Small Nations' Alliance



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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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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
1810 September 18: Fiestas Patrias, Chile
1983 September 19: Saint Kitts and Nevis Independence Day
1991 September 21: Armenia Independence Day
1981 September 21: Belize Independence Day
1964 September 21: Malta Independence Day
Last Week of September: Banned Books Week
1960 September 22: Mali Independence Day
1973 September 24: Guinea-Bissau Independence Day
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

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Death by Socialism
How to make a lasting regime change: A guide for aspiring (democratic) reformers
Trump says future belongs to “patriots,” not “globalists,” in U.N. General Assembly speech
Berber mythology … the three gods that marked ancient Moroccans
‘Simplicity is freedom’: Grammy Award-winning band Tinariwen to headline at Cat’s Cradle
Darija, a lingua franca influenced by both Arabic and Berber
Tuareg rebel-controlled town in Mali concerns African leaders
War veterans heal through community work and rehabilitation in East Timor
From the Archives, 1999: Australian troops sent to East Timor
Army major returns to East Timor for commemorative events
Commemoration to mark ‘hell on earth’ conflict in East Timor
Timorese boy named in honour of Sir Peter Cosgrove after 1999 peacekeeping mission
Yemen’s Houthis threaten to attack United Arab Emirates targets
Who are south Yemen’s separatists?
Separatist movements threatening India’s existence
Uyghur human rights defender – Renew Europe Group’s candidate for the Sakharov Prize 2019
US Secretary of State Pompeo Urges Asia to Resist China’s Demands to Repatriate Uighurs
At U.N., Trump pushes religious freedom at event slamming China over Uighurs
Georgia Extradites Chechen Terror Suspect to Russia, Triggering Criticism
Benin-Nigeria border closure causing economic crisis
UN warns: Dominican Republic drought has come to stay
Tuvalu changes PM, adds to concerns over backing for Taiwan in Pacific
China extends influence in Pacific as Solomon Islands break with Taiwan
Kiribati cuts diplomatic ties with Taiwan, second Pacific island nation in a week
Marshall Islands back Taiwan
Anguilla Tourism Growth Continues Caribbean Trend
New Generation MP calls for Kurdish interpretation in Council of Representatives
Iraqi President meets KRG leaders to ‘guarantee rights’ for Kurds in Baghdad
US continues to arm Syrian Kurds despite Turkey’s objections
Kurdish massacre survivor’s ‘mission from God’
Peshmerga found murdered in the UK
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan office shot at in Erbil
Gunmen fire on Kurdistan Democratic Party headquarters in Sulaimani
Kurdish Friendship Group to be established in European Parliament
Hungary pledges 30 scholarships per year to Kurdistan Region students
US announces new Iran sanctions, more troops, equipment to Saudi Arabia, UAE
14 Kurdistan Workers’ Party fighters ‘neutralized’ in Turkey-Kurdistan Region border areas
Kurdistan’s illegal oil refineries devastate land and public health
Netherlands: Removal of Kurdish mayors undermines Turkish democracy
Barzani calls on Islamic scholars to be more active in spreading tolerance
Kurdistan schools near Turkish border close down amid Turkish airstrikes
Mother of renowned Kurdish filmmaker not allowed to leave Iran
Portugal: Europe’s Hottest Property Market Is Getting Too Hot for Some
Basque derby set for United States
Trial ends with freedom for all but two Eta accused Basques
Euskaltel extends coverage to all Catalonia
China says Maldives is not ‘mired in a Chinese debt trap’
False: Russia’s OSCE Rep Claims Kosovo a Failed ‘Quasi-State Entity’
Global gateway: Somaliland upgrades its window to the world
US takes ‘richest nation on earth’ crown from Switzerland
McDonald’s in Sweden Converting Billboards into ‘Hotels’ for Bees
As shock wears off, mental health concerns grow in Bahamas
Gay and Catholic in Slovakia: ‘Christianity Can Look Different’
What peace means for Afghanistan’s Hazara people
A Revolution in Brittany: Mayors Defy French State to Ban Pesticides
Eighty political prisoners held in Crimea now — lawyer
Ukraine Gets Its Chance
Russia uses farcical police line-ups to imprison Crimean Tatar civic activists and journalists
Ukraine’s delegation boycotts PACE’s autumn session over Russia’s return
Baluch Raji Ajohi Sangar: Emergence of a New Baluch Separatist Alliance
Balochistan: Four ‘unattended’ dead bodies buried in Quetta
Balochistan: Pakistan army sexually assaulted two Baloch girls
Pakistani military conducts fresh offensives in district Awaran Balochistan
Baloch, Sindhi, Pashto groups gather in Houston to seek help from Modi, Trump
Turkey looking to make Cyprus its puppet – Cypriot President
Lesotho achieves second 90 after rapid treatment expansion
How a Chinese Investor Rattled a Tiny African Kingdom’s Economy
Thousands of West Papuan students return home over safety fears
More casualties in West Papua highlands violence
Three West Papuan civilians killed, four injured in clashes with Indonesian forces
West Papua — Australia’s new Timor-Leste?
Paranoia in West Papua
Airport closed, gunfire reported in Papua protest ‘chaos’
At least 20 killed and 70 injured in day of violence in West Papua
Restore normal life to Kashmir, India’s top court tells government
Kashmir’s communication blackout is a ‘devastating blow’ for academics, researchers say
Apples rot in Kashmir orchards as lockdown puts economy in tailspin
Farooq Abdullah once defended India amid global backlash on Kashmir. Now, he has to defend himself
Lord of the Rings returns to New Zealand with Amazon TV show
Change to Come: 40 Years of Māori Artists and the Moving Image
First female Māori bishop ordained in New Zealand
Māori tribe bans replica of Captain Cook’s Endeavour ship from docking for anniversary celebration
School fire kills 28 children in Liberia: ‘Everything was blazing’
Nomad Games Kyrgyzstan embraces nomadic history
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan flounder in finding fix for border woes
Tajikistan: Barriers to Aid for Domestic Violence Victims
No Prime Minister: The Deteriorating Security Environment in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Chinese Police Launch Joint Patrols In Serbia
Poland, Serbia and Russia: Strategic misunderstanding
Laos State Media: Woman Arrested for Criticizing Government on Facebook Confesses
Dangerous dams: Laos and the curse of hydroelectric gold
Majors Continue To Strike More Oil Offshore Guyana
Diplomats declare Guyana government in breach of constitution as first oil looms
Lebanon, Hezbollah and Iran’s Emerging Client State
Lebanon: 480 Israeli violations of resolution 1701 in two months – report
In Israel, Gantz and Netanyahu Start Talks on Possible Unity Government
Central America’s dengue epidemic deadly in Honduras
This Man Just Swam From Barbados to Saint Lucia
Nicaragua Opposition Leader Claims His Country’s Government Is Abducting and Murdering Those Who Stand In Its Way
China accuses Pelosi of “interference” as battle rages to control narrative on Hong Kong
Will a massive marine protected area safeguard Cook Islands’ ocean?
Moldova Turns to FBI for Help in Investigating $1 Billion Fraud
Samoa’s tattooed rugby players to cover up at times in Japan
Austria to give citizenship to descendants of Nazi victims
Is Commonwealth of Dominica a cancer country?
NZ’s Pacific communities call for climate action
Work commences on Pacific undersea internet cable
Chinese university to offer courses in seven Pacific languages
India PM Narendra Modi to meet leaders of 30 small nations
Oil leads São Tomé and Príncipe to negotiate with Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria
Sohar facilitates 15 years of continued economic growth in Oman
Paraguay To Start Issuing Medical Cannabis Production Licenses
Mongolia keeps the dialogue going on North Korea
Czech Weapons end up in Azerbaijan Despite Embargo
Russia, Belarus to Form Economic ‘Confederacy’ by 2022 – Kommersant
Chocolate: A Taste of Independence in Togo
Slovak bus company caught on video repeatedly denying some Romani passengers service
Feeding Papua New Guinea
Everybody in North Macedonia wants to be a cannabis farmer
Guinea-Bissau governance vulnerabilities under review by the IMF
Communities at the heart of positive and inclusive change
Hmong among us made early mark
Rugby World Cup: How Wales created a home-away-from-home in Japan
Welsh-speaking NHS patients ‘put at risk’ by language barrier
English people living in Wales tilted it towards Brexit, research finds
Ingush Supreme Court ruled to eliminate Muftiate
‘We can find you anywhere’: the Chechen death squads stalking Europe
‘This Was A Political Protest’: Widow Of Udmurt Scholar Hopes His Death Will Bring Change
“If my language disappears tomorrow, I am ready to die today”. Albert Razin died in protest at forced Russification
Hands off our cultural heritage, say world’s indigenous people
Siberian shaman on trek to ‘exorcise’ Putin arrested
Chechnya TV Shows Trio Confessing To ‘Witchcraft’
The memories Chechnya holds
Website Owned by Malta Dioceses Promotes Gay Pride March
Malta: Mediterranean island is a citadel of many cultures and a popular filming locale
UN Shares Details of Burundian Activist’s Murder
Albania struck by 5.6-magnitude earthquake, injuring at least 37
Bolivia Is Fighting Major Forest Fires Nearly As Large As In Brazil
Trinidad and Tobago organizations need help to support Venezuelan refugees
Cameron sought Queen’s help over Scottish independence
British Broadcasting Corporation defends decision to exclude Scottish National Party from Supreme Court ruling special
China steps in to ease housing challenge in Cape Verde
IPOB Leader Kanu Petitions UN Over Killings Of Biafrans, Detention Of Sowore
Biafra: Nnamdi Kanu takes struggle to Japan
How aquaculture can help protect Suriname’s indigenous peoples
Sámi Parliament torn on local rights, urban influence
Athabascan elder Howard Luke dies
The Highest Suicide Rate in the World
Suicide risk factors vary by ethnic group
Nome hosts Inuit food summit
Indigenous People Are Already Working “Green Jobs” — but They’re Unrecognized and Unpaid
Indigenous leaders call attention to disastrous forest fires
Indigenous communities, wildlife under threat as farms invade Nicaraguan reserve
While the Amazon burns, Brazil’s indigenous peoples rise up
Polar research should include Indigenous perspectives
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge drilling is next chapter in long history of plundering Arctic resources
The Arctic railway
Pentecostal Christians Are Burning Australia’s Sacred Aboriginal Objects
The Aboriginal flag dispute in focus: who owns the right to use?
Cherokee football legend McMickens has died
Only 8 People in This Indigenous Tribe Still Speak Their Native Language. The Amazon Fires May Wipe It Out Completely.
25 Years After ‘Operation Uphold Democracy,’ Experts Say the Oft-Forgotten U.S. Military Intervention Still Shapes Life in Haiti
10 Years After Haiti’s Earthquake, ‘This Music School Will Never Stop’
‘The coral are coming back’: Reviving Jamaica’s elegant and essential coral reefs
Turkmenistan Backtracking On Pledges About Disappeared Prisoners
Kuwait oil sector heightens security after Saudi Aramco attacks
Libya: Locked or moving forward?
A Nation’s Tense Debate Over How To Fight Rape
Chinese firm launches aquaculture pens off Brunei
The 111th Anniversary of Bulgaria’s Declaration of Independence
These Jehovah’s Witnesses Have Been Imprisoned in Eritrea for the Past 25 Years Without Trial
DRC army says Rwandan Hutu rebel commander Mudacumura killed
Why Spain is having yet another election
Elections in Spain: What could influence the November elections to break the political impasse?
Catalonia’s self-rule threatened once again as Spain prepares for snap-election
Taking back the hills: a tale of women rights and lands in the Catalan Pyrenees
Foreign investment in Catalonia up 16% in first half of 2019
Facebook and Twitter pull over 300 accounts linked to Spain’s People’s party
Catalan sovereignty movement at a crossroads
Messi beats Van Dijk, Ronaldo to FIFA The Best
Unionists claim pro-independence camp has ‘violent agenda’
Outrage in pro-referendum camp following arrest of nine activists for ‘terrorism’
Catalonia favors regional governments for battle against climate change at UN HQ
Barcelona hosts Best Chef Awards with Catalans in the spotlight
Supreme Court authorizes exhumation of Spain’s late dictator Francisco Franco
Mauritius activists seek to overturn anti-gay law
Iceland hosts first major international #MeToo conference
Iceland — Yes, Iceland — Is the Best Place in the World For Retirement
Iceland fined for Eurovision pro-Palestinian protest
United States expels 2 Cuban U.N. diplomats for conducting ‘influence operations’
‘The biggest show in town’ — how rugby united a divided Ireland
From backdoor to backstop: Ireland’s shifting relationship with Britain and Europe
Pound Rally Fizzles as Ireland Puts Dampener on Brexit Hopes
Estonia worried West’s loosening grip on Russia could end in third intervention
Russia pushes to reclaim Baltic gas market
Lithuania to hold nuclear accident at Astravyets response readiness drill
EP calls to counter Russia’s attempts to whitewash Soviet crimes and rewrite history
How to make a lasting regime change: A guide for aspiring (democratic) reformers
Governments still struggling to contend with weaponized social media platforms
New Lithuanian cardinal, ‘strong internally,’ spent time in Soviet prison
New rotation of Lithuanian military instructors leaves for Ukraine
Riigikogu committee discusses achieving carbon neutrality in Estonia
Chinese culture minister to visit Latvia in October
New Polish channel in Lithuania seeks to win back ethnic minority viewers from Russian TV
Environmental activists pluck plastic from world’s beaches on mass cleanup day
Estonia commemorates the day the Soviet Union occupied the country
NATO jets scrambled six times last week by Russian aircraft violations
On day of Vilnius Ghetto liquidation, Lithuania marks national Holocaust remembrance day
Duterte forms committee to assist Bangsamoro gov’t
Qatar: Despite reform promises, migrant workers still return home without wages or justice
Illegally tapping French Guiana’s forest of gold
Breaking the Silence: Gambian Beauty Queen Publicly Accuses Former Dictator of Rape
The US sent bomb-sniffing dogs to Jordan. Now they’re dying from poor treatment
New US Act of Congress takes aim at looming battle for the soul of Tibet
US bill demands China grant consulate in Tibet and stay away from Dalai Lama succession
China is open towards a realistic approach after 70 years of failure: Tibet’s spiritual leader
Most kids in Finland like going to school, health watchdog survey finds
Facing Climate Change and Overtourism, Norway Shifts Its Marketing
French scholarship system failing New Caledonia

