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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
November is National Native American Heritage Month in the US
1920 November 27: Belarus Heroes’ Day
1912 November 28: Albanian Flag Day/Declaration of Independence
1873 November 28: Hawaiian Independence Day
1960 November 28: Mauritania National Day
1821 November 28: Panama Independence Day
November 29: International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
1966 November 30: Barbados Independence Day
November 30: Saint Andrew’s Day, Scotland’s official national day
1967 November 30: Yemen Independence Day
1st Sunday of December: Sindhi Culture Day
1961 December 1: Global Flag Raising for West Papua, West Papua National Day
1971 December 2: United Arab Emirates National Day
December 3: International Day of the Basque Language
1917 December 6: Finland Independence Day
1961 December 9: Tanzania Independence Day
1948 December 10: Human Rights Day
1981 Deceember 11: El Mozote massacre, El Salvador
1994 December 11: First Chechen War
1963 December 12: Jamhuri, Kenya Republic Day
1974 December 13: Malta Republic Day
1971 December 16: Bahrain National Day
1991 December 16: Kazakhstan Independence Day
1989 December 16: Romanian Revolution
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Norway Has World’s Safest Roads
Lesotho: Why a dispute over mohair led to a parliamentary fist-fight
Comoros plans to raise $5 bln for development projects next month in Paris
BRE shocked by latest ConCourt ruling to discard Chiefs Act, Privy Council to reconvene on 9th December
Ukraine interested in joining Three Seas Initiative
Chubarov: Silence about Crimea at Normandy Four summit could look as consent to annexation
Guinea temporarily frees jailed protest leaders
Suriname President Convicted in 1982 Killings
Samoa measles toll hits 42 as nations dispatch medical teams, supplies
Trilingual dictionary for French Polynesia
Cabo Verde’s first lady visits Westport to raise money for Mozambique
Trinidad And Tobago Moves To Decriminalize, Establish Cannabis Economy
Togo opened its first major contemporary art center in a restored colonial palace
Papua New Guinea faces cash crunch as China repayment schedule ramps up
Gabon Nabs 8 in Anti-Graft Effort, Dubbed Operation Mamba
New Roadblock Alleged For Women Drivers In Turkmenistan
Ingush journalist accused of drug possession released under house arrest
Russia rejects asylum applications from two Chinese Tatars who fear imprisonment in concentration camps
Forbidden to Travel to Tatarstan Czech Delegation Led Cuts Short Visit to Russia
Five acquitted in Karachay-Cherkessia over photo in support of Kochesoko
A gay criminal case could help bring marriage equality to American Samoa
Uruguay opposition claims victory in presidential vote, official candidate concedes
Europe’s least-visited country is just as beautiful as Tuscany without the crowds
Citizenship by Investment is Dominica’s Main Source of Funding
Portugal’s Lusorecursos in talks to fund 400 mln euro lithium project
Sweden turning into Europe’s wind power hot spot
Beijing turns South China Sea code into barrier for US and Japan
Could There Be a Cold War Reboot in Latin America?
Europe’s Last Soviet Economy Approaches Its ‘Hour of Reckoning’
‘When our community falls, we feel it.’ Hmong community grieves after Fresno shooting
Language, Violence & Identity: Unpacking the Word ‘Khalistan’
Google Goofs Up Again, Says Lahore is the Capital of Khalistan
Why Prince Charles Holds the Title of Prince of Wales—and Why He Was So Unpopular In the Beginning
Love in the time of Ebola: ‘Hell’s Gate’ opens in Liberia
Danes see Greenland security risk amid Arctic tensions
China mixing military and science in Arctic push: Denmark
Nicaragua judge sets trial for opposition activists
Flying fish: Icon of Barbados under threat
Biafra: In a Local Beer, a National Hero
How indigenous Bolivians lost faith in Evo Morales after the Amazon blaze
Bolivia after Morales: Indigenous communities fear setbacks
World in Progress: Living with HIV and droughts in Eswatini
Scotland’s general election is different and could change the United Kingdom forever
Hope for the future of justice at National Indigenous Justice Forum 2019
First Nations traditional songs an untapped and dwindling source of sustainability knowledge
Inuit Ancestors Conquered North American Arctic by Bringing Their Own Dogs With Them, Archaeologists Discover
4 young Indigenous people on what “home” looks like today
‘Everything is dying’: Q&A with Brazilian indigenous leader Alessandra Munduruku
A 1970 Law Led to the Mass Sterilization of Native American Women. That History Still Matters
Why A Group Of Native American Activists Laid Claim To Alcatraz Island 50 Years Ago
Navajo country music pays tribute to ‘Indian cowboys’ and outlaw legends
States Move to Add Native American History to Curriculum
Where Most Native Americans Live
Aboriginal people in Western Australia seek £150bn over lost territory
It’s Time for Tajikistan to Become a Startup Nation
Armenia Should Invest More in Families, Not Institutions
Burundi Accuses Rwanda of Armed Attack, Threatens Retaliation
Ibn Firnas of Berber descent was the first to attempt human flight in 875 CE
Incumbent Geingob wins Namibia presidential election with 56.3% of the vote
Greece to Ask for NATO’s Support in Dispute With Turkey
Want Internet in Kashmir? Agree to Give Up Privacy
Niue celebrates Mickey, ‘Fantasia’ on new silver bullion coin
Malta PM to Quit as Questions Mount Over Reporter Murder
Australian Defense Task Group Visits Fiji as Part of Australia’s ‘Pacific Step-Up’
Lā Kū’oko’a: A Panel on Hawaiian Independence
New EU Commission president says she has ‘enormous respect for the Kurds’
Dark days for Kurdish politics, but worse for Turkish – scholar
NATO chief: ‘Negotiated political solution’ crucial in northern Syria
SDF leader reaches deal on deployment of Russian troops near regions in northern Syria
HDP fear for Selahattin Demirtaş’ life in Turkish prison
Trump Warms to Syria Kurds Again, Alarming Russia and Turkey
SDF says Turkish ceasefire violations have killed at least 68 civilians
HRW Urges Indonesia to Free Peaceful Papua Activists
Pole jailed in Indonesia’s West Papua faces ‘declining health’
Refugees on their own land: the West Papuans in limbo in Papua New Guinea
‘Anti-Islam’ Europe Is No Place for Azerbaijan, President Says
FIFA Broke Own Rules To Host Club World Cup In China
No excuse for silence on China’s camps for Uighurs: exiled leader
TikTok’s owner is helping China’s campaign of repression in Xinjiang
Huge leaks are exposing Xinjiang’s re-education camps. But don’t expect Beijing to back down
Dominica and Grenada officials linked to diplomatic passport sale
Slovakia approves amendment extending ban on the publication of opinion polls
Benin Expels EU Ambassador After Accusing Him of ‘Interference’
Albania’s search for quake victims ends; death toll up to 51
Czech search engine was beating Google until recently
Abdulla Yameen: Maldives ex-leader convicted of money laundering
Costa Rica Oil Theft Reaches Record High in 2019
Baloch Activists Hold Anti-Pakistan Protest At UN Office In Geneva
Balochistan: Pakistan forces abduct 18 people including women and children from Awaran and Dera Bugti
Abduction of Baloch women a slap on face of parliamentary parties
Chinese elite police join Serbian units in first European drills
Germany’s AKK warns of Russian, Chinese influence in Balkans
Trump signs bill supporting Hong Kong protesters despite strong opposition from China
China bans US military visits to Hong Kong over human rights act
French couple seeking to adopt killed in Haiti
Tuvalu Parliament sessions go live
Bangladesh is deliberately blocking Rohingya refugee children from education
Why Western Togoland Restoration Struggle Is Lawful
You Can’t Intimidate Us – Western Togolanders To Kweku Baako
‘Western Togoland’: Police pick up 10 more members of Homeland Study Group
Jamaica has China to thank for much-needed infrastructure — but some locals say it has come at a price
Eurovision: Hungary pulls out of ‘too gay’ song contest
In Lebanon, financial collapse and security concerns loom
Political tension in Mauritania amid return of former leader
US senator visits home of imprisoned Bahrain rights activist
Spain expels a Moroccan for participating in Catalan independence marches
MEPs ask Commission to mediate on Catalonia issue
European Court decision on Oriol Junqueras’s immunity to be released December 19
Catalan lawyers take Spanish government to International Criminal Court over crimes against humanity during 2017 independence bid
Barça’s 120-year history
Spain’s Unionist prime minister must rely on pro-indy politicians
Catalonia and Flanders call for EU ‘integration’ mechanisms for ‘new independent states’
Influential Tamil poet Rudhramoorthy Cheran says Catalan Trial was ‘an attack on freedom of expression’
Flemish Minister-President Jan Jambon thinks that European Council president Charles Michel must intervene in Catalonia
FC Barcelona captain Lionel Messi wins record 6th Ballon d’Or
Puigdemont ‘baffled’ by Canada’s refusal to grant him a visa
How Catalan MPs took the Constitutional oath in Spanish congress
Croatia Meets Teacher Demands to Bring Nationwide Strike to End
Fintan O’Toole: Schools with immigrants producing tomorrow’s Irish speakers
Key issue of Irish language can be resolved to restore Stormont, says Arlene Foster
As Brexit Pulls Britain Apart, It Could Bring Ireland Back Together
Ireland Scores an Upgrade Even in Face of Brexit Risks
Ireland regains AA rating for first time since financial crisis
UN: South Sudan recruits new force, contrary to peace deal
Rail Baltic cornerstone laid
Vilnius Massacre 1991: Russia should stop illegitimately prosecuting Lithuanian judges
University of Tartu marks 100 years of Estonian-language school
Vestments of Estonian bishop who died in Soviet prison returned to his cathedral
Estonia tops tables in PISA international education rankings
Majority of Russian speakers proud to live in Latvia says study
UArctic Congress 2020 takes place in Reykjavik, Iceland from Oct 5-8, 2020
Iceland begins its Arctic Council chairmanship with a focus on observers
Belgium retains year-end No. 1 spot in FIFA rankings
Qatari foreign minister’s Saudi visit seen easing Gulf rift
Assyrians from Around the World Gather in Jerusalem to Discuss the Future of Aramaic
EU parliament condemns Cuba’s detention of top dissident
Tibetan Anti-Corruption Campaigner Anya Sengdra Will Face Trial ‘Soon,’ Police Official Says
Tibetan Man Dies After Self-immolation Protest Against China
ICT calls on China to allow Tibetans to learn in their mother tongue
Dalai Lama’s first children book to be published by Puffin
Morocco and Gambia: The Unlikely Global Climate Leaders
Finns commemorate outbreak of Winter War
Sámi rapper Ailu Valle wins state art prize
How Frozen 2 And Klaus Brought Indigenous Sámi Representation To Film
Gap between girls’ and boys’ reading skills largest in Finland
Scottish Gaelic lessons arrive online to mark St Andrew’s Day
China Has Lost Taiwan, and It Knows It
Batteries helping bring solar future to New Caledonia

