Italian invasion of Ethiopia four years earlier. "This introduced fascism's ...

Kenya’s former president Uhuru Kenyatta and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu signing agreements in Jerusalem in 2016. AMIR COHEN/AFP via Getty Images The reactions of some east African ...

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When Wagner mercenary force founder Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in a fiery plane crash in August, exactly two months after leading a rebellion that challenged President Vladimir Putin’s 24-year grip ...

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