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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
1714 September 11: National Day of Catalonia
1997 September 11: Scottish devolution referendum
1997 September 11: Welsh devolution referendum
2001 September 11: 9/11
1821 September 15: Costa Rica Independence Day
1821 September 15: El Salvador Independence Day
1821 September 15: Guatemala Independence Day
1821 September 15: Honduras Independence Day
1821 September 15: Nicaragua Independence Day
1810 September 16: Grito de Dolores, Mexico
1975 September 16: Papua New Guinea Independence Day
1939 September 17: Soviet Invasion of Poland
1810 September 18: Fiestas Patrias, Chile
1983 September 19: Saint Kitts and Nevis Independence Day
1991 September 21: Armenia Independence Day
1981 September 21: Belize Independence Day
1964 September 21: Malta Independence Day
1960 September 22: Mali Independence Day
1973 September 24: Guinea-Bissau Independence Day
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

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Genocide threat for Myanmar’s Rohingya greater than ever, investigators warn Human Rights Council
20-year-old refugee expelled from university for being Rohingya
California Recognizes Two Assyrian Genocides
The invisible women of Europe’s fishing industry
UN urged to focus on disappeared Tibetans, in particular the 11th Panchen Lama
We have the truth on our side: His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet
China Bans Even Retired Elderly Tibetans from Performing Religious Activities in Tibet
US lawmakers want to sanction Chinese officials for interfering in Dalai Lama reincarnation
Hyundai sets shop in Somaliland stamping confidence in the country’s stability
Trump Administration Releases $250 Million In Military Aid To Ukraine
Russia jamming Ukrainian radio in northern Crimea – human rights activists
Ukraine fears forced concessions at talks with Russia
After Years Of Stalling, Can Ukraine Finally Become Energy Self-Sufficient?
Crimean Tatar political prisoner sentenced to 15 years for the right Russian FSB paperwork
Up to three thousand Ukrainians jailed in Russia in human trafficking scam
Yle’s “troll factory” game unmasks how fake news spreads via social media
Finnish President Niinistö visits Ukraine with message of support, solidarity
San Marino seizes $19m from Congo dictator who spent $100,000 on crocodile shoes
Dominican Republic Announces New Safety Measures After Deaths of 11 American Tourists
Duterte says Xi Jinping offered him an oil and gas deal to ignore South China Sea ruling
China, Malaysia to set up South China Sea dialogue mechanism
Vietnam hosts academic conference to bolster South China Sea claims
US Navy warship challenges Chinese claims in the South China Sea
Tonga’s prime minister ‘Akilisi Pohiva who nurtured democracy dies at 78
United Nations to aid El Salvador anti-corruption body
Elephant Hunts to Start in Botswana at Likely Discount to Rivals
US Hospital Ship Dispatched for Migrants in Trinidad and Tobago
Batoka chiefs welcome the Litunga as the tourist capital mounts Barotseland’s Royal Flag!
Death of Gambia’s Founding President Dawda Jawara Sparks Reflection
Gambian ex-president Yahya Jammeh to face prosecution for corruption
Alisha Florent is Dominica’s Next Supermodel
Church builds eco-houses in Papua New Guinea
Honduras is poor, violent and unstable – and the Trump administration wants it to accept more asylum seekers
Paraguay justice minister, police chief out over capo escape
Morocco to build $1bn port to bolster claim to the Western Sahara
The world must recognise Western Sahara
New Caledonia looks to Estonia for digitisation guidance
Prague To Remove Statue Of WWII Soviet Marshal, Sparking Moscow’s Ire
Czech President Tells Serbia He Will Seek To Withdraw Kosovo Recognition
Czech attorneys drop fraud charges against billionaire PM Babis
Curaçao: A “Cultural Hybrid” For Growth In The Caribbean
Chad extends state of emergency in three provinces by four months
Six common beliefs on Luxembourg: myth or truth?
Luxembourg falls further behind anti-money laundering rules as companies fail to disclose ownership
Luxembourg’s cannabis legalisation is EU opportunity
Israel Tiptoes Toward Conflict With Lebanon’s Hezbollah
Arab nations condemn Netanyahu’s Jordan Valley annexation plan
Palestinians in Jordan Valley: ‘Our lands are already annexed’
Tiny Pacific Nation Makes a Go of Its Own Digital Currency
Tiny Guam is vying to be the world’s next big telecommunications hub
Pakistan is no friend of Kashmir, either
Thousands detained in Indian Kashmir crackdown, official data reveals
Mourning and Resistance in Kashmir After India Revoked the State’s Special Status
Irish Banks Battered as Disorderly Brexit Looms
Poll finds support for votes on Irish unity and Scottish independence
Support for Welsh independence soars in new poll by YouGov for Plaid Cymru
EU Names Irish Brexit Critic to Lead Trade Talks With the U.K.
St. Vincent and grenadines, 79th country to join India-led intl solar alliance
Bolivian wildfires destroy two million hectares of forest
‘People working for tribal welfare are facing threats’
Native American voters could help swing the 2020 US presidential election
The road to reconciliation starts with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Hawaii Gears Up To Make Sure All Residents Are Counted In 2020 Census
Indigenous Brazilians Come Together To Defend Amazon Forest Against Fires
Black Belt Eagle Scout Is Bringing Queer Indigenous Stories to Indie Rock
‘It Is Our Very Governments Who Are Killing the Earth.’ A Brazilian Indigenous Leader Speaks Out On Deforestation in the Amazon
Mapping project seeks to secure ‘invisible’ indigenous lands
Defender of Brazil’s Indigenous Tribes Murdered ‘Execution-Style’ in Amazon Town
‘We Will Not Give Up,’ Say Indigenous Groups, as Trump Admin Gets Closer to Fossil Fuel Pillage of Arctic Refuge
Stickball: Indigenous women show who’s got game
In small Alaska city, Native women say police ignored rapes
Silenced No More in Peru
Gwich’in Nation vows to protect sacred lands in the Arctic Refuge
Adivasi as encroacher?
Multi-million dollar national Inuit health survey to be led by Inuit, for Inuit
Thrasher reclaims Inuit identity through music
Why alligators afraid to eat Dayaks
Lowrey kicks off second year of Cherokee choir
Stakeholders involved in environmental disputes related to Lapland rarely find common ground
Why Australia is banning climbers from this iconic natural landmark
Aboriginal parents stay in the picture
Aboriginal treaty edges closer in Victoria
Portugal parliament condemns plan for dictatorship museum
Tunisian election: What you need to know about the two leading candidates
Solomons task force recommends switch from Taiwan to Beijing
Gabon’s Sacred Trees Are Becoming China’s Upscale Furniture
Balochistan: Two killed in Kech Pakistan army’s death squad attack, 1 killed in Panjgur
‘We are treated like an infestation’ – Romani traveller speaks for her community
Serbs Ignore EU Warning Over Plan to Join Russian-Led Trade Bloc
China’s clout is growing on the edge of the EU, and the US is worried
India Removes 312 Sikh Foreign Nationals From Blacklist Made During Khalistan Movement, Now Eligible For Indian Visa
Pro-Khalistan Sikhs and Pakistanis hold protest against India over human rights’ violations
Russia Orchestrated Chechen Rebel’s Murder in Germany, U.S. Officials Say
Ingush Activist Charged With Attacking Police Officer Kept In Pretrial Detention
Beslan’s conspiracy theories
Ending FGM in the Caucasus Region
Trial begins in Kabardino-Balkaria over ‘extremism’ in Balkar newspaper
Communist Party Makes Significant Gains in Russian Regional Polls
Chechens complete ‘March for the Supremacy of Law and Justice’ at UN HQ in Geneva
Three Kyrgyz Nationals Sentenced In High-Profle Rape Case in Sakha
This Ancient Belt Buckle Retrieved from ‘Russian Atlantis’ in Tuva Looks Like a Bedazzled iPhone Case
Hundreds Bid Farewell To Udmurt Scholar Who Immolated Himself Protesting Russia’s Language Policies
Self-immolation highlights controversy over cultural rights in Russia