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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
November is National Native American Heritage Month in the US
1969 November 20: Occupation of Alcatraz
2013 November 21: Euromaidan, Ukraine
1943 November 22: Lebanese Independence Day
4th Saturday of November: Remembrance Day for the Victims of Holodomors in Ukraine
1975 November 25: Suriname Independence Day
1920 November 27: Belarus Heroes’ Day
1912 November 28: Albanian Flag Day/Declaration of Independence
1873 November 28: Hawaiian Independence Day
1960 November 28: Mauritania National Day
1821 November 28: Panama Independence Day
November 29: International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
1966 November 30: Barbados Independence Day
November 30: Saint Andrew’s Day, Scotland’s official national day
1967 November 30: Yemen Independence Day
1st Sunday of December: Sindhi Culture Day
1961 December 1: Global Flag Raising for West Papua, West Papua National Day
1971 December 2: United Arab Emirates National Day
December 3: International Day of the Basque Language
1917 December 6: Finland Independence Day
1961 December 9: Tanzania Independence Day
1948 December 10: Human Rights Day
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NATO at 70: Positioning itself in an illiberal world
The 150 best and worst countries for LGBT travel
This Caribbean island is on track to become the world’s first ‘hurricane-proof’ country
Destroying Mosques: China’s Umpteenth Attempt to Wipe Out Uyghur Identity
‘Xinjiang Papers’ Leak Spurs Calls For Action on China’s Uyghur Camps
Power and Paranoia: Why the Chinese government aggressively pushes beyond its borders
China’s Operating Manuals for Mass Internment and Arrest by Algorithm
NATO Marks 20 Years Of Military Operations In Kosovo
War historians call for unvarnished East Timor history
Liberation Movement for West Papua: Dec 1 must be a ‘Day of Mourning’ for all who died this year
Deafening silence as West Papua crisis deepens
Liberia: Rev. Kortu Brown Describes Printing of New Currency as “Troubling and Unjustified”
‘Peaceful’ Presidential Election in Guinea-Bissau
Tunisian President calls for saving Palestinian people from extermination
“We stand for love and peace and brotherhood” – inside Coldplay’s spectacular sermon on the mount in Jordan
I DON’T BELIEVE IN BAROTSELAND…this issue is settled – Mukuni
About 300 Russian soldiers leave Syria for Chechnya
Tuvalu: Pacific nation turns down Chinese islands and backs Taiwan
‘The Man Who Lost His Homeland’
Macron and Merkel could hand Putin big win amid Crimea tensions
Russia continues its revenge on Maidan activists, while giving shelter to Berkut suspected killers
Lawyer of Maidan victims’ families announces hunger strike
Sanctions on companies involved in Nord Stream 2 added to US draft defense budget
500,000 Russians from mainland resettled to occupied Crimea
Decriminalising Homosexuality Law Hangs in the Balance for the Cook Islands
São Tomé and Príncipe launches international public tender for construction of deepwater port
UN should treat Morocco as occupier in Western Sahara, not partner
America’s ‘Shame’: Medicaid Funding Slashed In U.S. Territories
Kuwait struggles to rein in trade in wild falcons
Turkmenistan stages first opera after 19-year ban
Barbados opening its doors
Legislation to Legalize Marijuana in Trinidad and Tobago Introduced in Parliament
Strike in French Polynesia over sacked hotel workers
After mass shooting, Fresno’s Hmong community is left mourning and afraid
Why Seychelles has world’s worst heroin problem
Microsoft adds Māori to translator as New Zealand pushes to revitalize the language
Linguistics Department Hosts Inaugural Symposium on Indigenous Language Communities of the Californias
Sgoil an Rubha success at Scottish Gaelic Awards 2019
Haratin: Photographer Seif Kusmate Jailed for Portraying Slavery in Mauritania
Journalist critical of Daniel Ortega returns to Nicaragua after exile in Costa Rica
Immigrants from Marshall Islands teaching culture in Ohio
Guinea Confronts Third Termism
How Somaliland Thrives in Such a Rough Neighborhood
Bougainville may become the world’s newest nation
Bougainville votes on independence from Papua New Guinea
Bougainville referendum polling running smoothly
Bougainville mining expectations rise amid peaceful referendum
Czech Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes honors Romani activist’s work to remove pig farm from Holocaust remembrance site
A Line in The Sand: Crossing the China-Mongolia Border
The Crown Misses the Full Story of Political Turmoil During Prince Charles’s Time in Wales
‘Baloch People Are Thrown Off Helicopters’: Altaf Hussain On Pakistan’s Barbarism
We will free Balochistan at any cost: Dr Allah Nazar Baloch
Lending support to the Baloch movement
Balochistan: Iranian state forces detained several protesters in Chabahar
‘Fighting for the right to have rights’
How a Death at a Caribbean Resort Became an International Incident
Georgian riot police deploy water cannon as protesters in Tbilisi try to blockade parliament
Acute gastrointestinal illness in an African Indigenous population: the lived experience of Uganda’s Batwa
Faced with trauma, focused on the future: Tribes fighting to curb rising Indigenous suicide rates
Indigenous Occupation Calling for Return of Traditional Territories in Taiwan Reaches 1,000th Day
Australian Indigenous Affairs Minister says hearing direct from communities is critical to solving issues
An indigenous uprising in ancient Costa Rica
Vogue cover spotlights Mexico’s indigenous transgender women
Sewing project honours Inuit missing and murdered women and girls
For many Native Americans, Thanksgiving is a day of mourning
PM of Australia hikes for Aboriginal men’s organisation
Over 10,000 Adivasis In Jharkhand’s Khunti District Accused Of Sedition
Namibia Set For Election Amid Economic Downturn
Last group of Yezidi women, children arrive in Paris for resettlement program
British-Kurdish academic released on $40K bail from notorious Iranian prison
Armenia to open consulate in the Kurdistan Region
Trump’s betrayal of the Kurds gifted military intelligence to Russia
Russian think tank: Kurds will accept nothing less than autonomy from Damascus
US VP Mike Pence visits Erbil, affirms enduring support for Kurdistan Region
U.S. establishes foothold in Solomons as Chinese interests expand
Some Pacific Island Nations Are Turning To China. Climate Change Is A Factor
Scottish National Party and indyref dominate ITV debate – despite Nicola Sturgeon’s exclusion
Scottish independence activists wary of bad Salmond publicity
Can Nicola Sturgeon deliver Scottish independence?
Saint Lucia works toward food security
Blindness in Kashmir
Hitler’s Birth Home in Austria to Become a Police Station
Message on the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Burundi
Serbia’s president accuses Russia of spying
UK Pro-Khalistan Sikh Groups Confer ‘Lifetime Achievement’ Award On Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan For Kartarpur Corridor
Old religious tensions resurge in Bolivia after ouster of longtime indigenous president
Bolivia’s indigenous divided over ousted champion Morales
Bolivia deal for new elections offers chance of peace
US to give Vietnam another coast guard cutter amid rising tensions in South China Sea
Vilnius 2019 Is National Epic
Haiti needs more than remittances, U.S. ambassador says, it needs investment
Moldova, eyeing Russia loan, may ‘pause’ cooperation with IMF
Beijing Was Confident Its Hong Kong Allies Would Win. After the Election, It Went Silent.
Kyrgyzstan: Impromptu rally signals new way of opposing corruption
Slovakia opposition talks collapse ahead of February election
Greece to ‘shut the door’ to migrants not entitled to asylum, PM says
Palau corals ‘may hold answer’ to facing climate change threat
UAE in weapons making push as allies restrict sales
Malta PM’s chief of staff quits amid investigation into anti-corruption journalist’s murder
Denmark’s $450 Billion Pension Industry Gets Wake-Up Call
Ex-leader leaves Benin with political crisis unresolved
Basque community opens its doors to welcome family from Syria
Slovenian Government Skirts Collapse With Budget Vote Win
Aung San Suu Kyi to defend Myanmar in Rohingya genocide case
Orban’s billion-dollar spending yet to bring Hungary revival
Yields of 100% Push Lebanon’s Bonds Into Venezuela Territory
Trump and Bulgaria: Attacks on free media damage democracy
Boston Irish Heritage Trail Marks 25 Years
Isolated Iceland newly vulnerable to computer scams
‘Pervasive’ digital sexual violence against women skyrockets in Singapore
UN Mission, community leaders, condemn South Sudan violence which left two dead at camp
‘There is no alternative to NATO’, Latvian president says
NATO Still Key to Counter Persistent Russian Threat
Estonian president sees life in ‘brain-dead’ NATO
Baltic-Black Sea Union and more weapons: how Eastern Europe can defend
Are the Baltic States Convincing Russia by Developing their Defence Capability?
Vilnius hosts state funeral of 1863 January Uprising commanders
It’s time for Sánchez to sit and talk with Catalan leaders about our future
Flanders’ main party N-VA wants Spain’s ambassador to explain Catalan situation in Flemish parliament
On its 20th anniversary, journalists praise Catalan News Agency as ‘necessary’
Amnesty International calls for release of two Catalan leaders Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart
MSP Ruth Maguire condemns jail sentences for Catalan independence leaders
Half of Spaniards outside Catalonia would accept result of agreed referendum
Catalan exports rise to near all-time best at end of 2019
Tsunami Democràtic urges Barça and Madrid to show ‘Spain, sit and talk’ slogan at upcoming clásico match
EU chamber head willing to ‘review’ opinion on barred Catalan MEPs if court says so
Cinemaattic brings the biggest Catalan film festival ever to Scotland
Paul Engler on Spain’s handling of the Catalan crisis: ‘I would expect that from a dictatorship’
Spanish Supreme Court to look for Catalan pro-independence MP’s irregular contracts
After Weeks on the Run, Eritrean Footballers in Uganda Plead for Resettlement
‘Time To Push Aggressively on Tibet’, U.S. Ambassador For Religious Freedom Sam Brownback
Chinese Police Swarm Tibetan Township After Independence Protests
Cuba fashion show is small step for private enterprise
Africa needs Gambia’s leadership on human rights
Winter War: The 1939 Soviet Invasion Of Finland In Crystal-Clear Photos
Lai says Taiwan already independent, China warns of ‘disaster’
Airlines get ready for jet biofuel take-off in Norway
Pressure mounts for El Salvador to investigate wave of LGBT+ killings
Fly fishing? Team Kiribati are winging it
EU should recognise Palestinian state after U.S. backs Israeli settlements: Luxembourg

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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
November is National Native American Heritage Month in the US
1839 November 13: Baloch Martyrs’ Day
1975 November 14: Madrid Accords on Western Sahara
1988 November 15: Palestinian Declaration of Independence
November 16, 1988: Estonian Sovereignty Declaration
November 16: Icelandic Language Day
1989 November 17: Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia
1918 November 18: Proclamation of the Republic of Latvia
1956 November 18: Morocco Independence Day
1650 November 18: Oman National Day
1969 November 20: Occupation of Alcatraz
2013 November 21: Euromaidan, Ukraine
1943 November 22: Lebanese Independence Day
4th Saturday of November: Remembrance Day for the Victims of Holodomors in Ukraine
1975 November 25: Suriname Independence Day
1920 November 27: Belarus Heroes’ Day
1912 November 28: Albanian Flag Day/Declaration of Independence
1873 November 28: Hawaiian Independence Day
1960 November 28: Mauritania National Day
1821 November 28: Panama Independence Day
November 29: International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
1966 November 30: Barbados Independence Day
November 30: Saint Andrew’s Day, Scotland’s official national day
1967 November 30: Yemen Independence Day
1st Sunday of December: Sindhi Culture Day
1961 December 1: Global Flag Raising for West Papua, West Papua National Day
1971 December 2: United Arab Emirates National Day
December 3: International Day of the Basque Language
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Groundbreaking forum explores high rates of addiction among Indigenous people
How native Hawaiians are taking internet access into their own hands
How Māori kai producers are decolonising the New Zealand food story
Understanding Native American religion is important for resolving the Dakota Access Pipeline crisis
Event uses Native language to connect past and future
Can Film Save Indigenous Languages?
Russia shuts down indigenous rights organisation
Distant World Takes Name From Algonquian Language
‘We’re Just So Angry’: Australians Protest Police Killing of Aboriginal Teenager
First official step in Sámi reconciliation commission
Tens of thousands gather in Tbilisi to demand snap elections in Georgia
China to invest in electric cars, mobile phones and roads in Abkhazia?
Moldova terminates its brief reform experiment
Eastern Partnership: Media experts meet in Riga to shape future donor support
Laos: Democracy Activists Arrested
4 West Papuan people shot and 1 killed by Indonesian military and police
Indonesia plans spaceport in West Papua
West Papuan political prisoner Eric Mandobar released from “little prison” of Timika jail to “big prison” which is West Papua
Political Sikh prisoner Bhai Shabeg Singh released after 25 years of imprisonment
Kartarpur Corridor is witnessing a gradual increase in pilgrims; Around 1,800 schedule visit on Nov 24
Solar and battery microgrid project to return Tokelau to 100% renewables
Russian envoy praises Macron stance on EU enlargement
‘Absolutely No Mercy’: Leaked Files Expose How China Organized Mass Detentions of Muslims
“He refused”: China sees online tributes to an official who freed Muslims in Xinjiang
Istanbul assassination sparks buzz in Kyrgyzstan
International court judges authorize investigation into crimes committed against Rohingya
School puts Somaliland on World Map despite lack of international recognition
Cummings Africa Foundation Hosts Inaugural Liberia Entrepreneurship Summit
Samoan Islands Measles Outbreak Reports Multiple Fatalities
Disputed Western Sahara becomes kitesurfing hotspot
Kuwait Cabinet Quit Over Corruption Suspicions, Minister Says
Russia begins show trial of Crimean Tatar civic activists and journalists
Clock Ticking In US Congress As Russia Presses Ahead With Nord Stream 2
Guinea’s president is prepared to risk it all for a third term as anti-government protests grow
Dzhokhar Dudayev: Fighting for a free Chechnya
A Welsh-only brand worked wonders for my business – it would have worked for the Senedd, too
Xi Jinping offers to help Greece retrieve contested Parthenon Marbles
China bought most of Greece’s main port and now it wants to make it the biggest in Europe
Greece marks 1973 student uprising anniversary; 28 arrested
European Free Alliance parties in the Basque Country and Galicia make progress at Spanish elections
The challenges of minority languages: 1 in 4 children cannot speak Galician in Galicia Spain
Coca farmers march, police fire tear gas in worsening Bolivia unrest
Why the Faroe Islands will close to tourists in 2020
Trump Administration Hosting New Greenland Talks With Denmark, Focused on ‘Presence’ and ‘Investments’
Denmark, Worried About Bombings by Swedish Gangs, Begins Border Checks
Mass Arrests Return to Nicaragua at Beseiged Church in Masaya
Serbia Buys Nine Tons of Gold to Heed President’s Crisis Advice
Tunisia’s Moderate Islamist Party Picks One of Its Own as Next PM
Sindhis in Pakistan hold freedom march demanding separate homeland
Baloch Martyrs’ Day observed, activists demand justice
Baloch Activists appeal India to be instrumental in Balochistan’s freedom
Balochistan has historic rights for a separate nation: Dr. Murad Baloch
Bougainville heads for self-determination vote, but independence might take long time —if it comes at all
Guam Introduces Resolution to Obtain UNPO Membership
China Envoy Threatens to Ban Swedish Minister Over Gui Minhai Award
Eswatini next to suspend South African animal imports after foot and mouth outbreak
Two Namibian ministers resign in Icelandic fishing scandal
European Parliamentary delegation plans to visit Romani settlements in Slovakia
Vatican Hosts Tech Giants For Online Child Safety Conference
VOA’s Kurdish Reporter Wins Burke Award
‘No Friends But the Mountains.’ What Life Looks Like for the Kurds of Syria, Now That the U.S. Has Pulled Back
Turkish warplanes conduct strikes inside Kurdistan Region
No school for refugee kids from northern Syria in Kurdistan Region’s camps
Duhok receives honorary award for welcoming refugees, IDPs
Syrian Kurds call on Assad to accept call for dialogue
Russian forces deploy to Tishrin dam in cooperation with Kurdish forces
We will continue until the last kidnapped Yezidi is rescued: KRG official
Fearing arrest, wounded Kurdish protesters avoid clinics as Iranian security forces crackdown continues
Russia and China, controversial friends of the Czech president
Czech anti-government protesters mark anniversary of revolution
Antigua and Barbuda launch first ever Confucius Institute in Eastern Caribbean
Opposition wins no seats in Belarus election, Lukashenko vows to stay put
OSCE Says ‘Fundamental Freedoms Were Disregarded’ In Belarus Vote
Plaque commemorating Austrian Cardinal who helped Ukrainians during Holodomor unveiled in Vienna
Small hydropower plants threaten Montenegro’s last free-flowing rivers in a bid for cleaner energy
Sustainable wildlife management key as Guyana faces rapid economic change
Algeria jails 21 protesters over waving Berber flags
Israel’s military campaign against Islamic Jihad continues, ceasefire conditions outlined
Protesters Want Action On Organized Crime In Palestinian-Majority Parts Of Israel
Why No Arab Spring in Palestine?
Staring into Hong Kong’s future today
The Bahamas have a tough road ahead. Dorian caused $3.4 billion worth of damage
Lebanon slips deeper into crisis after Safadi withdrawal
Haiti’s president warns of humanitarian crisis, calls for support
Ethiopia’s inability to protect its ethnic minorities is the biggest obstacle to peace
Amhara, Oromo parties reach agreement to work together
Homeland Study Group Foundation declares independence of Western Togoland
Jamaica: A Small Nation With an Outsize Global Influence
Sierra Leone’s uphill struggle to reform mental health
Hungary tightens control over courts and schools, raising rights concerns
US to Re-evaluate’ Relationship With South Sudan
Gulf states’ participation in football tournament signals thaw in Qatar relations
9-Year-Old Child Genius From Belgium Set to Graduate College
Belgium reports first death from vaping
UN renews Central Africa peacekeeping mission
Council of Europe denounces lack of Spanish compliance in judicial independence
International Trial Watch: Catalan leaders’ trial very significantly violated their rights
Catalan Ponsati says Spanish oppression will bring independence
Amnesty International criticizes Spanish Supreme Court sentence for the 9 jailed Catalan independence leaders
Catalan leader Quim Torra: ‘Independence of Catalonia will come’
Spain vetoed Catalan parliament visit to Scotland before April election
European Court of Human Rights dismisses rapper Valtònyc’s case
Not everything is cheaper in Tallinn: Which products cost less in Helsinki?
Spy swap: Five freed in Russia-Lithuania-Norway exchange
Fireworks and processions mark 101st anniversary of Latvian independence
Nicola Sturgeon: Scotland, like Ireland, must be independent
Leavers and Remainers finally agree on something – ditching Northern Ireland
IMF revises up Rwanda 2019 growth forecast to 8.5%
Eritreans wait in vain for change after peace with Ethiopia
Singapore fines UBS $8 million over deceptive bond trades
Tibetan Man Detained For Sharing Photos, Relatives Fear Torture
Pema Tseden is Leading a Growing Crowd of Influential Tibet Filmmakers
Gambia truth hearings grip nation as past atrocities emerge
Gambia close to getting first post-Jammeh constitution
Joy in Finland as men’s team for the 1st time qualifies for UEFA Euro finals
Finland boasts highest levels of life satisfaction in Europe
China will not tolerate any Taiwan independence incidents
Norway fund shuns G4S over human rights violation risks
Followed, bitten by a dog, detained: what really happened to the 60 Minutes crew in Kiribati

