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  "id": 15482889,
  "title": "Rubio arrives in Central Asia while other US officials hit foreign policy hot spots",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/rubio-arrives-in-central-asia-while-other-us-officials-hit-foreign",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-18T05:46:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
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    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/10/rubio-arrives-central-asia-while-other-us-officials-hit-foreign-policy-hot-spots"
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  "summary": "By Gram Slattery and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (Reuters) - While the Iran war smolders, Saudi Arabia fights theHouthis and a new rift opens in US-Ukraine relations, Secretary of State Marco Rubio traveled on Sunday to Uzbekistan, a nation far removed from the biggest US foreign policy challenges. The top US diplomat landed in Samarkand on Sunday night to meet with top officials from the…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Rubio heads to Central Asia as some wonder if he’s keeping the most pressing matters at a distance",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/rubio-heads-to-central-asia-as-some-wonder-if-hes-keeping-the-most",
        "published": "2026-10-18T04:07:30.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Japan Today",
        "title": "Rubio heads to Central Asia as some wonder if he's keeping the most pressing matters at a distance",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/rubio-heads-to-central-asia-as-some-wonder-if-hes-keeping-the-most-15366321",
        "published": "2026-10-18T06:12:22.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Kyiv Post",
        "title": "US Goes on the Offensive in Central Asia",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/us-goes-on-the-offensive-in-central-asia",
        "published": "2026-10-18T10:51:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour",
        "title": "Rubio heads to Central Asia as some wonder if he's keeping the most pressing matters at a distance",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/rubio-heads-to-central-asia-as-some-wonder-if-hes-keeping-the-most-15481533",
        "published": "2026-10-18T19:49:23.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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