Putin Drinks Vodka to Russian Soldiers in North Caucasus
Nenets autonomous okrug join work on creating research and education center based on NARFU
Protesters Rally In Buryatia Capital Ulan-Ude Amid Outrage Over Mayoral Election
How a shaman, a vlogger, and a communist deputy helped trigger massive election protests in an eastern Siberian city
Chechens thank Kadyrov for fighting witches
Chilling conspiracy theory behind Vladimir Putin’s rise to power
Floods Kill At Least 14 in Southern Laos, Hundreds of Thousands Displaced
Iceland Consumes The Most News Online Worldwide
Operation Python Dance: Troops commit systemic human rights violations – Indigenous People of Biafra
Details of Nnamdi Kanu’s meeting with EU Parliament
We shall have a Biafra state without war – Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra
Air New Zealand threatened with Māori boycott over attempt to trademark ‘Kia Ora’ logo
Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand’s Nobel candidate, on how to respond to gun violence
Is Putin coming to Armenia?
Repressive wave against Ortega adversaries in Nicaragua
US presents new effort to counter Kremlin influence
Eighty years after the Soviet invasion of Poland, the Western Left is still playing apologist for Russia
Russian diplomatic Twitter accounts rewrite history of World War II
Garry Kasparov Keynote Address, Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact 80th Anniversary
Remembering the Sweeping Expulsion of Poland’s Jews—23 Years After the Holocaust
Thousands in Bahamas struggle to find work after Dorian
Guyana, the Target of Chinese Companies
Battle to Power Electric Vehicles Reaches Sweden
What to Watch for at the San Sebastián Film Festival
Ghost of ETA refuses to fade for Spanish right
Belarus: Homophobic Attack on Filmmaker
Unofficial part of Russian-Belarusian military drill
Fear and oppression in Xinjiang: China’s war on Uighur culture
US Senate Passes Legislation to Hold China Accountable for Rights Abuses in Xinjiang
Is It the Beginning of the End of Human Suffering in Xinjiang?
Meet the smoking-free, carbon-negative country that passes no law unless it improves citizens’ well-being
British volunteer who fought with Syrian Kurds against IS and Turkey commits suicide
UN: Turkish-backed forces continue to commit war crimes in Afrin
Turkey’s two-pronged strategy against the Kurds
Ankara taking a page out of Baath party’s demographic warfare against Kurds – Haaretz
Turkish warplanes shell multiple villages, destroy vehicle in Kurdistan Region
Turkey arrests pro-Kurdish HDP mayor in eastern province of Erzurum
United Nations intervention urgently needed to stop colonial carnage in West Papua
Dozens Arrested, At Least Ten Dead as Political Unrest Continue in West Papua
West Papua solidarity march in PNG draws thousands
Michael Andrew: On the NZ media’s coverage of West Papua
PNG capital governor promises to escalate West Papua campaign
Villages torched, Villagers Tortured: Extreme human rights violations in West Papua
West Papua: End Australian and US training of Indonesian military
UN urges Indonesia to protect rights of West Papua activists
‘They fooled us’: Benin bulldozes district, leaving residents homeless
Seychelles, blazing a trail in marine conservation
Major startup event held in Saint Lucia to get business ideas flowing
Moldovan Foreign Minister Tells Moscow Chisinau Will Not Revise Deals With EU, NATO
EU: Moldova Moving ‘Resolutely’ Forward With Key Reforms
North Macedonia prosecutor dismissed over corruption scandal
Tuvalu election puts Taiwan ties in play
Pacific Climate Change Centre Opens in Samoa
Haiti Senator Says He Was Offered Cash for Yes Vote on Prime Minister
French Polynesia’s Temaru to appeal undue influence sentence
Majlis Podcast: The Disappeared Of Turkmenistan
Croatia: journalists under attack
Decomissioning of arms, part of Bangsamoro process
Hungary’s Orban points to EU ‘enlargement fatigue’
Russia’s Wagner Mercenaries Have Moved Into Libya. Good Luck With That.
A Nation’s Tense Debate Over How To Fight A Culture Of Rape
Kremlin media capitalizes on Latvia-Lithuania misunderstanding
One article, many ways to disinform: Breaking down a Kremlin propaganda piece
100 years since Soviet Russia offered peace to Latvia
European Human Rights Court upholds landmark ruling on Soviet genocide in Lithuania
Russia Tightens Energy Grip on Lithuania
Lithuanian parliament considers additional safeguards against Belarusian electricity
Estonia plans to restrict govt use of Huawei 5G technology
Riga – the hub of the Baltic Way
China’s Belt and Road grip reaches the Baltics – Investigation
Russian diplomatic Twitter accounts rewrite history of World War II
Kaljulaid on reconciling with Russia: We cannot go along with this game
Lithuania and Poland look to help Belarus withstand Moscow’s pressure
Ukrainian Language Near Banished In Donbas Schools
Portuguese cafe gives Wrexham residents chance to learn Welsh language
Dundee poet and playwright nominated for first ever Scots Language Awards
Scottish Gaelic Awards: Nominate your Sports Champions
South Africa: Celebrate Heritage Through Indigenous Languages
Kupu, a groundbreaking app that teaches the Māori language, is scaling up to schools
Malta pushes for Maltese proficiency
Estonian Language lessons to take place onboard Tallinn-Narva trains
Skirting U.S. sanctions, Cubans flock to cryptocurrency to shop online, send funds
Twitter blocks accounts of Raul Castro and Cuban state-run media
Cuba’s acute fuel shortage begins to bite
Rights groups denounce Cuba’s arrest of independent journalist, activists denounce harassment
Road to Catalonian independence may go through blockchain
Saor Alba Pipes and Drums play outside Catalonia jail
600,000 turn out for independence on Catalonia’s National Day
Turkish dissident Can Dündar attends Catalonia’s National Day rally to ‘challenge’ arrest warrant
Catalan independence supporters must regain initiative, says president
FC Barcelona honours National Day of Catalonia one hundredth time
Indy band Saor Alba in Barcelona for Catalan National Day
Quim Torra: ‘Objective independence’ is Catalan rallying cry today
Rally for Catalonia independence held in London
The Catalan National Day has been a success. Why?
FOSCOR On Their Unique Approach To Metal, Their Catalan Culture & More
Judges overseeing Catalan president’s trial step aside pending recusal call
Barcelona hosts European Young Leaders
Jailed leader Junqueras reelected head of Esquerra
Catalan basketball star named Most Valuable Player as Spain glides to victory
Brussels backs exiled rapper’s arguments against extradition
Clara Ponsati backs Catalan civil disobedience push
Spain blocks Catalan and Occitania governments’ Mediterranean 5G Corridor project
How Long Must Eritrea Wait for Change?
Bulgaria Charges Head of Pro-Russian Organisation With Espionage
Sudan prime minister visits South Sudan to back new peace roadmap with rebels

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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
1968 September 6: eSwatini Independence Day
1822 September 7: Brazil Independence Day
1991 September 8: North Macedonia Independence Day
1991 September 9: Tajikistan Independence Day
1714 September 11: National Day of Catalonia
1997 September 11: Scottish devolution referendum
1997 September 11: Welsh devolution referendum
2001 September 11: 9/11
1821 September 15: Costa Rica Independence Day
1821 September 15: El Salvador Independence Day
1821 September 15: Guatemala Independence Day
1821 September 15: Honduras Independence Day
1821 September 15: Nicaragua Independence Day
1810 September 16: Grito de Dolores, Mexico
1975 September 16: Papua New Guinea Independence Day
1939 September 17: Soviet Invasion of Poland
1810 September 18: Fiestas Patrias, Chile
1983 September 19: Saint Kitts and Nevis Independence Day
1991 September 21: Armenia Independence Day
1981 September 21: Belize Independence Day
1964 September 21: Malta Independence Day
1960 September 22: Mali Independence Day
1973 September 24: Guinea-Bissau Independence Day