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Appeal for Nuremberg Trials for Communism
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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
November is National Native American Heritage Month in the US
November 7: International Inuit Day
1938 November 9: Kristallnacht
1989 November 9: Fall of the Berlin Wall
1953 November 9: Cambodia Independence Day
2014 November 9: Catalan self-determination referendum
2001 November 10: Indonesian Military assassinate West Papuan Independence Leader Theys Eluay
1975 November 11: Angola Independence Day
1918 November 11: National Independence Day in Poland
1839 November 13: Baloch Martyrs’ Day
1975 November 14: Madrid Accords on Western Sahara
1988 November 15: Palestinian Declaration of Independence
November 16, 1988: Estonian Sovereignty Declaration
November 16: Icelandic Language Day
1989 November 17: Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia
1918 November 18: Proclamation of the Republic of Latvia
1956 November 18: Morocco Independence Day
1650 November 18: Oman National Day
1969 November 20: Occupation of Alcatraz
2013 November 21: Euromaidan, Ukraine
1943 November 22: Lebanese Independence Day
2020 11 28: 4th Saturday of November: Remembrance Day for the Victims of Holodomors in Ukraine
1975 November 25: Suriname Independence Day
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A Time of Hope and Optimism
Croatia boasts of record tourism season
Actually, Giving Aid to Ukraine Is Putting America First
Russian occupiers detain veteran of the Crimean Tatar national movement, Ayshe Seitmuratova
In Poland, Ukrainian Donbas War Veteran Faces Extradition To Russia
The ‘terrorist threat’ Russia brought to Crimea ; six victims receive huge sentences
Transformation of Eastern Europe has been a success
Pro-Communist Jeremy Corbyn as PM would be a hammer blow to Britain’s national security
Chechen government covers up for Kadyrov’s relative who tortured women
Russia Targets Dissenters—Right in Their Bank Accounts
Chechnya’s Ruling Elite Targeted In Unprecedented Purge
Chechen leader suggests killing those who ‘insult honour’ online
Chechnya wants to make singers get approval for lyrics and recordings on social networks
Russia Shuts down Center for Support of Indigenous Peoples of the North
‘Neanderthal Russophobes’: Kremlin Complaints Turn To Language
Nicola Sturgeon: Scotland’s future at risk of being decided by Nigel Farage
China Warns Vietnam to Not ‘Complicate’ South China Sea Dispute By Seeking Legal Arbitration
Renaming the Welsh assembly: ‘If we can say Dáil, why not Senedd?’
‘ITV turned down Gavin & Stacey because it was Welsh’
Indigenous midwives exchange knowledge: PWRDF program shares best practices from Canada, Mexico and Peru
Almost half of all First Nations families are ‘food insecure’: 10-year study
Radio Station in California Is Providing Critical Fire Information in Indigenous Languages
253 Adivasi villages in Telangana’s Asifabad prohibit liquor
‘The 7 Stages of Grieving’: An original Aboriginal Australian one-woman show
How a Cooking Show in Canada’s Far North Celebrates Inuit Cuisine
2 Dead, 14 Injured During Navajo Religious Ceremony in New Mexico
Cherokee Nation Considering Law to Withhold School Funding Over ‘Anti-Native Issues’
All about the Kartarpur Corridor, the new Sikh connection between India and Pakistan
Bolivia battles to restore stability as fallen Morales reaches Mexico
Nicaraguan government denounces “coup” in Bolivia
KGB Lebedevs’ Independent under fire for downplaying China’s sexual abuse of Uighur women
Guinea-Bissau newly appointed PM resigns under pressure from Ecowas
Guinea’s President Tempts Fate to Extend His Reign
Equatorial Guinea vice president’s supercars seized to fund development programs
Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana gearing to offer joint visitor experience
Kyrgyzstan: Radioactive disaster a landslide away
Burundi’s Main Opposition Party Says About 200 Members Detained
Liberia Gets Third Central Bank Governor in Less Than Two Years
Belarus Rejects Tajik Extradition Request For Opposition Activist
As Putin’s Embrace Tightens, Belarus Strongman Reaches Out to EU
Series of events to promote Basque language in Vitoria-Gasteiz
New Caledonia’s second independence referendum to be held 6 September 2020
The State of Indonesia vs The State of West Papua
Yemen’s President Hadi meets separatist leader after deal ends power struggle
Pak army continues its barbarism in Balochistan; 28 operations conducted, 25 bodies found
‘It’s So Easy to Live Here.’ Jewish Settlements Go Mainstream in Israel
Israeli gunfire kills Palestinian man in occupied West Bank
Palestinian shot in back last year says Israelis abused him for hours
Shingal Yezidis express fear for their future as Turkish airstrikes said to continue
Israel aiding Syria’s Kurds, advocating for them with U.S.: official
‘This is your home’: PM Barzani to northeast Syria refugees after camp visit
Tibetan Man Not Heard From Since Detention Last Month by Chinese Police
Tibetan Man Detained in March, No Word Given to Family
China conducts military drills in Tibet
Who Will Decide On The Dalai Lama’s Successor — His Supporters Or Beijing?
Protestors Clash with Police at Screening of Gay-Themed Movie in Tbilisi, Georgia
30 years after the Berlin Wall, Cyprus’ division endures
Northern Mariana Islands: Abound with nature and WW2 history
Danske Bank Caught Using Gold Bullion to Launder Illicit Funds
Serbia set to buy Russian missiles despite US sanctions hint
If you’re worried about terrorism, worry about the Sahel
International Criminal Court Sentences Congo Warlord Called ‘The Terminator’ to 30 Years in Prison
‘Violence, atrocities and impunity’ reign throughout Libya, ICC prosecutor tells UN Security Council
Russia Positioning Itself in Libya to Unleash Migrant Crisis Into Europe
Lebanon a ‘beautiful idea’ in need of a reboot, say protesters
US Navy hospital ship in Haiti, healing the sick and injured
Jamaica: On the Path to Higher Economic Growth
Amazonian woman who led Vatican tree-planting ceremony reveals its pagan significance
Lithuanians and Estonians top list of illegal online content users
On the front line in Europe’s war against Russian election interference
How Russia Could Force a Nuclear War in the Baltics
30 years after the Berlin Wall’s collapse, Americans don’t understand communism’s dangers
Lithuania seeks European Parliament protection for January 13 case judges from Russian intimidation
When poem could land you in prison: Soviet Lithuanian author implicated in fellow writer’s persecution
Baltic states top EU homicide statistics
Latvian Green Party expelled from European Green Party
Belarus’ nuclear plant becoming Russian influence tool
Denmark and Iceland clash over priceless medieval manuscripts
The future of protest is high tech – just look at the Catalan independence movement
Flanders wants to address Catalonia issue with Spain
European Association of Chambers of Commerce suggests Catalonia follow Basque example in economic dealings with Spain
Spain to shut down websites and social media over ‘public order threats’
UK refuses to even process arrest warrant for exiled former Catalan education minister Clara Ponsatí
‘Not even Russia behaves this way’ – Baltic Way organizer berates Spain’s handling of Catalonia crisis
Was Spanish consul in Edinburgh Vecino Quintana dismissed over “unconstitutional orders” from FM Josep Borrell?
Belgian judiciary lets two former Catalan ministers off without precautionary measures
ERC request Junqueras be included as election candidate as public office ban provisionally lifted
Sànchez, Turull, and Rull request their conviction of sedition be annulled
Exiled Catalan Carles Puigdemont to miss father’s funeral
Ireland and Catalonia – a history of similar struggles
Commission will not probe Borrell over Catalan tweet
Catalan pro-independence parties get best ever result in Spanish election
Tsunami Democràtic activists block main highway near French border
Spanish general election: Catalan, Basque, Galician parties make gains
Catalan Institute of America launches a film series and a book club
EU court advocate general recognizes jailed Catalan leader Junqueras as an MEP
Guardia Civil police raid Catalan government’s sports agency HQ
Police arrest 19 Catalan proindependence protesters at French border so far
Self-determination motion passed in Barcelona and suspended in Madrid at same time
Socialists and Podemos agree on first ever coalition government for Spain
Cuba: UN Members overwhelmingly support end of US embargo

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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
1981 November 1: Antigua and Barbuda Independence Day
November is National Native American Heritage Month in the US
1984 November 1: Anti-Sikh Riots
1978 November 3: Dominica Independence Day
1903 November 3: Panama Independence Day
2018 November 4: New Caledonian independence referendum
November 5: International Romani Language Day
November 7: International Inuit Day
1938 November 9: Kristallnacht
1989 November 9: Fall of the Berlin Wall
1953 November 9: Cambodia Independence Day
2014 November 9: Catalan self-determination referendum
2001 November 10: Indonesian Military assassinate West Papuan Independence Leader Theys Eluay
1975 November 11: Angola Independence Day
1918 November 11: National Independence Day in Poland
1839 November 13: Baloch Martyrs’ Day
1975 November 14: Madrid Accords on Western Sahara
1988 November 15: Palestinian Declaration of Independence
November 16, 1988: Estonian Sovereignty Declaration
November 16: Icelandic Language Day
1989 November 17: Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia
1918 November 18: Proclamation of the Republic of Latvia
1956 November 18: Morocco Independence Day
1650 November 18: Oman National Day

