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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
1979 October 27: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Independence Day
1991 October 27: Turkmenistan 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
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Antigua and Barbuda Retain World Domino Title
Protesters, soldiers clash in Comoros over presidential term extension
Titiyev, Activist Jailed In Chechnya, Awarded Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize
Win a smartphone in Russia by denouncing neighbours for ‘extremism’
Two “DNR ministers” surrender to Ukraine. Will the rest follow?
Russian controlled ‘Luhansk republic’ bans all Protestant churches
Crimean children take oath to serve as friends of the Russian FSB
Italian Minister Says Rome Will Oppose Extension Of EU Sanctions On Russia
Court in Finland finds pro-Kremlin trolls guilty of harassing journalist
Balochistan: Pakistani forces abduct five persons from different areas
Taiwan independence rally attracts thousands of protestors in Taipei
Preparations Underway for Independence Vote Next Year in Bougainville
Spain won’t overturn decree facilitating companies fleeing Catalonia after all
Minister and mayor summoned to high court over Catalan October 1 referendum
Tribute to Catalan president Lluís Companys executed by Franco October 15, 1940
Brussels won’t oppose Madrid closing hundreds of Catalan independence referendum web sites
One year on, Catalan pro-independence activists remain in pre-trial jail
Spain vetoes Catalan language in European Parliament
Greece sacks honorary consul in Barcelona at demand of Spanish government
No Spanish budget negotiations whilst many Catalan politicians are in prison or exile
Exiled Catalan official claims Spanish diplomatic moves to bar him from event in Belgium
Switzerland loses top spot as US named most competitive economy
Barotseland: periodic prayer rituals will not sanitize Zambia’s many transgressions!
Chinese official says ‘sinicization’ of religion in Xinjiang must go on
Prominent Uyghur Publisher Arrested, Under Investigation
Children Caught in Xinjiang Crackdown
Xinjiang Authorities Detain Prominent Uyghur Journalist in Political ‘Re-Education Camp’
China’s Targeting of Uyghur Scholars an Outrageous Abdication of the Rule of Law
NZ addresses UN on Tokelau self-governance
Bulgaria indicts suspect accused of the rape and murder of a television journalist
Welcome to Bulgaria, the world’s fastest shrinking nation
Sweden leads the world in cashless payments
Sweden has EU’s lowest proportion of people living in serious poverty
Somaliland’s world-leading move towards a cashless culture
DP World investment boosts Somaliland’s push for sovereignty
Four parties agree to Western Sahara talks
IV UN Commission: EU backs a solution that provides the self-determination to the Saharawi people
Unfair sentences against Saharawi journalists in the Occupied Territories of Western Sahara
UN adopts resolution for self-determination of Sahrawi people
China could either transform you or you can transform China: Tibetan President
The West should learn some bravery from Tibet
A Tibetan view of the Vatican’s agreement with China
Tibetan Land Protesters Attacked, Beaten in Qinghai
Geoengineering will happen, China controlling rain across Tibet
Blessings From Beijing: Inside China’s Soft-Power War on Tibet
Heeding China’s call, Hong Kong tightens grip on dissent
Danske Bank money laundering: Europe’s ‘biggest scandal’
Miss Earth Lebanon is stripped of her title after posing for a photo with Miss Earth Israel
Welsh language and heritage centre in Gwynedd wins top award in Brussels
What is Shwmae Su’mae Day and what it means to those who speak Welsh
We deliver letters addressed in Irish and Ulster Scots, says Royal Mail after post returned
Armenia’s Pashinian Resigns To Force New Elections
Gambia Launches Truth and Reconciliation Body to Confront Abuses Under Yahya Jammeh
Journalist murder a toxic mystery in Malta one year on
Indonesia’s Papua Media Blacklist
Light at end of tunnel for West Papua
Real-time plantation map aims to throttle deforestation in Papua
West Papua’s Suppression Is a Fraudulent Process Facilitated by the UN
Scotland’s independence marchers show the movement is far bigger than the SNP
Belize Celebrates Hicatee Awareness Month
At U.N., Cuban diplomats shout down U.S. event on political prisoners
Patriotic Union of Cuba: Cuba frees dissident after US call for release
Police: At Least 2 Dead in Anti-Corruption Protests in Haiti
Biafra: No substitute For Biafra Referendum And Election Boycott
1st indigenous Miss Panama advocates for native peoples
Indigenous Stories for Young Readers
Indonesia’s Indigenous Languages Hold the Secrets of Surviving Disaster
The Aboriginal language taught more than Spanish in NSW schools
Language app adds Navajo courses
Self-determination underpins new Aboriginal affairs framework
On the Trail of Missing American Indian Women
Canada’s Wild Salmon Caravan Connects Future Of Fish And Indigenous People
Kosovo moves to create an army, Serbia warns of ‘threat to peace’
Serbian Patriarch Faces Calls to Apologise in Montenegro
British student Matthew Hedges charged with spying in United Arab Emirates
Macedonian parliament approves country’s name change
Rwanda names 50% female Cabinet, following Ethiopia
Syrian Kurdish leader: Anybody who attacks our areas will face same fate as Islamic State
Russian narrative against US-backed forces in Syria intensifies
Turkey to host Syria summit with Russia, Germany, France
A strong Kurdistan region is good for US in Iraq
US needs to support Kurds in Iraq and Syria: Former Pentagon Official
4,536 bodies exhumed in Nineveh since ISIS defeat: Iraqi human rights commission
Nobel Winner Nadia Murad Puts A Voice To Yazidi Minority’s Message
Kurds want justice a year after Iraq’s takeover of Kirkuk
Iraqi counter-terrorism arrest Kurdish activist in Kirkuk for protesting Oct. 16 attack
Iran launches drones from Kirkuk to monitor Kurdish parties’ activities
IRGC masses troops on Iraq border amid rising tensions with Kurdish groups
Iranian Kurds call on international community to prevent new Iran cross-border attacks
Iran executes seven in past week, three of them Kurds
Iran arrests six Kurds for aiding opposition forces
Turkey shells Kurdistan Region, claims it killed 12 PKK members
Turkey deposes some 260 elected village heads, arrests follow
Daniel Ortega unleashes Orwellian repression as Nicaragua accused of torturing protesters
Albania migration trends change, 52 percent mull leaving
Videofact: Girl Refused To Give Way To Lukashenka’s Cortege In Hrodna
El Salvador celebrates its first saint, whose legacy continues
Martyr priest, now Saint Romero, challenged power in El Salvador
Chinese demand fuels Solomon Islands mass deforestation
Croats rally to demand faster war crimes investigations
Migrant caravan heads north as Trump threatens to stop aid to Honduras
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