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Ranking the five games San Marino didn’t lose in order of embarrassment
Kosovo jails six for plans to attack NATO troops, other countries
Parts of French Polynesia declare Dengue Type 2 epidemic
East Timor Marks 20 Years since Independence Vote
Cape Verde: Cabo Verde Bets On Preparedness to Face Emergencies
Kalmykia Seeks to Be a Player on the Caspian with New Port
Oil exploration in Guyana-Suriname Basin heats up
Crimean Tatar Family Struggles To Cope With Father’s Detention
UN Secretary-General To Give Report On Crimea At General Assembly
Russia Is Busy as Security Council President, but Putin Is Staying Home
In occupied Crimea, Moscow accelerates slow-motion ethnic engineering
Russia and Ukraine exchange 70 prisoners
AU KO TUVALU Comes to The Forge at The Court Theatre
Ajax Amsterdam Tweets Map of Morocco without Western Sahara
NZ protesters block road to Ravensdown plant in Dunedin to protest trade in “blood Phosphate” from Western Sahara
Interview with Western Sahara advocate Tecber Ahmed Saleh
Lesotho, Africa’s medical cannabis pioneer
Paraguay Currency Exchanges Launder Vast Amounts of Brazil Drug Money
Growing concern in Niue over PM’s absence – opposition MP
Why Bhutan is a Partner of Choice for Both India and Japan
Burundi on Edge of Violence Ahead of 2020 Elections, UN Warns
Gazprom makes educational foray into Armenia, Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan: Top cop goes from hero to zero amid suspicions of set-up
Lao Worker in Thailand Vanishes After Criticizing Lao Regime
Truth Missing in Action in Czech Information Wars
The badasses of Les Filles de Illighadad will push the limits of traditional Tuareg music at Detroit’s Trinosophes
Tabu and Tuareg representatives in CDA call for review of draft Libya constitution
Sahel: Security agents kidnapped in Mopti, Mali
Chad unrest: A new regional sultan to solve the crisis
Fatiha Amrani: The High-School Dropout Defying Expectations in Morocco
Nicaraguan businessmen assailed after escorting journalist
St. Vincent’s Swimming: A Small Nation with Big Dreams
Norway and Uruguay Top New Ranking of Sustainable Countries
Wales: Indycuriousity is here – it’s time to take it seriously
Kafer: A lesson on identity politics from the Dominican Republic
Water but No Grid: A Microgrid Solves Dilemma for UAE Agricultural Operation
Antigua And Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne On Rebuilding After A Hurricane
Quantitative assessment of the social assistance system of the Kingdom of Eswatini
Namibia: From brutalized colony to solid democracy
Belarus’ nuclear ambitions cut into Baltic unity as old scars reopen between Vilnius and Riga
This Lithuanian City Played Host to Filming For HBO’s ‘Chernobyl.’ It’s Now Preparing for Its Own Nuclear Radiation Leak
Fiji archbishop outlines damage climate change is causing on Pacific islands
Albania Get The Wrong Anthem Before Match Against France; Apology Made To “Armenia”
Former first lady of Honduras sentenced to 58 years in jail
Hope for Justice for Murdered Journalist in the Maldives
Tunisia’s presidential election: What’s the big deal?
Project To Improve Barbados’ Coastlines Begins
Armenia’s Constitutional Court Rules Ex-President Kocharian’s Arrest ‘Unconstitutional’
Deadly Shooting of Woman Carrying Child Shakes Sweden Awake
Botswana, Where Elephants Are Key Election Stakeholders
For a week, Israel and Lebanon seemed on the brink of war. But neither has the appetite for it
Trump’s top Middle East peace envoy is quitting. There’s still no Israel-Palestine deal.
Israel’s Prime Minister Faces a War on Two Fronts
Billionaire Friedland-backed miner picks up iron ore deposit in Guinea
Why the Marshall Islands Is Issuing Its Own Cryptocurrency
Counting Kurds in 2020 to right historical wrongs: Iraq census official
Iraqi Kurds want no part in Middle East conflicts
Turkey’s empty grievances against Syrian Kurds – analysis
US-backed Syrian Kurds to remove fortifications from Turkish border as part of ‘safe zone’ deal
Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Arabs Not Allowed Home
Kurdish official: Syria’s ‘safe zone’ off to a good start – all eyes now on Turkish president
HDP delegation arrives in Erbil to discuss Kurdish unity, ‘regional issues’
Kurdistan president calls for peaceful solution to Kurdish question in Turkey
To Win in Syria, America Must Rethink Its Kurdish Policy
Kurdish parties unite under ‘Kirkuk is Kurdistani’ list for upcoming provincial election
ISIS allegedly spreads ‘death list’ for civilians working with US-backed forces
Balochistan: Pakistan army abducts a woman and her four children
Balochistan: Dead body of previously abducted man found while another whisked away, one shot dead
China Ups The Ante In South China Sea, Giant Crane Vessel Spotted Inside Vietnam-Claimed Waters
As Brexit uncertainty drags on, Scotland’s appetite for independence grows
Scotland: 20,000 marchers throng streets for Perth indy march
Driver told he can’t put a Saltire on his taxi in bizarre crackdown
Solomon Islands Considers Establishing Ties With China
John Bolton bids to pivot Eastern Europe away from Russia
Something wrong? Lukashenka frets about security issues
Fearing Western sanctions, Belarus rules out internet restrictions ’for now’
Belarus might import oil through Poland and Baltic states – Lukashenko
First Nations given max compensation for Ottawa’s child-welfare discrimination
Minecraft: Education Edition gets a Maori-inspired world for New Zealand students
Landmark case compensates Australian aboriginal group for land incursions
Why Violence Persists in New Mexico’s Indigenous Border Towns
Catholics denounce attacks against Brazil’s indigenous peoples in Amazon
Brazil indigenous agency worker killed in remote Amazon town
Meet The New Faces Of India’s Tribal And Adivasi Activism!
Secretary General: The Republic of Moldova is a close partner to NATO
Mogherini meets with President of Moldova
Russia and Moldova close to gas price agreement: RIA
Andorra’s history in the Eurovision Song Contest
The smallest IPO with the biggest impact
Sport as song and song as sport: a night at the Basque derby
Dozens face trial over links with dissolved Basque group ETA
Sister Mandabayan, the Lady with 1500 ‘Morning Star‘ flags
Twitter Analysis: Identifying A Pro-Indonesian Propaganda Bot Network
Outcry as Indonesia seeks to arrest renowned West Papua rights lawyer
Selwyn Manning: New Zealand govt should advocate for West Papua peace
Papuan race riots lay bare long-running tensions, fuelling push for independence from Indonesia
UN rights chief unable to secure West Papua visit
West Papua solidarity march in PNG draws thousands
Xinjiang Authorities Arrest Sibling Uyghur Real Estate Moguls, Jail One For Decades
China hacked iPhones and Android devices to target Uyghur Muslims
Xinjiang: The story China wants the world to forget
Uyghur Teacher Dies While Presumed Detained in Xinjiang Internment Camp
Uyghur academic Tashpolat Tayip faces execution in China
Disaster strikes in Bolivia as fires lay waste to unique forests
Hurricane Dorian leaves neighborhoods flattened and homes shredded in the Bahamas
Hurricane Dorian Death Toll Rises to 50 in Bahamas
Ailing President Leaves Gabon Wondering Who’s Running the Show
Late Liechtenstein equalizer stuns wasteful Greece
Forest grows in the middle of a football stadium in Austria
The Dueling Narratives of India’s Kashmir Crackdown
India tightens Kashmir crackdown with curfew
Beijing Dismisses Hong Kong’s Radical Protesters as Separatist ‘Thugs’ Bent on ‘Political Intimidation’
Chinese diplomats violently clash with pro-Hong Kong protesters in Europe
In ‘Dear Haiti, Love Alaine,’ Haiti Comes Alive As A Character
Turkmenistan should promote the Trans-Caspian Pipeline more actively
Unspeakable Crime: Rape as a Weapon of War in Libya
Sierra Leone fans attack player’s house after penalty miss
Putin promises infrastructure investment in Mongolia
South Sudan opposition leader makes return visit to capital
Somalia: worst harvest since 2011, with more than 2 million expected to go hungry
Rwanda’s economy is booming, but at what cost?
South Africa seeks arrest of murder suspects with alleged links to Rwandan government
Mauritius says Pope visit supports claim to Chagos Islands
Singapore looks underground for future growth
Singapore stocks offer ‘good yield’ despite trade war jitters
Robert Mugabe: death of a liberation ‘icon’ who crushed his foes as Zimbabwe unraveled
Will “Cradle of Civilization … become its Grave”?
No proposals ‘at all’ from Britain on Brexit impasse, Ireland says
Italy: One Country, More Languages
Māori Language Week: Kelvin Davis encourages fluent speakers to teach their children Te Reo
Māori Language Week: Kelvin Davis encourages fluent speakers to teach their children Te Reo
‘Normalisation’ of te reo Māori in schools could take 20 years
Human speech may have a universal transmission rate: 39 bits per second
Historic Recordings Revitalize Language For Passamaquoddy Tribal Members
How to build a ‘perfect’ language
The Complicated Decisions That Come With Digitizing Indigenous Languages
Five new Gaelscoileanna to open in greater Dublin area
Celebrating Catalan literature: Book Week back for 37th edition
Scots Language Award launched to celebrate Scotland’s dialect
“We will fight for Georgian literature”
Kurdish no longer offered as elective subject in public schools in Turkey
Man Dies After Self-Immolation Protest Over Language Policies In Russia’s Udmurtia
Belt and road initiative: advancing Chinas debt trap diplomacy/
Tibetan Religious Festival Marred by Police Presence, State Propaganda
Last words of a Tibetan freedom fighter
Caught between human rights and trade, Angela Merkel lands in China
Nepal Deports 6 Tibetan Asylum Seekers to China
Central Tibetan Administration President begins six-day official visit to the United States
Tibetan monk Lobsang Dorje sentenced for the second time by Chinese authorities in Tibet
OPEC’s Smallest Member Is Banking on a $700 Million IMF Deal by 2020
Trump administration imposes new limits on remittances to Cuba
EU stresses support for Cuba even as U.S. hikes sanctions
A land without water: the scramble to stop Jordan from running dry
Finland trails EU, OECD averages for highly-educated millennials
Barcelona opens Nairobi office to boost commerce
Saor Alba members are gearing up for La Diada Catalonia trip
Is there still support for Catalan independence?
Spain court to probe 8 police over Catalan referendum violence
Catalan apples, available from September
Sitges Chic: Kicking back in Catalonia’s coolest beach town
Jailed and exiled leaders call for ‘exceptional mobilization’ on Catalan National Day
Catalan government announces self-sovereign identity project
Only 5% of tourists know that Game of Thrones was filmed in Girona
Catalonia National Day rallies: the saga continues
Oriol Junqueras urges return to ‘strategic consensus’ within pro-independence camp
Barcelona still Europe’s most popular port for cruise ships
El Salvador launches anti-corruption commission, inspired by Guatemala

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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
August 30: International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
1991 August 31: Kyrgyzstan Independence Day
1957 August 31: Hari Merdeka, Malaysia Independence Day
1962 August 31: Trinidad and Tobago Independence Day
1991 September 1: Uzbekistan Independence Day
1960 September 2: Tibetan Democracy Day
1945 September 2: Vietnam National Day
1968 September 6: eSwatini Independence Day
1822 September 7: Brazil Independence Day
1991 September 8: North Macedonia Independence Day
1991 September 9: Tajikistan Independence Day
1714 September 11: National Day of Catalonia
1997 September 11: Scottish devolution referendum
1997 September 11: Welsh devolution referendum
2001 September 11: 9/11
1821 September 15: Costa Rica Independence Day
1821 September 15: El Salvador Independence Day
1821 September 15: Guatemala Independence Day
1821 September 15: Honduras Independence Day
1821 September 15: Nicaragua Independence Day
1810 September 16: Grito de Dolores, Mexico
1975 September 16: Papua New Guinea Independence Day
1939 September 17: Soviet Invasion of Poland