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China’s top political body met in secret and issued an ominous message to Hong Kong
Tajikistan approves Chinese $360 million grant for highways
Tuvalu receives $US4m from Asian Development Bank
Sao Tome and Principe Urged to Workout African Free Trade Strategy
Scottish independence in spotlight as UK election kicks off
Marshall Islands Adoption Issues Go Beyond Arizona Arrest
Under pressure from churches, Cook Islands MPs back down on same-sex law reform
Lesotho Lawmakers Back End to Country’s Wool, Mohair Monopoly
Togo ups its ante against terror threats
Albania: A legacy of dictatorship
Maldives: Trouble In Paradise
Indian Manipur separatists announce exiled government in UK
Kuwait appoints its first ambassador to Palestine
Jordan recalls ambassador in Israel to protest citizen detentions
You Can Now Take a Virtual Tour of the West Bank and Gaza
An artificial intelligence company backed by Microsoft is helping Israel surveil Palestinians
Coldplay selects Jordan for eighth album release
Competing Protests in Lebanon Bring Thousands on to the Streets
Balochistan: Pakistani forces abduct two Baloch youth
Czech-China love affair hits the rocks
Antigua & Barbuda Celebrates 38 Years of Independence
Kosovo elections: ‘Most significant change’ in 12 years
78 killed in Ethiopia following Oromo activist Facebook post
US military team heads to Montenegro to counter cyberthreats ahead of 2020 elections
Mongolia arrests 800 Chinese citizens in cybercrime probe
Outrage in eSwatini after royal family’s new luxury cars
Denmark Approves Route for a Controversial Russia-German Pipeline
46 Crimean Tatar Organizations Call for End to Russian Occupation of Their Homeland
Russian Naval Aviation to form new combat headquarters in Kaliningrad and in Crimea
UK Defence Secretary announces extension of training mission to Ukraine
U.S. Lawmakers Introduce Bipartisan Resolution To Support Eastern Europe Energy Independence
Bolivian protest leader holed up in airport with Morales supporters outside
Wallis and Futuna struggles with bank restrictions
Gabon’s tricky balancing act with a growing timber industry and the environment
Russia’s ‘troll factory’ is alive and well in Africa
Ethnic Divisions among Those Moscow Counts as Mordvins Withstand Divide-and-Rule Policies, Unity Drives and Repression
Chief of Ingushetia’s anti-extremism center gunned down in Moscow
Germany: How four Chechen brothers combine modeling and martial arts
The Russian connection to a Berlin hit job that Germany doesn’t want to talk about
As Russians Remember Repression Victims, Moscow Creates More Of Them
Buddhism in Russia: History and Modernity
Trial by fire: A scholar burned himself to death to protest the disappearance of indigenous languages and cultures in Russia
Chechnya: Grozny’s ex-mayor involved in torturing detainees
Russia’s Controversial ‘Sovereign Internet’ Law Comes Into Force
West Papuans hit out at President Widodo for treating the region as a ‘holiday home’ during a human rights crisis
Internet Shutdown in Papua Threatens Indonesia’s Democracy and Its People’s Right to Free Speech
Citizen journalism countering ‘deliberate’ media silence on West Papua
Text editor releases ‘Free Uyghur’ edition, gets swamped with Chinese spam
Female Detainees at Xinjiang Internment Camps Face Sterilization, Sexual Abuse: Camp Survivor
Male Chinese ‘Relatives’ Assigned to Uyghur Homes Co-sleep With Female ‘Hosts’
India downgrades Kashmir’s status and takes greater control over contested region
Trump’s Syria pullout follows years of Kurdish struggle
Turkey detains hundreds for critiquing, reporting on military offensive in Syria
German Kurds could face arrest in Turkey, Germany warns
Syrian Kurds slam UN chief for meeting with Turkey’s Erdogan
Over 14,000 Syrian refugees arrived in Kurdistan Region since October
Volunteer from US relief group killed in Syria by Turkish mortar attack
Iraqi Kurds boycott Turkish goods after Syria assault
Christian fighters assigned to defend Assyrian communities in Syria
What Ancient Stones Still Mean to the Assyrian People Today
Turkish warplanes reportedly strike Yezidi base in Shingal
Laos’s Belt and Road project sparks questions over China ambitions
Honduran inmate who linked president’s brother to drugs dead
Land on Bora Bora returned to French Polynesia
Security Council Extends Mandate of United Nations Mission in Western Sahara
Pirates kidnap nine crew members from cargo ship off coast of Benin
Moldovan President Says Russia Has Made ‘First Step’ Toward Troop Withdrawal
U.S. giving more food to Haiti as roadblocks, violent protests worsen hunger crisis
U.N. Chief Urges Myanmar to Resolve Rohingya Refugee Crisis
Putin: Orbán No Ordinary Leader, Stands Out in Europe
Turkmenistan: Gay Man Missing After Coming Out Online
Frontline clashes ebb and flow as Libya’s war hits impasse
In Djibouti, opposition protests met with force
Jamestown Foundation recommends two-year conscription for the Baltic states
Nordic, Baltic countries face same threats from Russia, China
South Sudan expels AP journalist Sam Mednick
In Central African Republic, rebels fight on as peace deal falters
Osseo Hmong-language teacher wins top honor from language teachers’ group
Penn hosts first Indigenous Languages Week to celebrate modern native culture
Renata Flores Brought Quechua to YouTube, and Then Everything Changed
Floods in Somalia displace more than 250,000 people – U.N.
Bahrain once again comes under spotlight for rights abuses
Liverpool assured LGBT fans welcome in Qatar – CEO
How an Eritrea refugee ran to daylight — and to Denver
Taoiseach urged to establish a Citizens Assembly to look at building support for a united Ireland
Prison ‘a necessary step’ for independence, says Jordi Cuixart
Arrested Catalan protesters on police: “Blood was flyging, staining the walls”
Students begin indefinite camp in Barcelona against ‘repression’
Spain’s Constitutional Court suspends Catalan foreign action plan and relations with the EU
The Catalan uprising – Cristina Costa
Catalan president Quim Torra takes part in symbolic ‘self-incrimination’ campaign for referendum
Protests as Spanish king visits Barcelona
Ungovernable: CUP seeking Catalan independence through subversion
Jailed Catalan leader Oriol Junqueras takes European Parliament head to court
Spanish Supreme Court sends new extradition requests for exiled Catalan leaders
Foreign Citizens 13.4 Percent of Iceland’s Population
Tibetan State Workers, Party Members ‘Held Hostage’ For Visitors’ Good Behavior
Tibet’s Rivers Will Determine Asia’s Future
In China, every day is Kristallnacht
Beauty Queen’s Rape Allegation Against Former Gambia President Sparks #MeToo Movement
In A Remote Arctic Outpost, Norway Keeps Watch On Russia’s Military Buildup
Kiribati detains crew reporting on China ties
Five Indigenous Leaders Massacred in Colombia; New Wave of Violence Feared as 2,500 Troops Deployed
Hokkaido Ainu association sues University of Tokyo to have remains returned
5 ways to honor Native Americans during National Native American Heritage Month
Aymara families celebrate Day of the Dead in La Paz
After Uluru: Other Australian Aboriginal sites like Wollumbin Mount Warning could close too

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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
1956 October 23 – November 10: Hungarian Uprising
1964 October 24: Zambia Independence Day
1955 October 26: Austrian National Day
2014 October 26: Hong Kong Umbrella Movement begins
2017 October 27: Catalan Declaration of Independence
1979 October 27: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Independence Day
1918 October 28: Independent Czechoslovak State Day
1923 October 29: Turkey Republic Day
1981 November 1: Antigua and Barbuda Independence Day
November is National Native American Heritage Month in the US
1984 November 1: Anti-Sikh Riots
1978 November 3: Dominica Independence Day
1903 November 3: Panama Independence Day
2018 November 4: New Caledonian independence referendum
November 5: International Romani Language Day
November 7: International Inuit Day
1938 November 9: Kristallnacht
1989 November 9: Fall of the Berlin Wall
1953 November 9: Cambodia Independence Day
2014 November 9: Catalan self-determination referendum
2001 November 10: Indonesian Military assassinate West Papuan Independence Leader Theys Eluay
1975 November 11: Angola Independence Day
1918 November 11: National Independence Day in Poland

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Russia’s LUKOIL signs exploration MOU with Equatorial Guinea
State of Emergency Continues in Jamaica
Kiribati Government will not relocate its people to Fiji
Papua New Guinea shuts Chinese Ramu nickel mine after spill: reports
Another vote for independence: New Caledonia’s second referendum on self-determination
Murder case that helped spark Hong Kong political crisis is now an election issue for Taiwan
Q&A: China Tibetan Cultural Exchange Delegation
Swiss raise Hong Kong, Tibet and Xinjiang during Chinese envoy’s visit
‘Art for Tibet’ Auction Expands Into an Exhibition, With Work by Shepard Fairey
US senator Rick Scott says 2022 Winter Olympics should not be held in China
China Sharpens Hacking to Hound Its Minorities, Far and Wide
Chinese loans pose ‘clear risks’ to stability of Pacific nations
Footage of alleged prison abuse in South Ossetia leaked online
Blogger Beaten Up In Georgia’s Breakaway Abkhazia Over Comments About Lavish Wedding
Gagauzia – object lesson for Ukraine on how a ‘reintegrated’ region gives Moscow leverage
Is Europe giving up on Ukraine?
Human rights activists report on 126 arrests in occupied Crimea this year
Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Crimean Tatar language to be registered in UN
Donetsk radio tower blown up in protest at Russian-controlled ‘republic’s’ torture & illegal prisons
NATO ambassadors, Stoltenberg to visit Ukraine
EU-mediated Russia-Ukraine gas talks in deadlock
Tuvalu’s former PM would ‘never accept communist China’ in Pacific
China rejects pollution report in French Polynesia
Kais Saied: Who is Tunisia’s new president?
Will Barotseland independence bring war to peaceful Zambia? The case of Singapore and Malaysia – The Malaysia Agreement of 1963
Remains of Trinidad and Tobago’s First Peoples returned to resting place
The real cost of Russian gas
Kadyrov devises way to watch young Chechnya leavers
Authorities raid homes of Ingush anti–land deal activists
Daghestani Supreme Court ‘concealed’ ruling on Chechen border dispute
Relatives Fear Missing Chechen Man Has Joined Thousands Of ‘Disappeared’
Journalist comes out to police chief in Chechnya who oversees the ‘gay purge’
FSB detains two supporters of shaman who was heading for Moscow to “exorcise Putin”
Europe via the Indian Ocean? New wave of illegal immigration hits France’s Mayotte
StarKist’s departure would leave a $200m hole in American Samoa’s economy
Nicola Sturgeon: #indyref2020 will be focus of Scottish National Party election campaign
Denmark passes legislation to strip ISIL fighters of citizenship
Former Premier Kuupik Kleist: The Cold War is Re-Introduced in Greenland
Ninety-two percent of Greenland’s residents believe climate change is happening
Tokelau, a tiny island nation with nearly 17,000 domain names per resident
New Zealand’s future is Pacific and languages must be part of it
Innocent until proven guilty? Not if you’re Māori, poor or homeless
Bolivia close to striking deal on election audit as protests intensify
Tourism Arrivals Are Up In Belize, Good News Amid A Volatile Year For Caribbean Tourism
Seychelles upping MPAs, moving towards closed-access fishery
The ‘Glass Man’: How a former CIA worker helped bring the Hmong to America
Nnamdi Kanu’s mother died of torture, MASSOB alleges
How Russia helped Nigeria defeat Biafra during Civil War
‘We don’t need another war to actualise Biafra’, Emmanuel Kanu
Uruguay faces second-round election with candidates neck-and-neck
Two Sons Of Banned Islamic Group’s Late Founder Jailed In Tajikistan
Tajikistan: Another Chinese company gets tax exemptions
Tajikistan says it will amnesty 20,000 prisoners
India Is Slowly Easing Its Lockdown in Kashmir. But Life Isn’t Returning to Normal
Who is Laos’ first special economic zone benefitting?
Violent protests seek removal of Honduras president
Cyprus to probe how Cambodian elite obtained EU passports
Innocent Sikh students forced to perform “Aarti of Lakshmi Mata” in Delhi
Russia sends S-400 missile defense systems to Serbia for military drill
Botswana elections: Mokgweetsi Masisi retains presidency
Chad: No Redress for Ex-Dictator’s Victims
Greece moves more migrants to mainland, warns others to stay away
Togo, Nigeria Big Winners in Ease of Doing Business in Africa
Welsh justice review calls for Scottish-style devolution of powers
Hundreds gathered for memorial service for Wisconsin prosecutor killed in Micronesia
Namibia’s Herero take Germany to US court over ‘forgotten genocide’
Football helps Romani youngsters succeed in life
How Climate Change Is Pushing This Desert State to Fish
What Happens When You Kill the Messenger in Nicaragua
Balochistan: armed men shot dead a Baloch youth in Pahra
How the Sindhi community is fighting to keep its rich cross-border culture alive
The Vietnam-China Standoff at Vanguard Bank And The International Community
A new Yale exhibition takes a closer look at Indigenous peoples in art history
NCCA hosts ‘Kalkali’ forum on indigenous peoples’ knowledge
Reclaiming Inuit culture, one tattoo at a time
Native Hawaiian heiress faces court test to control millions
4 out of 5 Native American women are survivors of domestic or sexual violence. A Colorado Springs garden is helping them recover
Sacred Aboriginal scar tree illegally cut down at Gawler, removing education opportunity
Illinois museum returns items to Aboriginal Australians
What Aboriginal survivors of child sexual abuse told researchers they need
Navajo Nation is getting addresses, thanks to an open-source mapping program used in urban India
Indigenous communities ‘robbed’ as land grabbers lay waste to Brazilian rainforest
Indigenous Voters Need a Reason to Care About Canada
Ecuador’s indigenous group says government talks on hold due to ‘persecution’
Indigenous communities ripe for wave of capital for good
Japan builds “Ethnic Harmony” tribute to indigenous Ainu
Dandari enlivens Adivasi land in Telangana
Anguilla Gets Ready for Busiest Winter Season Ever
‘Armenia is Sole Guarantor of Artsakh’s Security,’ Mnatsakanyan Tells BBC
Solomon government says Chinese company’s lease of island ‘unlawful’
Ecotourism Can Save Both Gabon’s Forests and Its Gorillas
Kyrgyzstan: Political oddball’s stunts rile testy government
From Guyana to Rome, the Synod has proved to be a rich place of encounter
Resurgent Bloc Quebecois rattles Canada election, helps strip Trudeau of majority
Trudeau’s victory sparks ‘Wexit’ talk in Canada’s west
Nearly Half of Residents of Uyghur-Majority Village in Xinjiang Held in Internment Camps
Imprisoned Uyghur Advocate Ilham Tohti Awarded EU’s Top Human Rights Prize
Uyghur man taken into custody in Egypt, may be sent back to China, friends fear
He was a Communist Party member and model Uyghur. It didn’t save him from Beijing
Police Officer Beat Uyghur Internment Camp Detainee to Death in Drunken Rage
An Advocate For Kazakhs Persecuted In China Is Banned From Activism In Kazakhstan
Maldives: Fighting corruption and construction in a tropical paradise
EU approves new budget support for Moldova
Russia Tightens Quotas on Imports From Moldova
Protester killed as police block Guinea Bissau rally
Bhutan, Morocco and Aruba listed among top destinations for 2020
Nikki Haley applauds Hong Kong protests, criticizes China in SC visit
Israel Plans to Go Back to the Moon … And Stick the Landing This Time
33% of Palestine youth fear sharing political views online
‘Multi-generational tragedy’ in Israel and Palestine demands political will for two-State solution
Turkey-Russia Deal On Syria Is A ‘Pure Disaster’ For The Kurds, Bernard-Henri Lévy Says
U.S. Sudden Syria Exit Leaves Angry Iraqi Kurds Looking To Iran: ‘Oil Thicker than Innocent Blood’
Trump suggests Kurds relocate as US considers deploying armored vehicles to protect oil fields
10,000 Syrians cross into Kurdistan Region fleeing Turkish offensive
Turkey illegally deports refugees into conflict zones in northern Syria: Amnesty
Trump thanks Kurds for role in U.S. operation that killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Turkish offensive is a second hit to Ezidis and minorities living in northern Syria
Nearly 80 dead as gov. buildings, political party offices torched in ongoing Iraq protests
Rioting migrants demanding freedom torch cars in Malta
Two-year jail term sought for Amazigh flag bearers in Algeria
One of Europe’s last wild rivers is in danger of being tamed
China’s Bankers denies abusing dominant oil position in Albania
Austria’s early ski slope sparks row among environmentalists
Nigeria border closure hits Benin hard
How The Basques Became An Autonomous Community Within Spain
Thousands protest sentences in Basque bar brawl trial
10 years of Belarus’ participating in Eastern Partnership: What is to come?
Minsk seeks closer defence ties with Beijing as China expands presence in Belarus
Clashes Between Burundi Forces and Congo Militia Leaves 14 Dead
4 Burundi reporters charged with undermining state security
Indonesian General Accused of Kidnapping Is Named Defense Minister
Indonesia’s Attempts to Quell Papua Unrest Likely to Backfire: Experts
Veronica Koman wins prize for West Papua work
Anti-gay law ‘like a gun pointing at us’ says eSwatini activist
4 suspects indicted in case of slain Slovak journalist
CARAT Exercise Puts US-Brunei Defense Relations into Focus
Work begins on Nauru’s first international cargo terminal
Libya in chaos as endless war rumbles on
Guinea court jails opposition leaders for organising protests
New rally in Guinea capital against Conde’s possible 3rd term bid
As Protests Again Sweep Haiti, How Can the Nation Move Forward?
Rohingya crisis redraws fault lines in Myanmar politics
Lebanon PM Saad Hariri to submit resignation after mass protests
Iraq returns 200,000 books seized during 1990 invasion of Kuwait
LGBT In Turkmenistan: Go To Jail Or Live A Lie
Why Turkmenistan’s rosy economic reports are unreliable
If You’re A 14-Year-Old Girl In Turkmenistan, Get Ready For A Gynecological Exam
Inside Turkmenistan, secretive Asian dictatorship stricter than North Korea, where the streets are paved with marble and gold
Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary, in Sierra Leone, is under threat
Bulgaria expels Russian diplomat that it accused of spying
Central African Republic asks Russia to ‘intervene’ on UN arms embargo
How a college dropout became Europe’s youngest founder of a billion-dollar company
US moves troops, tanks into Lithuania in message to Russia
Baltics have to do more to strengthen defence, American think tank says
Japan is getting involved in Baltic synchronization project
One of our main challenges after regaining independence has been countering Russia’s propaganda efforts against us
Russia moves to pardon Norwegian involved in spy swap with Lithuania
Lithuania gives proper burial to last anti-Soviet resistance leader Kraujelis
A meeting of minds: Nordic & Baltic states visit Ireland to plan for future
Ott Tänak becomes the 1st Estonian World Rally Champion
Denmark approves Baltic Pipe, but not Nord Stream 2
Lithuania marks 80 years since bittersweet victory of regaining Vilnius
China’s first Free Trade Agreement with an African nation with Mauritius
Belgium names first female prime minister
Step Toward Parole of Child Rapist and Murderer Sparks Outrage in Belgium
U.S. bans flights to all Cuban cities except Havana
“A better life somewhere else”: Europe-bound African migrants wait in Rwanda
Catalan Independence Movement Has Proven Its Strength. Now Spain’s Government Must Talk to Us
Artur Mas wants Guardiola to become the Government of Catalonia’s president
Almost 200 arrests in Catalonia independence protests
CoE Human Rights Commissioner ‘worried’ about excessive use of force by police in Catalonia
UN official expresses ‘concern’ about ‘alleged attacks’ on Puigdemont’s lawyer
EU parliament refuses to debate Catalonia
Journalists denounce ‘avalanche’ of attacks, most from police, during Catalan protests
Spanish state repression in Catalonia may be shocking – but it’s nothing new
Barcelona vs. Real Madrid: El Clasico rescheduled for December after Catalonia protests
Catalan parliament speaker Roger Torrent warns of ‘criminalization’ of fundamental rights in letter to world leaders
Pro-independence protest in Barcelona in front of Chinese consulate in solidarity with Hong Kong
Hong Kong protesters rally in support of Catalonia independence movement
Parties from across Spain call for release of Catalan leaders
‘Freedom’ – Mass rally against imprisonment of Catalan leaders
Glasgow holds protest in support of Catalan political prisoners
The two sides of the Civil War legacy
Carles Puigdemont Accuses EU of Ignoring Catalonia Protests
Europe must open its eyes to help Catalonia amid Spanish brutality
Catalan independence parties give Sánchez cold shoulder
Spain warns Belgium if it fails to hand over Puigdemont
Major poll predicts big wins for Socialists in Spain and pro-independence ERC in Catalonia
Catalan police face ‘biggest internal inquiry ever’ over protest crackdown
Catalonia’s university students start indefinite strike
Croatia Gets Green Light to Join EU’s Visa-Free Schengen Zone
How Jack O’Lanterns Originated in Irish Myth
Vanuatu reviews ‘passports for sale’ scheme after EU warning
Language of a people
Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Crimean Tatar language to be registered in UN
Indigenous languages week at UPenn highlights Quechua, Zapotec
Student Defends Thesis In Ancient Andean Quechua Language
Staying positive to keep Ainu in present tens
Treat linguistic minorities equally
App-Learning Boosts Interest in the Welsh Language
Foster insists resolution to impasse over Irish language can be found
Weeklong focus on indigenous languages
The 30 most well-loved Scottish words from glaikit to smoorikin
Iceland Is the Most LGBT-Accepting Country
All modern humans originated in northern Botswana
If ‘pagan’ rites are part of Amazon synod, they’re still ‘worship of God’: synod working doc writer
U.N. Climate Scientists Think They Can Halt Global Warming for $300 Billion
ISIS’s Leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi—the World’s Most Wanted Man—Is Dead
50 years ago today, the internet was born in Room 3420