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6 famous people you did not know are from Trinidad and Tobago
Niue: Aladdin and the genie appear on latest silver coin featuring One Thousand and One Nights series
The islands of the Indian Ocean aren’t known for their food. A new cookbook aims to change that.
Village by village, the quest to stop female genital cutting in Somaliland
Militants tighten grip on Somalia with tax racket
Malaysia, Vietnam voice ‘serious concern’ about South China Sea
Beijing to Duterte: South China Sea position not up for talks
Eswatini: Hundreds of people still at risk of forced evictions one year on from Amnesty exposé
Don’t Name Your Beer For Nuking Somebody’s Home
Rugby World Cup 2019: Tonga ‘fixated’ on playoffs dream, says coach Toutai Kefu
Magnitsky wins Russian rights battle 10 years after his death
Tatarstan brings in skills and investors
Kalmykian Archaic And Soviet Folk on Sub Rosa
Videoblogging shaman walks to Moscow to ‘exorcise’ Putin
Circassian activist Martin Kochesoko released on bail as defence claims rigged witness testimonies
Brochure Issued In Ingushetia Instructs Women To ‘Defer’ To Men
ECHR orders Russia to pay €1.9 million over Chechnya and Ingushetia disappearances
Chechen exile slain ‘execution-style’ in Berlin park, Russia denies involvement
Hundreds march for CHamoru self-determination
Curacao team puts Caribbean island on the map despite loss
Māori reversing rural-urban drift
Under the curtain: Kashmir residents contend with pellet guns and restrictions
Gilgit-Baltistan: Pakistan-Run Kashmir Faces Human Rights Crisis
Pakistan brought to a standstill for ‘Kashmir hour’ demonstrations
Kashmiri militant calls for Pakistan military intervention in disputed region
Pakistan backs India’s Sikh separatists as Kashmir tensions rise
No country for minorities: In Imran Khan’s ‘Naya Pakistan’, another Sikh girl abducted and converted
Sikh loaders being forced to work without a turban and trim hairs at Amritsar airport
Book penned on 100 Sikh freedom fighters released at Sri Akal Takht Sahib
Supreme Court of India refuses to hear petition seeking justice in extra-judicial killings of more than 8000 youths
Baloch hold anti-Pakistan protest in London to demand release of disappeared activists
Balochistan: Senior sub-editor wounded in firing by unknown assailants
Pakistani forces abduct Baloch student from Karachi airport
Balochistan: Pakistani forces abduct three Baloch youth from Panjgur and Kech
Balochistan: Pakistani forces disappeared six Baloch youth from Kharan
Hundreds of Baloch Rights Activists Detained, Tortured and Murdered as Part of the State’s Kill and Dump Policy
Nicola Sturgeon: This was the day independence became inevitable
Resignation of Scottish Tory leader Is a Sign the U.K. Could Break Apart Over Brexit
Remain alliance: Corbyn admits Labour would ‘not block’ Sturgeons independence referendum
Ruth Davidson’s departure could be the moment of independence for the Scottish Tories
Sky News fail to include pro-indy voice during ‘nonsense’ debate
Scottish Independence Is Back, and So Are the Financial Hurdles
Forward As One brings thousands to Dunfermline march for Scottish independence
Second War of Independence: Scots endure defeats to fight off Edward
Barotseland independence only a matter of time – Saleya Kwalombota
Nothing good can come out of Barotseland – PF official
Solomon Islands ‘clearly leaning’ toward shifting ties from Taiwan to China
Seychelles first in African Region to adapt WHO Diseases Surveillance and Response Guidelines
Indonesian govt gets YouTube to block satirical West Papua ‘advertisement’
West Papuans rally for independence poll
Indigenous peoples protest in West Papua
Why are protestors dying in West Papua?
Reports of Racism by Indonesian Police Spark Riots in West Papua
Several Reasons why West Papua should get its Freedom: Immediately!
Indonesia deports Australians for participating in Papua protests
West Papua: Indonesian Security Forces Fire on Peaceful Demonstrators
Islamization of the Chittagong Hill Tracts and West Papua: Endless power concentration
Bangladesh govt failed to protect ethnic minorities
Myanmar’s Lucrative Drug Trade Is Increasingly Fueling The Country’s Conflict
China’s Czech advance hampered by Huawei jitters, Tibetan flags
WWII: A memory battleground on the 80th anniversary
World War II Teaches Us How World War III Could Happen (And Would Be Hell)
Why tourism policy needs to use more imagination
Eastern Europe Woos International Filmmakers Like Never Before
Gabon: Journalists unhappy with media regulator
Malta: paving the way for cannabis research and development
Greece to increase border patrols and deportations to curb migrant influx
‘Mafia State’ Slovakia Struggles to Root Out Corruption
US ‘Marijuana Don’ Startles North Macedonia with Visit
Is Greenland the New Iceland?
Statue honors Dane credited as Nanjing Massacre lifesaver
Can Denmark sink Nord Stream 2 traversing the Baltic Sea?
UN Tells Bosnia to Apologise to Wartime Rape Victim
Bosnia Publishes Database of 27,000 Wartime Missing Persons
Human Rights Activists Mark International Day of the Disappeared Remembering 1600 Persons Still Missing from Kosovo War
Kyrgyzstan Attempts to Isolate Local Islam
Kyrgyzstan: Risk of a third revolution?
‘You’re Not a Person if You Don’t Drink.’ How This Tiny European Country Developed the World’s Worst Drinking Problem
Juncker Commission still hopes to finalise agreement with Azerbaijan
Russia strips Azeri blogger of citizenship and moves to deport him
Athletic overpower Sociedad to win Basque derby
Missing Yezidi victims continue to be freed from ISIS in Syrian refugee camp
Duhok orphanage shelters Yezidi children orphaned by ISIS
Kurds in Turkey’s southeast defiant after mayoral dismissals
US-backed Syrian Kurds begin pullout near Turkish border as part of ‘safe zone’ deal
What Kurds hoped for from Trump
US-led coalition praises SDF’s anti-ISIS efforts amid Turkish threats
My Turn: Theodore L. Gatchel: Betraying the Kurds
US-backed forces in Syria capture top ISIS financial officer
KRG tells villagers near Turkish border to leave as Turkey-PKK conflict escalates
Turkish court rules for release of Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtas
With Unrest Next Door in Venezuela, US Air Force Hopes to Make Strides in Guyana
Islamic State claims suicide bomb attack on separatist fighters in Yemen’s Aden
UAE carries out air strikes against Yemen government forces to support separatists
In Thailand, It’s Guilty Until Proven Innocent – After Death
Satellite data shows hunger looming in Senegal, Mauritania
My children won’t know about forests: fight for Adivasi rights in Bandipur
Adivasis and the Indian State: How onset of industrialism, modernisation wreaked cultural, social and economic havoc among tribals
NEIP seeks 10 member representation from Nagaland
US 1st Indigenous Presidential Candidate Forum Draws 10 Democrats
Norway Sami community fights for survival as temperatures rise
Inuit in solidarity with Indigenous Amazonians as thousands of forest fires blaze worsening international climate crisis
New Inuit mural brightens downtown Ottawa
Aboriginal actor brings freshness to Nightingale
Aboriginal Australians Lose Land Rights to Coal Mine
‘Surrounded, afraid’: The indigenous guardians of Brazil’s Amazon
This Indigenous Tribe In The Amazon Survived Forced Labor And Epidemics. Now Their Land Is On Fire.
Cherokee Nation aims to send first delegate to Congress, citing past treaties
Suku Anak Dalam protest march staged against land dispute with palm oil company
Indigenous people under threat from Indonesia’s plan to move capital
Police In Hong Kong Are Caught Between Protesters And The Government
How Hong Kong’s pro-democracy human chain has redefined the Lion Rock Spirit
I Witnessed the Tiananmen Square Massacre. Here’s Why China Wouldn’t Dare Do the Same in Hong Kong
Joshua Wong and Alex Chow: The People of Hong Kong Will Not Be Cowed by China
More Than 1,000 Arrested So Far in Hong Kong’s Protests
Trees help refugees in Armenia take root
Significance of Hidden Armenians for Armenia and Project Rebirth Objectives
Russia to Help Breakaway Abkhazia Modernize Its Armed Forces
What are the Russians up to in South Ossetia?
Biafra Nations Youth League To Hold National Congress
Massive Dam Complex Threatens Bhutan’s Philosophy
How Albania Became the World’s First Atheist Country
Targeted: The journalists reporting politics and crime in Albania
Russia enjoys “special status” in Guinea in effort to rekindle Soviet-era relationships
Ebola death toll in east Congo outbreak climbs above 2,000
Missing Maldives journalist killed by al-Qaeda affiliate
John Bolton’s Belarus trip stirs threat to Putin
PEN America Condemns Brutal Homophobic Attack on Belarusian Filmmaker
Journalist Aleh Bebenin Passed Away Nine Years Ago
Economist: Surge Of Inflation And Slumping Devaluation Awaiting Belarus
Nigeria partially closes border with Benin to curb rice smuggling
UNPO Denounces Chinese Attacks on its Vice-President
China’s missing million: the search for disappeared Uyghurs
Skeptical Scholar Says Visit to Xinjiang Internment Camps Confirms Western Media Reports
China’s Cross-Border Campaign to Terrorize Uyghur Americans
Chinese Authorities Detain Highest-Ranking Uyghur Police Officer in Xinjiang Capital Urumqi
China’s Ban on Some Textbooks Seen as Aimed at Uyghur Culture
Sources say China used iPhone hacks to target Uyghur Muslims
Switzerland to become climate neutral by 2050, says government
Bolton: US concerned about situation in Black Sea
Crimean Tatar sentenced to 10 years for fictitious involvement in a legal Ukrainian organization
Ukraine looks at U.S. LNG as part of diversification plan
U.S. to help Poland, Ukraine disconnect from Russian gas
Anger over acquittal of ex-Berkut officer charged with torturing Maidan activists
Zelensky slams Nord Stream 2 as Ukraine seeks US gas
Russia brings tanks, weapons and its very own censorship to occupied Luhansk
Russia uses primitive fake to imprison Crimean Tatar human rights activist Emir-Usein Kuku
Pence, Zelensky discuss future visit of Ukrainian president to USA
Time for Europe to Do More to Help Ukraine, Pence Says
Donbas militant responsible for secret Donetsk ‘concentration camp’ goes on trial in Ukraine
A Palestinian Freshman Arrived in the U.S. to Study at Harvard. Immigration Officials Revoked His Visa and Deported Him.
Palestinians condemn Honduras, Nauru moves on Jerusalem status
Israel will soon have to choose between China and the US
Where The U.S. Sees Threats In China, Israel Sees Opportunity
Israel is making the case for war, in public, against Lebanon
Israel and Hezbollah exchange border fire for first time in years
U.S. Sanctions Iran-Linked Entities, Individuals In Lebanon, Oman
Bahrain instructs citizens to leave Lebanon over security incidents
Will Qatar let Israelis, Egyptians and LGBTQ people attend 2022 World Cup?
Haiti childhood cancer victim Djooly Jeune is dead
Worsening fuel shortage in impoverished Haiti
How the Real Pirates of the Caribbean Ran Wild in Jamaica’s Port Royal, the ‘Wickedest City on Earth’
Rohingya Camps in Cox’s Bazar: Activities of 41 NGOs halted for ‘misdeeds’
Stolen son: child traffickers preying on the Rohingya
Libya’s civil war could provide ‘oxygen’ to terrorist offshoots, says US Africa Command
Russia To Sign Landmark Permanent Treaty With Mongolia
Iraq returns 42,000 books seized during 1990 invasion of Kuwait
Trump to host Kuwait’s leader at White House in September
Kuwait: Jailed Bidun Activists on Hunger Strike
Djibouti has ‘no choice’ but China for infrastructure development
Have You Heard of the Hill of Crosses? Landmark Features 200,000 Declarations of Freedom
President: World War Two only ended 25 years ago, for Estonia
Latvian locates uncle’s grave in uncharted Siberian gulag
Eritrea: 150 Christians arrested on account of their faith
Bangsamoro adopts official flag as region’s first law
The battle for Barcelona: How one of Europe’s most peaceful cities descended into chaos
Rosalía makes history after winning two MTV awards
Final Catalan survivor of Ravensbrück concentration camp dies
Political conflict with Spain ‘implies confrontation,’ says exiled Catalan leader Rovira
Formula 1: Spanish Grand Prix to return to Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in 2020
Two Catalan teams in European football competitions for first time in 12 years
Speaker Torrent calls for ‘national unity government’ if Catalan leaders are found guilty
Catalan president Torra to be judged for disobedience on September 25 and 26
52 French MPs call for end of ‘repression’ against Catalan independence leaders
‘Political debate cannot be decided by repression’: French parliamentarians unite in support of Catalan political prisoners
Catalonia independence trial: what a guilty verdict for jailed leaders might bring
Government and parliament to dedicate Catalonia’s National Day event to ‘political prisoners and exiles’
European parliament gets involved in jailed former Catalan vice president Junqueras immunity case
Isidre Sala, new interim Catalan delegate in US
Spain’s political deadlock continues as Socialist head rejects referendum again
Tesla Unplugged: In Singapore, It’s Just Another Unwelcome Car
First Estonian-Mandarin dictionary completed
Istanbul municipality to offer free Kurdish courses
‘Scots language should be part of everyday teaching’
At 98, Navajo Code Talker John Kinsel Sr. remembers the making of a life-saving code
This ‘king’ jolted a tiny Welsh town to life with 6 bookshops and a horse for prime minister
Welsh school children create poem for Wales Squad
‘Keeping Faith’ Is a Hit in Two Languages
How Welsh language and culture play a crucial role in dementia care at this home
Brexit is a chance for Ireland to end its reliance on English
A short walk through Ireland’s long history
U.S. wants Brexit that encourages stability in Ireland: Vice President Pence
Mike Pence has a deep affection for Ireland. It’s not completely reciprocated
Internet a distant dream for many in oil-rich E. Guinea
Gambia observes national funeral for first president, Dawda Jawara
Cuba unveils tighter rules on cooperatives in clampdown on non-state sector
Tibet lawsuit to approach European Court of Human Rights after Spain buries the case
China demolishes nearly half of Yachen Gar Buddhist complex in Tibet
Tibetan College Grads Struggle to Find Jobs Amid Chinese Claims of Progress
Unveiling of giant Buddha Thangka kicks off Sho Dun Festival in Tibet
Tibetans in Dharamshala commemorate the 59th Anniversary of Tibetan Democracy Day
Tibetan Democracy Day marked in the London Borough of Waltham Forest Council with the raising of Tibetan national flag for 2nd consecutive year
Finland named best wildlife travel destination in 2019
Norway unveils energy-positive building showcasing smart city potential
El Salvador, U.S. Reach Deal On Out-Migration
Good weather mitigates king tide damage in Kiribati

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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
1939 August 23: European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism
1989 August 23: Baltic Way
1991 August 24: Ukraine Independence Day
1825 August 25: Uruguay Independence Day
2006 August 26: murder of Akbar Bugti, the father of the Baloch nation
1991 August 27: Moldova Independence Day
August 30: International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
1991 August 31: Kyrgyzstan Independence Day
1957 August 31: Hari Merdeka, Malaysia Independence Day
1962 August 31: Trinidad and Tobago Independence Day
1991 September 1: Uzbekistan Independence Day
1960 September 2: Tibetan Democracy Day
1945 September 2: Vietnam National Day
1968 September 6: eSwatini Independence Day
1822 September 7: Brazil Independence Day
1991 September 8: North Macedonia Independence Day
1991 September 9: Tajikistan Independence Day

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Guantanamo’s ‘most tortured detainee’ still can’t leave Mauritania
Chinese aircraft use Japan ships as targets in E. China Sea drill
New allies Vietnam, Australia express concern over South China Sea tensions
Chinese ship inches closer to Vietnam coastline amid South China Sea tensions
US says China is blocking $2.5 trillion in South China Sea oil and gas
UH and American Samoa launch HoloCampus 3D learning platform
After 5 years of conflict, Ukraine’s barrier to peace is still ‘Russia’s political will’
Russian Federation Prepares the Occupied Donbas’s Banking System for Integration
Russian flags hoisted in occupied Donetsk
“Homeward”, a story of Crimean Tatars and the annexed Crimea, nominated for Best International Feature Film at Oscars
197th Assault Ship Brigade of Russian Black Sea Fleet participated in the occupation of Crimea
Under Shadow of War With Russia, Ukraine Celebrates Independence
Macron Announces Major Ukraine Peace Summit In September
Bolton Arrives in Ukraine to ‘Underscore US Support’
Armed FSB plant ‘prohibited books’ to arrest Crimean Tatar activists and terrorize their children
Gravely ill Crimean Tatar activist released after 258 days of cruel torture
Tokelau play highlights climate crisis
UK High Commissioner: Seychelles can be at forefront of global efforts to fight ocean pollution
Sweden Delivers ‘Neutral’ Fiscal Policy as Recession Fears Grow
By Pushing Out Filthy Rich Vladimir Plahotniuc, Moldova Takes the Lead in Ending the Era of the Oligarchs
Biopsy confirms that Uruguay’s president has lung cancer
Honduras Anti-Graft Body Secures Historic Conviction of Former First Lady
High expectations from Sattler, new Head of EU Delegation to Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tajikistan: Authorities to monopolize money transfer system
US pullout from Afghanistan could deepen Russia-China competition in Central Asia
Twitter Helped Chinese Government Promote Disinformation on Repression of Uighurs
New Facebook Ads From Chinese State Media Want You To Believe Xinjiang’s Muslim Internment Camps Are Just Great
Uyghur Police Commissar Said Detained Since June 2018
China reveals new counterterrorism unit in Xinjiang
Eight Of The Ten Most-Surveilled Cities In The World Are In China
Outrage Over China’s Uyghur Crisis is Not a Western Conspiracy
US lawmakers worry World Bank is funding China’s Uighur Muslim ‘re-education’ camps
China ban on some textbooks seen as aimed at Uighur culture
Biafra: Police free 100 agitators arrested during meeting with Asari Dokubo
Indigenous communities, nat’l parks suffer as Malaysia razes its reserves
Amazon burning: Forest fires on the rise at record rate, space agency warns
Hokkaido museum holds rare exhibition on Sami culture
Cherokee Nation wants a representative in Congress, taking the US government up on a promise it made nearly 200 years ago
Wells Fargo is paying the Navajo Nation $6.5 million to settle allegations of shady sales tactics
Adivasis and the Indian State: Stereotyped as ‘primitive’ and ‘savage’, tribal communities fight for right to choose social, cultural, land-owning systems
Pregnant Adivasi woman dies after walking 20km to consult doctor in Vishakhapatanam
Early Aboriginal Site Discovered in Western Australia
8-Year-Old ‘Princess’ Mummy Finally Laid to Rest in Her Home Bolivia
In face of protest, national arts council promises more support for Inuit
Welsh Hillfort Threatened by Coastal Erosion
Canada’s Iamgold lays off 325 Suriname contractors after illegal miner’s death
German defense minister reaffirms country’s support in visit to Kurdistan Region
Evacuation of villages continues in Kurdistan as Turkish shellings intensify against PKK
Kirkuk experiencing ‘organized Arabization campaign’: official
Belgian Kurd spent 40 days in Turkish prison over Facebook posts
YPG withdraws forces from Syrian-Turkish border
Fear, disowning of children among reasons Yezidi women cannot leave Syria camp
Hazaras – Afghanistan’s oppressed minority
Vulnerable Pakistan’s Hazara community
Switzerland Has a New Way to Impose World’s Lowest Interest Rate
Octavio Dotel, Luis Castillo — ex-MLB stars — linked to Dominican Republic drug trafficking ring: reports
Turkey Affirms Its Claim On Cyprus Oil And Gas
Solomon Islands still torn between China and Taiwan
Portugal’s bright outlook offers Europe some hope
eSwatini and Namibia proposal to open up rhino trade rejected
Pakistan army major gets life term for ‘kidnapping Baloch kid’ for ransom
Balochistan: Three pro-freedom Baloch youth shot dead in Dargis
Friends of the Liberation War
Indian opposition leaders refused entry to Kashmir
Candidate’s arrest causes a stir in Tunisia’s presidential race
Share The Ride: Bringing Bikes to School Children in Botswana
Tall Tales from Ortega about Mega-Projects in Nicaragua
The Lost Tribe: The CIA’s Secret Army in Laos
Gabon Suspends Judge Who Granted Hearing on President’s Fitness
Cook Islands ratify Kigali
On Women’s Equality Day: A look back at the fight for votes in CEE
Lesbian PM Or Not, Serbia Blocks Gays’ Path To Parenthood
Liberia: Widespread Condemnation, Reactions Follow Bloody Day in District 15
Twenty years on, East Timor reaps dividends of peace and freedom
Paraguay adds Hamas, Hezbollah to terrorism list
India’s Latest Anti-Khalistan Crackdown Is Revenge For Last Week’s Global Protests
Families of Punjab’s disappeared pin hopes on Supreme Court bid
A Fire Under Ashes — Khalistan Movement
Central tribunal issues notice to Sikhs For Justice
GERS figures make the case for Scottish independence stronger
Awww! New Zealand lawmaker baby-sits colleague’s newborn while presiding over Parliament
Cameroon separatist leaders condemned to life in prison
Australia Watches Bougainvilleans Prepare for Referendum on Independence
Guam Prepares for Largest March for Self-Determination on September 2nd 2019
How a Soviet emigré tied to Miami Beach’s ‘B-girls’ scam became Grenada’s man in Moscow
Rohingya say no to repatriations around anniversary of atrocities
Benin Awakens to the Threat of Terrorism After Safari Ends in a Nightmare
Vandals attack North Macedonia statues amid debate over history
Trump cancels his state visit to Denmark over Greenland
Coincidentally, Obama is visiting Denmark in late September
In Greenland, Trump’s Unsolicited Interest Is Raising Hopes for a Tourism Boom
Czech president’s summer power play comes to an end
Indonesia Deploys Troops to Quell Independence Protests in West Papua
Dozens wounded, detained in West Papua crackdown: Witnesses
West Papua journalist faces intimidation, files appeal to UN
Indonesia Imposes Internet Blackout On West Papua
PNG Governor calls on Indonesia to free West Papua
Antigua and Barbuda ready to host Carifesta XV
Tiny Guyana could spark freedom in Latin America
Twitter deserves a follow for muting and blocking China
China ‘will not sit idly’ if US sells fighter jets to Taiwan
Cross-Strait solidarity: Hongkongers and Taiwanese know they have to help save each other
Inspired by the 1989 ‘Baltic Way,’ Hong Kong protesters form human chain to demand freedom and democracy
Hongkongers form pro-democracy human chain across city on 30th anniversary of Baltic Way
When the course of history moved toward freedom
30 years later, the human chain that ‘unshackled’ the Baltic nations still matters
Meet the pilot who defied KGB orders and scattered tonnes of flowers on Baltic Way human chain
People on Baltic Way melted totalitarian regime in their hands – Levits
Estonia’s Kaljulaid: I stood in the chain; we were no longer afraid
Baltics, Poland, Romania call on EU to investigate Stalinist crimes
Devil’s Bargain: The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact 80 Years Later
Soviet Symbols Aren’t ‘Funny,’ Lithuania Tells Amazon
Index shows Estonia as country with lowest money laundering risk globally
Lithuania top ranked CEE economy on digital quality of life index
Scottish independence: What we could learn from Baltic nations
Trump says American Jewish Democrats are disloyal, claims “king of Israel” title
Iran-Israel conflict spreads in Middle East
Berbers rally for release of political prisoners
Belarus’s Lukashenka, Weary Of Russia Union, Seeks To Buy U.S. Crude
Will Europe Ever Shake Its Dependence On Russian Energy?
Molotov-Ribbentrop What? Do Russians Know Of Key World War II Pact?
Mystery YouTuber Will Teach You More about Soviet Union Than Your Professors
Chechen activists marching from Strasbourg to Geneva to seek justice for their nation
Russia’s Chechnya inaugurates what it says is Europe’s largest mosque
Georgian national, Chechnya–Russia war veteran killed in Berlin
Ingushetia: 13 ex-police officers persecuted for refusal to disperse rally
Yemen threatens to act internationally to stop UAE support for separatists
Burundi Opposition Warns of Rising Violence Ahead of 2020 Vote
Following revolution, Armenia becomes more attractive to diaspora
EU: It is Crucial to Stop “Borderization” in Georgia
Nauru president loses seat in election
Kosovo Parliament Dissolves Itself, Opening Way to Snap Election
New ‘Social Security Card’ For Tibetans Aims at Tightened Controls by Beijing
Expect the unexpected, without surprise, in Tibet
Slovenia PM pushes for construction of new nuclear reactor
Haiti’s President Survives Impeachment Vote
Israel appears to attack Lebanon’s Hezbollah, part of its expanding anti-Iran campaign
Libya Has a Shot at Peace as Combatants Tire of War, Envoy Says
Sierra Leone’s thumbprint breakthrough to sign up unbanked
No pot of gold for locals as China mines Sierra Leone
70yo Wins Grueling 1,000km Horse Race in Mongolia
Russia, China and S.Korea vie for Bulgarian nuclear project
Russia’s murky business dealings in the Central African Republic
South Sudan makes minor oil discovery, first since independence