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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
1991 October 18: Azerbaijan Independence Day
1953 October 22: Laos Independence Day
1956 October 23 – November 10: Hungarian Uprising
1964 October 24: Zambia Independence Day
1955 October 26: Austrian National Day
2014 October 26: Hong Kong Umbrella Movement begins
2017 October 27: Catalan Declaration of Independence
1979 October 27: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Independence Day
1918 October 28: Independent Czechoslovak State Day
1923 October 29: Turkey Republic Day
1981 November 1: Antigua and Barbuda Independence Day
November is National Native American Heritage Month in the US
1984 November 1: Anti-Sikh Riots
1978 November 3: Dominica Independence Day
1903 November 3: Panama Independence Day
2018 November 4: New Caledonian independence referendum
November 5: International Romani Language Day

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Firm at Center of Panama Papers Sues Netflix Over ‘The Laundromat’
Chinese firm will lease part of Solomon Islands after Taiwan ties severed
UEFA to keep teams from Kosovo and Russia apart
Rioting erupts as Bolivia says Morales near outright win
NBA China Woes Refuse To Die, As Tibet Protesters Demonstrate At Brooklyn Nets Game
China has destroyed large areas of one of Tibet’s biggest Buddhist sites
Botswana, calm for decades, faces surprising election fight
Dreamworks’ ‘Abominable’ pulled from movie theaters in Vietnam over South China Sea map
Nicaraguans make their home in an idle Costa Rican factory
Ukrainian Director Oleg Sentsov on Being a Political Prisoner in Russia
Russia confirms huge reprisal sentences against two Ukrainians from Crimea who refused to ‘confess’
Another Russian “humanitarian” convoy arrives in occupied Donbas
Russia’s replacement of population in occupied Crimea violates Geneva Contention – UN report
“The whole town was on their knees the day of her father’s funeral… Today the country weeps for Yaroslava…”
Story of Father Ivan Kypriyan and his children who froze to death in a soviet gulag
Damning ECHR judgement puts future of Ukraine’s lustration law in question
U.S. Democrat Rep. Max Rose demands Ukraine’s Azov Battalion be designated as terrorists
Donbas militants ‘sentence’ journalist Stanislav Aseyev to 15 years for ‘spying’ & ‘extremism’
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Russia’s Putin revokes Geneva convention protocol on war crimes victims
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Floods Leave Thousands Homeless in Chad and Cameroon
Tyrants celebrate as U.N. elects Venezuela, Mauritania, Libya, Sudan to top rights body
Tajikistan Declares Opposition Alliance Extremist
Scientists fight to save unique Guiana coral reef
Liberia’s contradictory attitude to a free press
BBC lists Yle Sámi journalist among 100 most influential women in 2019
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New Caledonia decides the timing of its second independence referendum
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Samoa Declares Measles Outbreak
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$80m ‘Uniquely Māori’ hotel development planned for Rotorua
UN’s Fourth Committee: Sahrawis’ inalienable right to self-determination reaffirmed
EU does not recognize Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara
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Justice for missing and murdered Indigenous women and their families must be a priority
Water and Indigenous people: “I’m tired of being an afterthought”
Yukon candidates talk addictions, electoral reform, and sing at final forum
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Violence against indigenous peoples explodes in Brazil
What We Lose When We Lose Indigenous Knowledge
Canada’s artists lead the country’s indigenous renaissance
Ecuador’s indigenous re-assert influence but face obstacles to power
Morocco’s Amazigh accuse Turkey of wanting to «exterminate» the Kurdish population
BBC 100 women 2019 list: Jalila Haider from Hazara included in the list
Quebec sovereignty camp gets confidence boost
Hope restored in the Kingdom of Eswatini as tuberculosis incidence reduced by more than half
We’re in Biafra struggle to give our kids better future –IPOB women agitators
Senior Israeli Official Attends Bahrain Meeting Focusing on Iran
Why Trump’s withdrawal from Syria has Israel on edge
Swiss fine commodities giant Gunvor over bribes in Africa
‘A tsunami’: Green Party makes historic gains in Switzerland vote
Russia, Serbia vow to boost ties despite Belgrade’s EU bid
Chinese people-tracking cameras are spreading to nations vulnerable to human rights abuse
At stake: Greenland’s right to self determination
Sweden is not socialist—so stop saying it is
Sweden’s indigenous Sami people threatened by climate change
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Namibian president set for re-election next month amid economic crisis
Deadly protests in Guinea as Russia calls for change of rules to keep despot in power
Azeri police detain scores of protesters, including opposition party leader
An American Prosecutor Shot Dead in Micronesia
India and Pakistan trade fire in Kashmir, killing nine
Burundi arrests dozens in currency market crackdown
Carbon pricing inevitable for Austria: Verbund CEO
Maldives investigates activist group for ‘slandering Islam’
Baloch leader vows support for Kurdish people
Balochistan: Iranian forces disappear Baloch youth from Qasar Qand
Balochistan: Protests erupt after blackmailing and harassment reports of University students
Balochistan: State-backed death squads shot dead two Baloch youth
Balochistan: Four abducted during military offensives in Kohlu
Russian Oligarch’s Compensation Case Against Montenegro ‘Rejected’
Mass civil disobedience breaks out in Catalunya
Brussels prosecutor asks Spain to translate Puigdemont arrest warrant
Unnecessary, heavy-handed and counterproductive reminder of former Spanish regime – Catalan independence trial at Westminster
Jordi Cuixart and Jordi Sànchez call for peaceful protests on two year incarceration anniversary
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Catalan president Quim Torra joins pro-independence protest: ‘Violence does not represent us’
President Quim Torra suggests to respond with another self-determination vote in Catalonia
Senior Slovak MPs stress that jailing Catalan leaders is cruel and does not lead anywhere
Spain Shuts Down Spanish Tsunami Democràtic, “for terrorism”
Barcelona flooded with over half a million Catalan independence supporters
Catalan president’s call for dialogue falls on deaf Spanish PM’s ears
Police in spotlight as 58 journalists injured in Catalonia
Week of unrest throughout Catalonia leaves 579 injured
Protests against sentences enter second week
United Nations Issues Human Rights Guidance for Law Enforcement
Turkey Accused of War Crimes After Suspected White Phosphorus Use Against Kurds in Syria
Top Kurdish commander calls Turkish assault ‘ethnic cleansing operation’
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KRG president reiterates gratitude to US forces amid controversial Syria withdrawal
Netherlands extends Iraq, Peshmerga training mission through 2021
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‘Think of your family’: China threatens European citizens over Xinjiang protests
Taipei exhibition tells story of East Turkestan’s Uighurs
US Religious Freedom Envoy Urges Muslim World to Speak up For Incarcerated Uyghurs
Cotton On and Target Australia stop buying cotton from Xinjiang over human rights concerns
China is destroying Uygur burial grounds in Xinjiang
Uighur scientist faces execution as part of China’s broad persecution of a Muslim minority
EU blocks Albania and North Macedonia membership bids
North Macedonia calls snap election after EU talks setback
Russian indicted by Mueller for alleged troll-farm activities is released by Belarus
Little Miracles, Huge Problems: The Bahamas A Month After Dorian
Cruel world of blood-soaked Kyrgyzstan dog fighting where wolfhounds rip themselves apart in front of kids
Gunmen raid cafes in Libya capital to curb social freedoms
Lebanon’s government makes major concessions after weekend of mass protests
Sierra Leone’s ‘smart country’ ambitions
Croatian City Following Digital Estonia and Denmark’s Fine Example
Bulgaria soccer coach Krasimir Balakov resigns after racist abuse of England team
Qatar approves minimum wage law, scraps worker exit permits
Power Perspective: Baltics divide over electricity trade with Russia
‘We are watching you’: Russia accused of sending threatening texts to British troops
Huawei lashes out at Estonia for ‘unfounded’ security claims
A NATO ally next to Putin’s Baltic Fortress is welcoming the arrival of US troops and tanks
Nearly quarter of Estonian population at risk of poverty in 2018
Three cities set to host the FIFA Futsal World Cup Lithuania 2020
Lithuanian president proposes new blocks against Belarus’ nuclear energy
First road in Estonia paved with plastic asphalt
Latvia decides: Non-citizens’ children to receive citizenship from 2020
Lithuania’s defence spending not adequate for existing threats, conservative leader says
Almost a third of Lithuanians at risk of poverty – Eurostat
Moscow to return Norwegian citizen in Lithuania-Russia spy swap
Russia covered up explosion of Skyfall nuclear superweapon that could have affected the Baltic states
Russian impact on Estonian economy has declined
Moscow seeks more power in Latvian Orthodox Church
US slaps new sanctions on Cuba over human rights record, support of Venezuela
Language Technology Tools for Icelandic: Former President First to Contribute Voice Sample
Icelandic Writer And Trans Activist Amongst BBC’s 100 Women 2019
Iceland Grey Listed for Inadequate Money Laundering Policies

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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
1962 October 9: Uganda Independence Day
1868 October 10: Proclamation of Cuban Independence Beginning Ten Years War
1970 October 10: Fiji Day
1911 October 10: National Day of the Republic of China, Taiwan
1968 October 12: Equatorial Guinea Independence Day
1492 October 12: Indigenous Peoples’ Day
1975 October 12: Saharawi National Unity Day
2008 October 15: International Parliamentarians for West Papua launches at the British Parliament in Westminster
1991 October 18: Azerbaijan Independence Day
1953 October 22: Laos Independence Day
1956 October 23 – November 10: Hungarian Uprising
1964 October 24: Zambia Independence Day
1955 October 26: Austrian National Day
2014 October 26: Hong Kong Umbrella Movement begins
2017 October 27: Catalan Declaration of Independence
1979 October 27: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Independence Day
1918 October 28: Independent Czechoslovak State Day
1923 October 29: Turkey Republic Day

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How ‘Molly of Denali’ helps Native American children feel seen
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China, Solomon Islands sign deals under new diplomatic ties
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New Monument in the Vatican Encourages Compassion for Refugees
UK must be open to Wales quitting union, says Welsh Government
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Botswana Raises Alarm Over Unprecedented Surge in Rhino Poaching
Australia, Fiji to send peacekeeping mission to Middle East
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Russia and China to sign internet censorship treaty
Duterte invites Russian oil giant to explore in West Philippine Sea
Chinese Support Gives Laos an Edge Over Powerful Neighbor Vietnam
Experts Call For Vietnam to Sue China in International Court Over South China Sea Incursions
Dominican Republic Says It Lost 100,000 Visitors This Year
Chinese Warship Visit to Japan Part of Growing Military Charm Offensive
Chinese naval training ship Qi Jiguang arrives in East Timor for goodwill visit
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IMF head calls for financial cooperation between world nations
Army hands over 27 pro-Biafra protesters to Abia police
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Belize’s Maya Drained Their Swamps to Make Farmland
Ethiopia’s Oromos mark thanksgiving festival in Addis Ababa for the first time in 150 years
New Zealand Launches Innovative Program to Prevent Sexual Harassment in Screen Industry
Nicola Sturgeon will request UK Government consent for another referendum on Scottish independence before the end of the year
Switzerland’s central bank is exploring the use of digital currencies for trading
Curaçao’s local art showcased at roadshow in Belgium and the Netherlands
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Tech fiddles target Tajikistan’s lonely independent media
French Polynesia centre-stage at UN decolonisation committee
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Well Testing on New CBI-funded Geothermal Plant in Dominica Officially Starts
Lesotho Garment Workers Strike Landmark Deals with Global Brands to Combat Gender-Based Violence
Aruba looks to Houston after ending refinery deal with Citgo
Marshall Islands declares national climate crisis
Trinidad and Tobago president’s stance on unmarried partners faces backlash
Dozens caged and shackled in Trinidad drug rehab center, police say
New Zealand prepared to finance Tokelau airstrip
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Jamaica Is Trying to Steal Rihanna From Barbados
Liechtenstein’s Blockchain Act Makes it First to Fully Regulate Token Economy
Burundi to Nationalize Coffee Industry to Boost Farmers’ Income
Burundi’s beleaguered government reaches out to opponents
Tanzania president tells Burundi refugees to ‘go back home’
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Greece, Once in Crisis, Joins Negative-Rates Club
Thirteen Heads of State Sign Athens Declaration on the Future of Europe
Belarus calls for U.S. role in Ukraine peace talks
Russia blocks coal supplies to Ukraine through Belarus
Lukashenko thanks Zelensky for warm welcome in Zhytomyr, invites to visit Belarus
Serbia, Albania, N. Macedonia agree to passport-free travel
Kim Kardashian Reveals She Was Baptized with Her Kids in Armenia and Shares Photos from Ceremony
Rotten tomatoes line roads in Benin after Nigeria closes border
Towards the Sustainable Reintegration of Returned Migrants: Cash for Work activities in Guinea Bissau
Basques carve their history
Up to 9 years in jail for Navarran youths involved in bar brawl with police
EU removes Switzerland, UAE from tax haven list
Message to Turkey: France, Cyprus hold joint naval exercises
Intellectuals Condemn Bulgaria’s ‘Unacceptable’ Demands of North Macedonia
Russian Ammo Proposal Greeted with Suspicion in Moldova
Faroe Islands PM Nielsen to push for IOC recognition
U.S. and Greenland partner to map Greenland’s resources
As Denmark turns away from cash, a payment app has more likes than Facebook
The U.S. Is Now Betraying the Kurds for the Eighth Time
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A Look At The History Of The U.S. Alliance With The Kurds
Why Is Turkey in NATO Anyway?
Turkish media hail execution of Syrian Kurdish politician Hevrin Khalaf a ‘success’
US says it is withdrawing forces from Syria, amid growing chaos
Retired Marine Gen. John Allen: ‘There is blood on Trump’s hands for abandoning our Kurdish allies’
Kurds targeted in Turkish attack include thousands of female fighters who battled Islamic State
First group of Syrian refugees arrive in Kurdistan Region
ISIS Rears Its Head, Adding to Chaos as Turkey Battles Kurds
Syrian army joins forces with Kurds to repel Turkey’s offensive
“This is the next East Timor”
Indonesia blocks NZ diplomats entry into West Papua
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West Papua protest in PNG: ‘Do the right thing’
Questions raised over bodies found in West Papua
Kickstarting ‘Made in Bhutan’
After The Storm, Haitians In The Bahamas Depend On The Kindness Of Strangers
This gamer’s punishment over Hong Kong protest shows China’s sway over U.S. companies
Apple removes Quartz news app from the Chinese App Store over Hong Kong coverage
Zedd, superstar German DJ ‘permanently banned’ from China for liking a ‘South Park’ tweet
Watch the ‘South Park’ Episode That Got the Show Banned in China
India’s repression in Kashmir is not compatible with democracy
Trump Slaps Visa Ban on Chinese Officials for Uyghur Persecution
‘There’s no hope for the rest of us.’ Uyghur scientists swept up in China’s massive detentions
Pompeo: ‘I wish the NBA would acknowledge’ China’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims
Xinjiang Children Sent to Inland Schools for “Sinicization”
Guinea Arrests Activists Opposing Third Term for Conde
Sexual Harassment in Kyrgyzstan: Should UNESCO Weigh In?
Kyrgyzstan to regulate religious schools
How Elites and Narcos Do Business, Politics in Honduras
‘I started painting the wall with my blood’: Inside Chechnya’s reported torture of gay people
Shaman Gabyshev announces new journey to Moscow
Detained Ingush land-deal activists denied access to lawyers
National Coming Out Day: A survivor of Chechnya’s anti-gay purge steps out of the shadows
Another Zambian Minister urges Speaker to declare ‘Barotseland’ un-parliamentary
‘Truce’ in Donbas: 26 Ukrainian soldiers killed, 75 wounded since July
Russia demands 20 and 15-year sentences against Crimean Tatar rights activist and five other Ukrainian political prisoners
Outrage as Crimean collaborators included in Russian delegation to Turkey
Majority of Ukrainians against ‘special status’ for occupied Donbas
Most people in separatist-held areas of Donbas prefer reintegration with Ukraine
Protests against Zelenskyy’s peace plan for Donbas continue as 12,000 march in Kyiv
Dozens vie to be Haiti’s leader amid perceived power vacuum
Orban Loses Budapest after a video of one of his allies at an orgy handed a last-minute gift
Family of US citizen imprisoned in Lebanon pleads for his release: ‘This is a cry for help’
U.N. envoy pushes to stop ‘blatant’ embargo violations in Libya
Migrants describe being tortured and raped on perilous journey to Libya
Euro 2020 qualifier between Bulgaria and England paused twice over racist abuse
Pique named Catalan Player of the Year
Human rights groups denounce ‘serious irregularities’ in Catalan trial
40 MEPs urge European Parliament to protect Puigdemont, Junqueras and Comín’s immunity
Hundreds in Barcelona protest Turkey offensive against Syrian Kurds
Catalan trial: the accused and the accusations
Brazilian journalist Taíza Brito says guilty verdict in Catalan trial would be ‘institutional violence’
Far-right supporters congregate in Barcelona for Spain’s National Day
Catalan Pro-Independence Flags Burn as Far-Right Marches for Hispanic Day in Barcelona
Catalan National Assembly calls for protests against Supreme Court verdict in 30 cities worldwide
Catalan independence leaders convicted to 9-13 years in jail for sedition
On the spot protests kick off in Catalonia after jailed leaders’ verdict
President Quim Torra calls verdict ‘act of vengeance and not justice’
Spain issues new extradition order for Puigdemont after verdict
Convictions condemn ‘more than two million people,’ says Puigdemont
Catalan parliament speakers past and present condemn leaders’ convictions
‘This has been a political trial’ – defense lawyers condemn verdict
UNPO Condemns the Sentencing of Catalan Political and Civil Society Leaders
Welsh MEP condemns ‘deeply distressing’ prison sentences for Catalan independence leaders
Catalan indy leaders’ sentences show Spain’s political extremism
Catalonia: Junqueras vows to return ‘more committed than ever’
Europe, now it’s up to you: Full statement from Catalonia’s Foreign Minister
Spanish riot police target Catalan protesters after leaders jailed
Catalan independence leaders disqualified from running in November 10 election
First jailed democratic government in EU, says VP Pere Aragonès
Protests continue across Catalonia into the evening
Cuba’s cosmetic political moves amid repression, economic misery are a big yawn
Rampant Belgium becomes 1st team to qualify for Euro 2020
Emerging Europe’s quiet energy revolution
The main activity of the Latvian state is the trade of Russophobia
Chinese demonstration in Vilnius unmasks Beijing’s reach into Lithuania
US will help Baltic states to secure Baltic energy grid
Belarus nuclear plant may launch first reactor in January 2020
Countries involved in EU cyber force creation meet in Vilnius
You can keep your fireworks, Latvia tells Russia
Vilnius calls for NATO to deploy air defences in Lithuania
Lithuania’s last partisan Kraujelis-Siaubūnas to be buried in Vilnius
Tallinn University targeted by Russian propaganda
US mechanised battalion with heavy armour deploys to Lithuania
Estonian president invites Hungarian, Finnish, Russian presidents to World Congress of Finno-Ugric Peoples
Singapore overtakes US as world’s most competitive economy
Protecting Indigenous Languages
Syrian refugee children embrace love of Welsh language
House prices and lack of work ‘emptying Welsh speaking communities’
Welsh language inspires new Gaelic campaign in Scotland
Bard na Gaidhli launches campaign to spread Gaelic pride
In one Twin Cities classroom, learning in Hmong and about being Hmong
Pacific languages are a source of strength
Harry Potter to be translated into te reo Māori
Code Switch: Saving The Endangered Hawaiian Language
‘Parasite’ Sets Foreign Language Record at Indie Box Office
Austrumi Linux Has Great Potential if You Speak Its Language
2019 Elders and Youth Conference: language is our superpower
Inuit exert language rights at Montreal conference with Inuktut-only panel
Ireland Sets Aside $1.3 Billion to Counter No-Deal Brexit Threat
Deadly rebel raid in Rwanda awakens painful memories
The Endless Trauma of Congo’s Forgotten War
More than 4,000 people have died from measles in Congo this year
India Arrests 15 Members of Tibetan Exile Group Ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Visit
China inks world’s most ambitious rail deal to connect Tibet with Kathmandu
In one way, I’m a refugee but I enjoy freedom in India, says Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama
China’s Study the Great Nation app ‘enables spying via back door’
Dalai Lama hints at possibility of him visiting China and Tibet in near future
Fewer young households in Finland own their homes
Petition calls for US to recognize Taiwan as independent nation
Panama lawmakers debate legalizing medicinal marijuana
Norway’s Outgoing Oil Regulator Is Upbeat Over Industry’s Future
El Salvador begins mass trial of alleged MS-13 gang members
New Caledonia to hold second independence referendum in 2020
New Caledonia and Corsica sign partnership agreement
Most of 95 people killed in Kiribati ferry disaster died from hunger, dehydration and hypothermia, inquiry finds

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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
1958 October 2: Guinea Independence Day
1932 October 3: Iraq Independence Day
1966 October 4: Lesotho Independence Day
1991 October 8: Croatia Independence Day
1962 October 9: Uganda Independence Day
1868 October 10: Proclamation of Cuban Independence Beginning Ten Years War
1970 October 10: Fiji Day
1911 October 10: National Day of the Republic of China, Taiwan
1968 October 12: Equatorial Guinea Independence Day
1492 October 12: Indigenous Peoples’ Day
1975 October 12: Saharawi National Unity Day
2008 October 15: International Parliamentarians for West Papua launches at the British Parliament in Westminster
1991 October 18: Azerbaijan Independence Day
1953 October 22: Laos Independence Day