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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
August 14: Navajo Code Talkers Day
1947 August 14: Pakistan Independence Day, Youm-e-Azadi
1960 August 15: Republic of the Congo Independence Day
1947 August 15: India Independence Day
1945 August 15: National Liberation Day of Korea
1960 August 17: Gabon Independence Day
1945 August 17: Indonesian Declaration of Independence
1919 August 19: Afghan Independence Day
1991 August 20: Day of Restoration of Independence of Estonia
1939 August 23: European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism
1989 August 23: Baltic Way
1991 August 24: Ukraine Independence Day
1825 August 25: Uruguay Independence Day
2006 August 26: murder of Akbar Bugti, the father of the Baloch nation
1991 August 27: Moldova Independence Day
August 30: International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
1991 August 31: Kyrgyzstan Independence Day
1957 August 31: Hari Merdeka, Malaysia Independence Day
1962 August 31: Trinidad and Tobago Independence Day
1991 September 1: Uzbekistan Independence Day
1960 September 2: Tibetan Democracy Day
1945 September 2: Vietnam National Day

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Climate change is exacerbating hunger in some of the world’s poorest countries. And those most at risk are the least to blame
People of Northern Ireland May Pay High Price for Johnson’s Political Negligence
Pelosi: ‘No chance’ of US trade deal if Brexit damages Northern Ireland peace
Northern Ireland conflict 50 years on: will a no-deal Brexit threaten the peace?
Northern Ireland: Veterans mark 50th anniversary of ‘Troubles’ deployment
The legacy of Jadotville for Irish veterans: Suicide, alcoholism and PTSD
Weed is going out of fashion and Māori kids are leading the way
Indigenous People of Biafra begin exhibition of Biafra genocide in London
East Timor youth leaving in droves to seek employment
Rights of Ukrainians violated in Crimea: UK envoy to UN
Silent Ethnic Cleansing Underway in Crimea
Hoffman and Soames: Stop Putin now, as Churchill would warn, or West will face the consequences
Over 25,000 residents of occupied Donbas granted Russian citizenship
EU is preparing to refuse recognition of Russian passports issued for Donbas
Russian activists hold rally in center of Moscow demanding to return Crimea to Ukraine
Ukraine launches investigation into IMAX cinemas in annexed Crimea
Kiev no more: AP Stylebook changes spelling of Ukrainian capital to Kyiv
Papua New Guinea to renegotiate terms of Papua LNG gas deal
New memorial honors Hmong legacy and history
Suicide bomber ‘kills 6’ in Chad; including soldier
To Counter China in the Pacific, America Reboots the ‘Island-Hopping’ Campaign of World War II
South China Sea alert: Fears of war surge as Vietnam confronts Beijing over ‘violations’
Making media freedom in Eswatini is more than a dream
Over 70% of eSwatini children below 17 are AIDS orphans – UN
Lao Cinema Steps Forward on International Stage at Locarno, Venice
Female garment workers in Lesotho factories are being forced into sex
Portugal wants its emigrants back – so it’s paying them to return
Marshall Islands says beer named after site of U.S. nuclear tests unacceptable
The Dam that (Almost) Brought Down Paraguay’s President
Somalia’s al Shabaab hits military base, deaths on both sides
Somaliland: Parliament Breaks Records For Longest Sitting Without Elections
Somalia – Somaliland ‘meeting’ in Saudi gets Twitter buzzing
Somaliland police arrest Eryal TV journalists filming corruption story
Elizabeth Warren releases massive plan to address issues facing Native Americans
South Asian indigenous people assert rights, cultural identity
Young Quebec voters want answers on Indigenous affairs, diversity issues this federal election
Mni Ki Wakan Summit rallies for U.N. protection from pipeline oil spills in Lakota Territory
As Amazon synod approaches, new focus given to indigenous rights
Imagination Declaration: young Indigenous Australians want to be heard – but will we listen?
Colombia: Indigenous Yukpa besieged by deforestation and armed conflict
Lender to Fund Container Pot Shops on Canadian Indigenous Lands
Peru court orders indigenous governor of mining region to six years in prison
São Tomé and Príncipe signs Lusophone Compact
Namibia Follows South Africa Rate Cut to Boost Shrinking Economy
Massive Welsh dragon appears at the side of the M4 near Newport
Guccifer Rising? Months-Long Phishing Campaign on ProtonMail Targets Dozens of Russia-Focused Journalists and NGOs
Phantom Borders With Russia That NATO Won’t Defend
Massive Arctic wildfires emitted more CO2 in June than Sweden does in an entire year
The Kalmyk Temple of Victory: Survival of Buddhism on the Volga
Security forces were “unlawful and unprofessional” at Moscow rallies, says Buryat senator and ex-head of riot police
Yabloko calls for election boycott in Ingushetia
Chechens and Dagestanis stage mass brawl on state border
Scandalous Dagestan autoblogger hit and killed man, 19
Will ‘Chernobyl’ Show Have Spin-Off Called ‘Severodvinsk-Astravets’?
The Threat Of A New Chernobyl
Gabon’s Ali Bongo makes first live public appearance after stroke
Monaco: One of Europe’s smallest nations is going green
Supermarkets still plastering Scottish food with Union Jack
Huge independence march in Aberdeen hailed as ‘boldest ever’
People will not have to work until 75 in an independent Scotland
Scottish indy movement’s favourite band to perform in Catalonia during Catalonia’s National Day
Barcelona mourns second anniversary of terror attacks
Barcelona trail both Madrid clubs by three points for first time since 2004
President Torra calls for ‘confrontation’ with Spain in bid for Catalan independence
Indonesian police arrest dozens of West Papuans
West Papua: Large Protests Erupt After Wave of Arrests by Indonesian Military
Pacific leaders push for UN rights commissioner visit to Papua
Tongan PM blasts Pacific regionalism ‘myth’ and silence over West Papua
Phantom Borders With Russia That NATO Won’t Defend
New ‘borderisation’ in South Ossetia cuts off property of two Georgian families
Enguri river courses through a troubled history
The strengths and weaknesses of the Brussels demonstration by Romani Europeans
North Macedonia battles youth ‘brain drain’
My Turn: Unsettling truths about the 1959 Statehood vote in Hawaii
60 years after statehood, Hawaii activists continue to question legality of the process
Kashmir remains paralyzed by lockdown as resentment simmers
UN Security Council has its first meeting on Kashmir in decades — and fails to agree on a statement
Twitter suspends Indian rapper Hard Kaur promising to hoist the flag of Khalistan
Pro-Khalistan Sikhs and Pakistanis hold protest outside UN over Kashmir
Malaysian woman accused of Khalistani terror funding arrested
#BalochistanSolidarityDay and #14AugustBlackDay trend on Pak’s Independence Day
Free Balochistan movement marks Independence Day of Balochistan
Detained, tortured, and murdered in Pakistan: Balochistan’s lost generation
Activist Naela Quadri appeals UN to support Baloch freedom struggle
Senior Baloch leader, three others shot dead
Hazaras in Balochistan Live in Fear of More Violence, Feel Ignored by the State
‘It’s inhumane’: Hazara react after 63 killed in targeted ISIS attack
Iran arrests British-Kurdish academic in Tehran
United States and Turkey Agree to a Syrian “Safe Zone,” Betraying the Kurds
Syrian opposition calls for deploying Rojava Peshmerga in buffer zone
Tensions spike as Turkish convoy enters northwest Syria
SDF calls on international community to stop ‘holocaust’ in Idlib
PKK leader jailed in Turkey sends message to Arab tribes in northeast Syria
Turkish airstrikes burn orchards, farms of villagers in Kurdistan Region
Turkey sacks top Kurdish cities’ mayors, arrests over 400
PKK to ‘modernize, professionalize’ its fighters: top commander
KRG urges Turkey, PKK not to let their fight cause harm to people of Kurdistan
Liechtenstein celebrates 300th birthday
Sanders proposes leveraging US aid for Israel
Encouraged by Trump Israeli PM Netanyahu blocked 2 US Muslim Democratic members of Congress from visiting Israel
Palestinian Authority bans LGBT activities in West Bank
Bolivia Coca Growers Fight for Control of Legal Production
Bolivia’s President Evo Morales Seeks An Unprecedented Fourth Term
China Boosts Turkey’s Foreign Reserves; Erdogan Drops Criticism of Beijing’s Treatment of Uighurs
As China Cracks Down on Uighurs, a Uighur American Joins the White House
This Uighur Journalist Is Bravely Fighting a Homegrown Cultural Genocide
Uyghurs in the Netherlands call on Dutch gov to defend their rights
Kazakh advocate of Muslim rights in China set free in plea bargain
‘Nightmare’ as Egypt aids China to detain Uighurs
#NoRightsNoGames2022: Campaign to End Uyghur Human Rights Violations Ahead of the 2022 Olympics in China
Botswana Battles Influx of Zimbabwean Illegal Immigrants
Nauru backs Taiwan as allies consider switching allegiance to China
Who will be Tunisia’s next president? Here’s the shortlist
Bank Records Link President of Cyprus to ‘Troika Laundromat’
Yemen separatists say ready for talks in Saudi Arabia over Aden crisis
Tonga’s prime minister reduced to tears over climate change inaction
Will China’s Next Crisis Be in Tibet?
Tibetan Monk Sentenced, Two Others Missing in Detention
Tibetan Horse-Race Festival Draws Large Crowds, Undercover Police
A trip to Tibet: Whose country is it anyway?
Myanmar and Bangladesh Say They Will Try Again to Repatriate Rohingya Refugees
Hungarians celebrate fall of one border and erection of new one
With reservoirs at risk, Sierra Leone capital confronts water crisis
Remembering the miracle of 1989
Hungary Gripens Alerted over 40 Times during Baltic Mission
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact: A bad deal, 80 years ago
4 NATO Countries Could Be Targets of a Russian Invasion by Sea (Due to 1 Weakness)
Time to Shed More Light on Russian Harassment of Spouses of Dutch Fighter Pilots Deployed in the Baltic States
Estonia expresses doubts about €15bn Baltic tunnel plan
Lithuanian intelligence names Russian-led Orthodox forum a foreign policy tool
Russia-24 accused of inciting hatred in Latvia
Aug. 18, 1989: Kremlin admits Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
Lithuania Buys $1 Million Worth Of Iodine Pills As Belarus Prepares To Launch Nuclear Power Plant
Twenty-eight years since Estonia regained independence from Soviet Union
Cuba prevents LGBTI activist from traveling to US
Rwanda: Disappearances Require Credible Investigations
Bahrain to join US-led naval coalition in the Persian Gulf
Iceland commemorates first glacier lost to climate change
At-Risk Indigenous Languages Spotlighted on New Google Earth Platform
How Twitter is helping the Scots language thrive in the 21st century
Guarani Opera ‘Ñomongeta’ Set To Make Its Paraguayan Premiere
‘Dora And The Lost City Of Gold’ Did The Right Thing And Hired A Quecha Professor
Plans for all new street names in Cardiff to be in Welsh only
Is the Irish language hard to learn?
Irish-language exemption plans go against best practice
What’s behind the Equatoguinean-Cameroonian border wall plan?
Taiwan sharply boosts defense budget amid China tension
Panama Risks Becoming a Broken Link in an Intercontinental Wildlife Route
Norway detects radioactive iodine days after explosion in Russia
Australia ‘worse than China’ on climate change says Kiribati’s former president
Luxembourg Becoming First EU State To Fully Legalize Cannabis
Hong Kong Protest Leader Willing to Meet with ‘Emperor Xi’
‘A Reset:’ Hong Kong Protesters Find New Momentum With Largest Rally in Weeks
Protesters call for pro-democracy ‘human chain’ across Hong Kong on 30th anniversary of the Baltic Way
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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages