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Balochistan: five wounded in Dera Allah Yar Acid attack
Balochistan: Two bullet-ridden dead bodies found in Kech
U.N. Rights Chief Calls for Investigation Into Violence as Hong Kong Reels From Escalating Protests
NATO Deputy Sec-Gen: Russia doesn’t want Georgia in NATO, but we’ve a different view
Scaremongering behind NATO’s Declining Popularity in Moldova
UN urges Bosnia and Herzegovina to address plight of migrants
French Polynesia’s leader in NZ for ‘Tuia 250’
Britain expresses ‘regret’ over killing of Maori when Captain Cook first landed
French Polynesian President calls for ‘revival’ of language and relationship between Tahiti and NZ
Biarritz Pays Basque launches official candidacy to host Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic surfing competitions
Pompeo warns about Chinese influence in Balkans
Azerbaijan: A linchpin of European energy diversity and security
America and Azerbaijan: Five Reflections on the Contract of the Century
Advocates for Biafra and Journalists Against Corruption Face Gov’t Crackdown
Australia–Indonesia relations: Don’t mention Papua
Facebook removes pages from Indonesia, Nigeria and Egypt over ‘inauthentic behaviour’
West Papua: Indonesian Government Uses Intimidation Tactics to Silence Pro-Papua Female Human Rights Lawyer
Indonesian Muslim hardliners encourage jihadis to go and fight in West Papua
Vanuatu invites foreigners to obtain citizenship in 1.5 months
Aruba says it will require Venezuelans to obtain visa to visit
Relatives of Dutch colonial victims will have their compensation cases heard
French sign language graduate teaching archery in Benin school for deaf children
North Korea breaks off nuclear talks with U.S. in Sweden
Inside Macron’s Russia Initiative
Russia making presence felt in Middle East
Bahamas will resume deportation of undocumented Haitians who survived Hurricane Dorian
Intrepid lawyer achieves quest to eradicate statelessness in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan: Seeing no evil in Xinjiang
Malaysia Slams News Article on China’s Uyghur Camps
Xinjiang education reform and the eradication of Uyghur-language books
China calls it re-education, but Uighur Muslims say it’s ‘unbearable brutality
US blacklists 28 Chinese firms for human rights violations, other abuses in China’s Xinjiang
Kalmykia Town Rallies Against New Mayor From Rebel-Held Eastern Ukraine
A Language Scholar’s Suicide Draws Official Disdain — And Brings Hope To Russia’s Minority Groups
Chechen community in Germany fears social rejection, deportation
‘Putin is a demon’: Russia founds Yakut shaman insane
One-off priceless ‘gem-inside-a-gem’ rattling diamond is unearthed in Siberia
Chechen family in Germany fights deportation to Russia
On top of the world in Siberia, Vladimir Putin relaxes ahead of his 67th birthday
A shaman unnerves Vladimir Putin
Thousands demand release of Ingush activist Zarifa Sautiyeva
First Look: Amadou Fled Mauritania and the “Highest Rate of Slavery in the Entire World” in Netflix’s Living Undocumented
Cook Islands Looking To Target 2026 World Cup
Kosovo Election Winner Vetevendosje Seeks Coalition Partner
Mia Farrow visits Chad to promote new approach to hunger
How Russia’s Interference In Ukraine Has Altered U.S. Policy Toward Belarus
Belarus Pardons Ukrainian Man After Kyiv Releases Belarusian ‘Spy’
Authorized Rally in Support of Independence Held in Minsk
UN chief praises ‘momentum’ in Western Sahara
Morocco delays UN process to strengthen Sahrawi territories’ occupation
Iran warns Turkey against military action in Syria
Turkey to send troops into northern Syria as US pulls out of area, White House says
SDF leadership says it will defend land ‘at all cost’ following White House statement
A family business: how Russian security forces target the Crimean Tatar community
Russia Jails Crimean Tatar Blogger Nariman Memedeminov on Bogus ‘Terrorism’ Charges
Protests against “Steinmeier’s formula” gather largest crowd since Euromaidan
Ukrainian prisoner with cancer savagely beaten after ECHR defended her right to medical treatment
Some non-Romani social work clients in the Czech Republic refuse aid from Romani people
Putin-Duterte Meeting Signals Bigger, Trickier Russian Role in South China Sea
Handing over weapons: M.I.L.F. combatants commit to peace in the Bangsamoro
Rise of Bloc Quebecois leader Yves-Francois Blanchet poses electoral challenge for PM Trudeau
Yemeni officials say protester killed at separatist rally
Ghana: Rumble over ‘coup’ plot
US senator barred from Kashmir as lockdown enters 3rd month
Gabon’s Bongo Makes Surprise Appearance Amid Questions on Health
Poás Volcano Erupts in Costa Rica, Closes Popular Park Near San Jose
Paraguay economy contracts 3.0% in Q2, worst fall since 2009
Portugal’s ruling Socialists win election but fall short of outright majority
Bangladesh asks Brunei to deport suspects in human trafficking ring
Liechtenstein Adopts Token Act to Attract Crypto Business
Four lessons from the deadly 2009 Samoa earthquake
Hundreds of thousands voice outrage over Bolivian leader’s response to forest fires
Uruguay cannabis firm targets booming global market for medical marijuana
Botswana to Offer Free HIV Medicine to Foreign Sex Workers
All Under One Banner Edinburgh: History in the making as 200k march for indyref2
No-show from Sturgeon at Edinburgh march was a slap in the face
An astonishing turnout in Edinburgh – where was the media?
Silver Lining? Tajikistan Defends Controversial Decision To Give Mine To China
After hitting rock-bottom, Fiji is flying again at World Cup
UK should compensate Wales for ‘reducing it to poverty’ – Plaid Cymru
Huw Edwards joins backlash over bilingual name for Welsh Senedd
Brexit ‘driving up independence support in Wales like Thatcher drove devolution’
Welsh independence referendum before 2030 possible, says Conservative AM
Pope meets with pro-LGBT priest denounced by hardline conservative Catholics
US reopens embassy in Somalia after 28 years
The United States Rewards Failure in Somalia, Ignores Success in Somaliland
Why Sweden Can Handle Its Spending Better Than America
From Laos to America: Hmong family finds refuge in U.S.
Government of Daniel Ortega turned Nicaragua into a safe haven for international criminals
Tunisia Counts Votes as Poll Suggests Deeply Split Parliament
Hundreds Return to Burundi as Mass Repatriation Effort Begins
Activist from Burundi receives top forestry award
Commission for Culture and Arts leads Philippines Indigenous Peoples’ Month celebration
Indigenous women have their say at inaugural Pilbara forum
An indigenous community in Mexico finds its voice — and strength — in wild mushrooms
Research finds uranium in Navajo women, babies
Indigenous organization slams Brazilian government and evangelical missionaries
Indigenous protests convulse Ecuador as president decries ‘coup attempt’
New UNESCO ambassador Yalitza Aparicio plans to support indigenous communities
Quebec premier apologizes to First Nations, Inuit for discrimination
The Sámi Arctic Strategy to shake up Arctic discourse
Alaska Native and civil rights icon Elizabeth Peratrovich to be featured on $1 coin
Madhya Pradesh: Adivasi toddler beaten to death for urinating in public
Adivasi children are picking up cameras to shoot
Adivasi leader Soni Sori arrested in Dantewada
Marshall Islands extends dengue health emergency
Hondurans React to Bribe Offered by El Chapo to President: ‘We Live in a Narcostate.’
EU chiefs urge membership talks with N.Macedonia, Albania
Greenland in US-Denmark-China Relations
Denmark calls for EU strategy to phase out diesel and petrol cars from 2030
New Nauru Govt puts focus on country’s future prosperity
Europe’s Airline Woes Hit Slovenia — and Its Promising Tourism Growth
US sanctions squeezing Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon
Humanitarian crisis increases in Haiti as anti-government protests grip the nation
UN investigator: Myanmar is not safe for Rohingyas to return
Assyrian Food Festival in Glendale serves up authentic food, taste of culture
Proud As A Peacock: Armenia’s New Yazidi Temple Draws Attention And Awe
LGBT groups from both sides of divided Cyprus join forces
Jamaica beat Britain for women’s relay gold
The story of Sierra Leone’s Krio people – in pictures
Can the Central African Republic’s peace deal be saved?
South Sudan: Crippled justice system and blanket amnesties fuelling impunity for war crimes
High Court in Northern Ireland rules country’s strict abortion ban violates human rights
Ireland says if UK’s Brexit proposals are final, there will be no deal
Britain Once Held All the Cards With Ireland. Brexit Turned the Tables.
Growing minority of teachers in Northern Ireland working across sectarian divide
Ireland to prepare for the worst with ‘no deal Brexit’ budget
U.S. Pastor Arrested in Rwanda Criticized Government for ‘Heathen Practices’: allowing access to abortion, birth control and for teaching evolution
Belgium’s first sighted wolf in a century feared killed by hunters
Mauritius’ prime minister dissolves parliament, calls general election
Spain’s assault on the European Parliament’s integrity sets a dangerous precedent
Thousands march as Catalonia marks secession vote date
Sanchez: I can still suspend Catalan autonomy at any time
Catalan president Quim Torra warned of ‘criminal charges’ over pro-independence signs on government buildings
French senators call for EU mediation between Catalonia and Spain
Spanish court denies Catalan parliament right to decide on monarchy
Council of Europe rapporteur to visit Catalonia to assess imprisonment of pro-independence leaders
Man who lost an eye on Catalan independence referendum day to run as Senate candidate for Puigdemont’s party
Lawyers and victims file a law suit accusing Spanish officials of crimes against humanity during Catalan independence referendum
Jailed Catalan independence activist Jordi Cuixart addresses Dublin meeting of human rights defenders
Europe’s Next Hiking Destination: Catalonia
Another Target for Spanish Courts? Catalan towns rename public spaces after 2017 independence referendum
“This will be a winning generation”
Catalan rider Marc Márquez clinches 6th MotoGP title
Catalan minister calls Spain’s lawsuit against three new delegations abroad ‘inadmissible’
Jailed leaders, new parties, familiar faces: election candidates ready ahead of verdict
Catalan unions postpone general strike until October 18
Borrell tiptoes around Catalan issue in hearing to become EU’s top diplomat
Unionist motion of no confidence against Catalan president fails
Spanish police officers moved to Catalonia in anticipation of post-verdict protests
Castellers de Vilafranca, Human Towers from Catalonia: San Francisco Catalan Week
Iceland to offer subsidy for international artists recording in its studios
Denial: How Moscow Portrays Its Occupation Of Poland And The Baltic States
Russian Energy Narrative Targets Poland, Ukraine and the Baltic States
Ukraine, Georgia, Baltic states form PACE alliance against Russia
Estonia tops emerging Europe for controlling corruption
New Belarusian Nuke Plant Prompts Lithuania To Prepare For The Worst
Putin furiously denies claims Stalin started World War 2
Hundreds of Russian Mercenaries Now in Venezuela, US Admiral Says
NATO’s membership needs a change
Estonia has the most competitive tax system in the OECD – for the sixth year in a row
US to help secure Baltic energy grid against cyber attacks
Nord Stream 2 ‘stunning blow to Europe’s energy security,’ says US Energy Secretary in Vilnius
Expatriate Lithuanians to have their own constituency in 2020 election
Tibet MP asks Lithuanian parliament for mediation with China
‘Fake News’ Law Goes Into Effect In Singapore, Worrying Free Speech Advocates
Amazon launches bigger local online store in Singapore
Qatar’s World Cup challenge magnified by track worlds issues
French fans, angry at early start time, protest with massive Tibet flag
Ahead of Modi-Xi meet, Tibetan govt-in-exile passes resolution on reincarnation of the Dalai Lama
Scientists fight to save unique Guiana coral reef
Finland to repatriate American Indian artefacts to the United States from its national collections
Oil-rich Venezuela and Russia come to aid of ally Cuba, but its energy woes persist
Plants alert neighbors to threats using common ‘language’
1st comprehensive anthology of Gaelic literature
El Salvador, Battling Corruption, Sees Murder Rate Drop by Half
Kiribati accused of trying to hide report on ferry disaster that claimed 81 lives
Goodwin Becomes Second US Law Firm to Launch in Luxembourg

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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
Last Week of September: Banned Books Week
2017 September 25: Iraqi Kurdistan independence referendum
September 26: European Day of Languages
1991 September 27: Turkmenistan Independence Day
1966 September 30: Botswana Independence Day
1938 September 30: Munich Agreement
2017 October 1: Catalan Independence Referendum
1960 October 1: Cyprus Independence Day
1960 October 1: Nigeria Independence Day
1978 October 1: Tuvalu Independence Day
1958 October 2: Guinea Independence Day
1932 October 3: Iraq Independence Day
1966 October 4: Lesotho Independence Day
1991 October 8: Croatia Independence Day
1962 October 9: Uganda Independence Day
1868 October 10: Proclamation of Cuban Independence Beginning Ten Years War
1970 October 10: Fiji Day
1911 October 10: National Day of the Republic of China, Taiwan
1968 October 12: Equatorial Guinea Independence Day
1492 October 12: Indigenous Peoples’ Day
1975 October 12: Saharawi National Unity Day
2008 October 15: International Parliamentarians for West Papua launches at the British Parliament in Westminster

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At 70, Communist China is older than the Soviet Union, while rivaling U.S. economic power
As China celebrates 70 years, its rhetoric on ‘dignity and rights’ drifts even further from reality
China and Russia are working to destroy democracy, and our victory is not assured
I was targeted by Welsh nationalists at university, Prince Charles reveals
Aberystwyth town council votes to back Welsh independence
Having Defeated UK PM in court Joanna Cherry hailed as future 1st minister of Scotland
Edinburgh All Under One Banner independence march set to be biggest one yet
Scotland’s stock exchange CEO: ‘We don’t need independence for launch’
Just what is it about Sturgeon that Boris finds so intimidating?
Dublin: A short walk through Ireland’s long fight for independence
Who’s Irish Now? The Rose of Tralee
Dying former soldier given guard of honour as he pleads not guilty to killing Northern Irish man during the Troubles
Irish foreign minister says reported UK border plan a non-starter
The travel agency of Britain’s far-flung 19th-century empire is dead
As ‘the last European divided country’, Cyprus President tells Assembly UN is ‘the only way forward’
6 Native leaders on what it would look like if the US kept its promises
Diego Tituaña starts indigenous rights workshop
Helping one another to advance respect and reconciliation
The Politics of Indigeneity and the Jumma struggle for land and recognition
Burundi Batwa communities called on to awake and participate in the 2020 elections
Qilakitsoq Mummies
‘Everything is burned’: Bolivian caravan marches across fire-ravaged region to pressure Morales
Athabascan elder Howard Luke remembered as a mentor and cultural ambassador
‘Molly of Denali’ Gives Native Kids a New Cartoon Hero
Govt to grant ¥660 mil. in Ainu-related subsidies
New approach to Gwich’in self-government will give more control to communities
Is your Thai holiday resort built on indigenous land?
Climate change threatens first peoples, body and soul
Stolen Generations member Barbara Cummings remembered as trailblazer in Aboriginal affairs
Aboriginal young people are FOUR times more likely to kill themselves
No more ‘cowboys and Indians’: Newsom wants Californians to learn Native American history
Native American Day 2019: Where Is It a Holiday and How to Celebrate?
Chief Standing Bear, Who Fought for Native American Freedoms, Is Honored With a Statue in the Capitol
Adivasi man burnt alive after being accused of witchcraft by fellow tribals
Students Tackle 21st Century Sustainability Challenges on the Navajo Nation
Silicon Valley goes to the Vatican to talk tech ethics
The Holy See and China: the door is open
Papua New Guinea to review resource extraction laws next year
‘We may be small islands, but no man is an island’, Papua New Guinea youth tells world leaders
Liberian President credits UN for ‘16 years of unbroken peace’, outlines plan to reduce poverty, boost growth
Liberian hospital patients turned away as medical strike bites
Uruguay beats Fiji to win first Rugby World Cup game for 16 years
Paradise, polluted: Cook Islands tries to clean up its tourism sector
A photographer captures a sacred South American festival where the living embrace the dead
Give it back to the gods: Reviving Māori tradition to protect marine life
‘Afraid We Will Become The Next Xinjiang’: China’s Hui Muslims Face Crackdown
Tens of thousands of New Zealand children kick off new climate strikes
Lesotho’s Thabane keeps Parliament suspended to avoid vote
Seychelles Stock Exchange Issues Tokenized IPO
Teachers on strike in Jordan demand higher income, ‘dignity’
Suriname backs decision to revoke J&K’s special status
Why Botswana Is Lifting Its Ban On Elephant Trophy Hunting
3 New Luxury Resorts in Dominica Leading the Caribbean Island’s Quiet Renaissance
The tiny Pacific island territory of Tokelau had best turnout for global climate strikes
Tuvalu cultural survival at risk from climate change, says UN human rights expert
Portugal’s animal-nature party poised as unlikely kingmaker
UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission calls on Russia to lift ban on Crimean Tatars’ Mejlis
Western Sahara: One of Africa’s Oldest Conflicts
A voice from Western Sahara in New Zealand
Aminatou Haidar, the “Gandhi of Western Sahara,” Wins Right Livelihood Award
Sahrawi activist: My struggle to keep conflict with Morocco peaceful
Trump administration just inked another deal making it harder to claim asylum in the US
In Honduras, years of drought pressure farmers to leave land
New streets in Cardiff to be given Welsh language names
‘Vel Gaelg ayd?’ The obscure European languages that came back to life
Māori Language Week organisers can’t meet demand for te reo merchandise
Iraq’s President should make part of his UN address in Kurdish, some Kurds say
National Inuit org approves new unified writing system
Bringing endangered Aboriginal languages back from the brink
Inside Europe: Celebrating the Scots language
Heading Down The ‘Old Town Road’ To Teach The Cherokee Language
Cherokee Nation announces $16 million investment in native language preservation
Young Marines honor Navajo Code Talkers on 75th anniversary of World War II
Free speech suppression online builds case to break up Big Tech
Poverty, brain drain, sects: East Timor’s archbishop talks of challenges
El Salvador Ramps Up Security To Stop Migrants
134 dead whales emerge in a mass stranding in Cape Verde
Woman Held For ‘Defaming’ Laos is Refused Family Visits
China unveil amphibious warship as South China Sea disputes go on
Vietnam Confronts China, Alone
Japan lists China as bigger threat than nuclear-armed North Korea
China restores ties with Kiribati, site of space tracking station
Kiribati and climate change: You’re going to hear more about it
‘My guard was down’: Hong Kong pro-independence leader Andy Chan attacked in street by masked men
Taiwan Rallies for Hong Kong to Resist Beijing’s Influence
Marshall Islands shows support for Taiwan after neighbors favor China
Nauru backs Taiwan after two Pacific nations switch diplomatic ties to China
Nauru President warns of possible climate change ‘economic Armageddon’
Tunisia’s Fellagha and the Battle for Independence
Cameroon opens dialogue to end Anglophone separatist crisis
Vietnam: Ethnic minority empowered to fight poverty
Gia Vang, the Twin Cities’ first Hmong-American news anchor adjusts to life in Minnesota
Czech city synonymous with ethnic segregation sets up “Committee to Map and Eliminate Negative Social Phenomena”
Despite $380M in US aid for religious minorities persecuted by ISIS, 1 million from Nineveh Plains remain displaced
ADB pledges $30m to Solomon Islands hydropower project
Kosovo’s fate in the Western Balkans will determine the future stability of Europe
How the diaspora will play a vital role in the political future of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Light Touch, Tight Grip: China’s Influence and the Corrosion of Serbian Democracy
Macedonia name dispute now waged on store shelves
Greece’s new prime minister wants to turn the country around
‘Genius’ Grant Goes To Marine Scientist Who Embraces Flash Mobs And Comic Books
Dismay over release of French Polynesia sex offenders
The Pacific and a “third option” to the independence question
About 30 killed in landslide at Chad gold mine
Chad Jails Journalist for Three Years in Unprecedented Case
An African success story: Togo’s princesses of wax print
Nigeria fall to Togo for second time in a week
Monaco Yacht Show unveils its biggest superyacht fleet ever
São Tomé and Príncipe to become a middle-income country
A ‘New’ Russian Approach to Circassian Repatriation?
Nursery BANS girl, two, because her deformed skull ‘might scare other children’
Supporters Of Yakut Shaman Stop March To Moscow After ‘FSB Threats’
Ex-Mari El governor accused of $4 mln bribery to spend second New Year in detention
The Most Important Book on Post-Soviet Chechnya—and Much Else Besides
A Murder in Berlin: The Untold Story of a Chechen ‘Jihadist’ Turned Secret Agent
A Kalmyk Village Through Time: Buddhist Lore and History in Tsagan Aman
Barotse Royal Establishment submits to parley committee-maintains that Zambia was a creation of two countries
On the road with Somaliland’s dedicated polio vaccinators
Remembering The American Samoa Tsunami Ten Years On
We Are On The Front Line Of Climate Change, Marshall Islands President Says
Liechtenstein: Tiny jewel of the Alps
The Summer Of 1999 And The IMU In Kyrgyzstan
Tibet Is Still Burning
TikTok censors references to Tiananmen and Tibet
Mobile malware campaign targeting Uyghur Muslims impacted Tibetans too
Tibetans in India Join the Global Climate Strikes to Bring Attention to Their Burning Homeland
70th Founding Anniversary of People’s Republic of China Marks 60 years of Occupation of Tibet
China’s Communist Party is as Shadowy and Repressive as When it Took Power 70 Years Ago
TikTok—Yes, TikTok—Is the Latest Window Into China’s Police State
China on the offensive about Xinjiang — raises issue at U.N.
US Urges Action on China’s Uyghur Camps From Muslim World
Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize awarded to Ilham Tohti
70 Years of the People’s Republic of China, 70 Years of Repression
Internet provides new space for Kyrgyzstan’s north-south divide
The United States Should Help Mongolia Stand Up to China
On the Edge at the Roof of Eurasia: Counternarcotics’ Tajikistan Problem
Tajikistan’s First-Ever Olympic Champion Nazarov Suspended Amid Doping Allegations
Finally, A Defense Of Tajikistan’s Lawyers
Domestic Violence Widespread In Tajikistan; Abuse Is Not A Crime
Turkmenistan To Merge Parliament With People’s Council
Queuing For Bread In Ashgabat: Turkmenistan Faces Fresh Food Shortages
10 years after Guinea stadium massacre, justice is elusive
eSwatini public servants clash with police in salary protests
Aruba Wants to Be Testing Ground for Sustainable Developments
“Howdy Modi!” Rally: Kashmir and Khalistan fighting for Freedom
Indian government announces to release eight political Sikh prisoners; Bhai Rajoana’s death sentence to be commuted to life sentence
New York: Thousands rally for human rights in Kashmir
Police impose restrictions in Indian Kashmir after Pakistan PM’s speech
India moves to assuage Sikhs, derail Pakistan’s Khalistan and Kashmir plan
It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way: Stepping Away From a Disastrous War Over Kashmir
Let Kashmir speak
In Kashmir, Modi Is Failing Both Muslims and Hindus
Howdy Modi: Baloch And Sindh Activists Expose Pakistan In Houston
Baloch Activist Lashes At Imran Khan: Pak Disowned By Muslim Countries
Baloch Activist In New York Exposes ‘Pakistan’s Terror Project’
Baloch Activist To PM Modi & Donald Trump: Save Us From Pakistan Army
Pak is blot on humanity, virus for entire world: Baloch activist
World can perceive insincerity of Khan’s UNGA address: Baloch leader Mehran Marri
Balochistan: Pakistani forces abduct Baloch youth from Turbat
Balochistan: Baloch political activist dies in Pakistani forces custody, body shifted to hospital
Balochistan: Families of disappeared Baloch anxious for their loved ones
Balochistan: 3 men abducted from Panjgur, resident of Mand released after 2 years
Balochistan: National Party’s local leader shot dead in Quetta
A Nobel for Sweden’s Greta Thunberg? A tough decision for prize committee
Foraging Is Part Of Swedish Identity; Now Its Countryside Is The Wildest Restaurant
Why the left’s belief in a Swedish ‘utopia’ is based on a lie
Kurdistan independence referendum was natural right of Kurds, parliament speaker says
Barzani salutes ‘those who never bowed’ on independence referendum anniversary
Locals in northern Syria ready to resist Turkish incursion – Kurdish leader
Kurdistan Region trade officials visit Flanders to boost economic ties
Kurdish parties announce ‘Kurdistani Coalition’ for 2020 local election in disputed areas
Women once again lead in Halabja where university names female president
Syrian Kurds criticise UN envoy over new committee
Kurdistan orders mass polio vaccination campaign after outbreak in Philippines
Chinese diplomat meets Kurdistan Region PM, says Beijing wants to increase investment in Kurdistan
Russia fumes over Belarus’s refusal to host air base
Kazakh energy minister says Belarus oil deal talks continue
Tajik Opposition Activist Detained In Belarus, Faces Extradition
Stand Up And Be Counted: Ethnic Poles In Belarus Gear Up For Census
Belarus, Which Is Not On TV
African Free Trade Stumbles With Nigerian Blockade of Benin
Switzerland’s first crypto bank reports “overwhelming” demand
Switzerland Just Banned the Egg Industry From Grinding Live Chicks
A Trump Bump Is Turning Up the Heat on Greenland’s Real-Estate Market
Faroe Islands to stage its first ever UEFA finals tournament
Costa Rica will run on more than 98% renewable energy for fifth consecutive year, government says
Burundi, the Forgotten Crisis, Still Burns
‘Climate of fear’ worsens in Burundi
Samoa escapes double red card as it rallies to win against Russia
Hazzaa al-Mansoori, First U.A.E. Astronaut, Launches to Space Station
Oman minister describes role as ‘facilitator’ of diplomacy in turbulent region
Tiny Kingdom of Bhutan Fighting Malaria Epidemic
Malta: Not all EU nations keeping word on migrant-sharing
10 Artists To Watch From Barbados (2019 Edition)
Learning from Barbados, Pittsburgh collective builds local model for Black environmentalism
After Biafra: ‘runboyrun’ and ‘In Old Age
Monuments to Ethnic ‘Heroes’ Spark Divisions in Montenegro
Exhibition: The Basque children: child refugees from the Spanish Civil War
Putin Pledges Continued Support For Separatist Government Of Georgia’s Breakaway Abkhazia
Israel arrests Palestine’s Jerusalem Minister Fadi al-Hadami
Iran’s top general says wiping Israel off map is an ‘achievable goal’
Albania’s endangered Jewish museum celebrates ‘rebirth’
Kurz leans towards Greens after far-right losses in Austria
Guyana to hold key election ahead of first oil
Guinea-Bissau spotlights threats of organized crime, Sahel terrorism in speech to UN Assembly
Czech opposition lawmakers fail in bid to remove president
Imprisoned Azeri Journalist Enters Hunger Strike
What turned Azerbaijan into linchpin of energy diversity, security?
Extradition of Azeri banker’s wife blocked by UK court
Romania Opposes Federal Solution to Moldova’s Transnistria Problem
Uneasy calm hovers over West Papua
20 killed, 70 hurt in protests in Indonesia’s Papua province
The people of West Papua on a quest for right to self-determination
Berber pottery on display at Tunisia’s first ceramics fest
A look at the Tuareg, the Islamic tribe in Africa where men wear veils instead of women
Amazigh Wedding Fest Takes Dating to New Level in Morocco
Gabon receives $150 million to preserve its rainforest
A startling photo of a pistol-wielding senator highlights Haiti’s many crises
Haiti Braces for Fresh Round of Protests Amid Calls for President to Resign
Jamaica’s Williams escapes doping ban
Senior US official issues strong new warning to Myanmar on Rohingya amid growing concern about refugees’ future
Bangladesh to fence in over 30 Rohingya refugee camps to halt their sprawl
Hungary joins Trump’s attack on ‘open-borders’ agenda at UN, says ‘national interest comes first’
Protests flare in Lebanon over dire economic conditions
U.S. launches strike in southern Libya as U.N. warns of escalation
Dozens of construction workers feared trapped in Sierra Leone building collapse
Central African Republic: Three UN peacekeepers killed following helicopter crash
Belgium’s ‘executioner of Raqqa’ demands to be repatriated, tried in Belgium
Gems, Warlords and Mercenaries: Russia’s Playbook in Central African Republic
Car Bombers in Somalia Hit U.S. and European Military Bases
Instead of ignoring abuses of its member states, the EU must defend its citizens’ rights
‘What do you fear?’: Catalan president Quim Torra demands agreed referendum in key parliament speech
Record 8 million visit Barcelona between January and August
Catalan foreign action plan won’t be changed despite threats from Spain
Court rejects Torra’s appeal against order to remove yellow ribbon from Catalan government building
Ahead of verdict Catalan parliament insists on the right to self-determination and seeks amnesty for 2017 referendum leaders
Seven more Catalan independence supporters sent to prison
Arrested Catalan independence supporters face terrorism charges
Catalan parliamentary majority ‘denounces criminalization of independence camp’
Intervention of the Catalan National Assembly
On November 19 Five members of Catalan parliament will face trial for their role in the 2017 independence bid
Catalonia human rights abuses ‘should concern everyone’
President Torra on terrorism accusations: ‘We can’t condemn what doesn’t exist’
Birth rate in Catalonia sees another drop in 2018
Two years since the Catalan referendum: a contested story with its verdict looming
Catalan police head resigns on eve of referendum anniversary
Catalonia Independence Referendum Anniversary: Montserrat shines with 131 peaktop lights symbolizing country’s presidents
Unions calls general strike on October 11 with jailed leaders’ verdict looming
Latest Catalan detentions are part of ‘dirty war’, supporter says
Peaceful protest is apparently now illegal in Spain
Catalonia lights up to mark two-year indyref anniversary
Protests begin around Catalonia to commemorate October 1 vote
Government commits to ‘moving forward’ towards Catalan republic
Russia is About to Get A Close Look at the F-35 Stealth Fighter
Offering Treatment to Tigers and Teddies
‘Just Say Yes’ summit brings community together to address youth substance abuse
2 crypto Ponzi schemes flagged in Mauritius
U.S. issues travel ban for Cuba’s Castro over human rights accusations, support for Venezuela’s Maduro
Russian Foreign Ministry Denies the Soviet Union Occupied Estonia
Tallinn summons Russian ambassador after fighter jet enters Estonian airspace
Latvia at UN: Russia’s disregard of international law cannot be recognized as ‘new norm’
Vilnius ‘adheres with one-China policy: Hong Kong protest is not the new Baltic Way
US army deploying to Lithuania with heavy armour, mechanised troops
Judins: reasonable policy is needed to fix Latvia’s demographic problems
Russian pipeline firm launches anti-EU dispute
Estonian-inspired World Cleanup Day brings together 20 million people cleaning their countries
Over 3000 troops begin exercise Silver Arrow in Latvia
MS Estonia disaster 25th anniversary marked in Tallinn, Pärnu and Võru
Baltic states and Georgia join Ukraine in boycotting Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly
NATO jets scrambled eight times in Estonian, Lithuanian airspace
Lithuania holds 4-day nuclear accident response drill as Belarus’ plant nears completion
Chinese anniversary event in Vilnius attracts protest by Tibet supporters
75 fine cars seized from Equatorial Guinea president’s son go to auction
A Place Where The Opioid Problem Is Upside Down
Athletes feeling the heat at Qatar world championships
Europe to get first Capital of Culture north of the Arctic Circle

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