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1825 August 6: Bolivia Independence Day

1962 August 6: Jamaica Independence Day

1960 August 7: Ivory Coast Independence Day

August 9: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

1965 August 9: Singapore National Day

1809 August 10: Ecuador Independence Day

1960 August 11: Chad Independence Day

1960 August 13: Central African Republic Independence Day

August 14: Navajo Code Talkers Day

1947 August 14: Pakistan Independence Day, Youm-e-Azadi

1960 August 15: Republic of the Congo Independence Day

1947 August 15: India Independence Day

1945 August 15: National Liberation Day of Korea

1960 August 17: Gabon Independence Day

1945 August 17: Indonesian Declaration of Independence

1919 August 19: Afghan Independence Day

1991 August 20: Day of Restoration of Independence of Estonia

1939 August 23: European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism

1989 August 23: Baltic Way

1991 August 24: Ukraine Independence Day

1825 August 25: Uruguay Independence Day

2006 August 26: murder of Akbar Bugti, the father of the Baloch nation

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Muslims In Kosovo Celebrate End Of Hajj

Seminars, protests to mark August 11 as Baloch National Day

Scots Tory chief Ruth Davidson’s fragile truce with Boris Johnson fractured over Brexit

Labour at war over indyref2 as John McDonnell opens door to vote

BBC ‘losing relevance’ in Scotland as viewership plunges

SNP to ramp up preparations for Scottish independence referendum

Equatorial Guinea’s Border Wall Plans Provoke Anger in Cameroon

Even after acknowledging the Namibia genocide of WWI, Germany still hasn’t learned the key lesson

Dozens dead in new bout of intercommunal fighting in Chad

Russia says it’s going to arm a submarine with 6 nuclear ‘doomsday’ devices

‘Low chance’ Siberia wildfires will be brought under control: Greenpeace fire expert

‘Traditional music is a living organism’ Circassian record label is building a local indie music scene with a global online audience

Kadyrov Statement About 19th-Century Resistance Leader Imam Shamil Sparks Controversy

A Chechen refugee Poland wants to give up to Russia

Two Decades On, Smoldering Questions About The Russian President’s Vault To Power

Nicaraguan opposition announce strike plans

Cuban Agents Advise Nicaraguan Military

Guatemala conservative romps to landslide win, faces big migration test

UN experts urge decade of action to aid survival of indigenous languages

Cook Islanders celebrate culture and language

Welsh Wikipedia Gives Me Hope

More Welsh language online content ‘as key as Bible translation’

Yukon First Nation harnesses power of social media to teach local language

Uganda Government to Take Inventory of Indigenous Minority Tribes

Mni ki wakan: Water is Sacred

World Tribal Day 2019: Facts About Indigenous Tribes That Will Leave You Astonished

Clearing The Confusion On ‘Minority’ and ‘Indigeneity’: What Makes A Population Indigenous

The first Europeans weren’t who you might think

In New Zealand, young Māori women lead the battle for indigenous rights

Mass starvation of reindeer linked to climate change and habitat loss

Who are Europe’s indigenous peoples and what are their struggles?

Kalimantan film festival to speak up on behalf of indigenous people

Tribals dish out traditional delicacies on World Adivasi Day

Adivasi Organisations Put Forth Their Demands On International Day Of Indigenous Peoples

Cherokee National History Museum opens

The Nightingale’s Baykali Ganambarr Wants to Bring More Aboriginal Culture to the Big Screen

U.S. seeks to renew Pacific islands security pact to foil China

Citizenship Question To Be Removed From 2020 Census In U.S. Territories

Sorain takes over as new French High Commissioner to French Polynesia

New French High Commissioner installed in New Caledonia

Pacific Awakening maintains neutrality on New Caledonia

Condemning ‘Grossly Irresponsible’ Inaction of World Powers, Fiji Unveils Ambitious Plan to Fight Climate Crisis

Solar-storage combo makes waves in Caribbean

Lebanon resident begins Peace Corps service in Tonga

Brockton woman celebrates her heritage at home & in Cape Verde

Haitian influx create hysteria in Guyana, Brazil and Suriname

Tuvalu’s children, submerged in water, welcome Pacific Island Forum leaders with a climate plea

Pacific islands stand ground on West Papua

Papua New Guinea governor wants West Papua referendum

Lesotho Seeks to Export Power, Renewables to Drive Development

Amazon deforestation causes Dominican Republic beaches to be covered in stinky seaweed

Citizenship by Investment to Make Up Half of Dominica’s Total Revenue

East Timor: Over 87pct of children target of ‘endemic’ violence at home

Solomon Islands speaker leads delegation for regional meet in Taiwan

Documents expose widespread clerical sex abuse in Guam

Comoros President Azali Assoumani pardons four jailed opponents

Papua New Guinea Local Church Opens Domestic Violence Shelter

Papua New Guinea turns toward China, seeks help with tuna processing investment

Marshalls restricts domestic travel in wake of dengue outbreak

Wallis and Futuna: the Pacific’s newest tourist destination

Landlocked eSwatini report says ministers must tighten belts to help lift economy

Taiwan and Nauru sign cooperation pact to fight crime

Over 80% of Taiwanese believe Taiwan to be sovereign state

China bans movies, actors from Taiwan Golden Horse Awards

Portugal prepares to ration fuel before tanker drivers strike

In Greece’s Aegean Sea, Divers Find ‘Gulf of Plastic Corals’

Norway Mosque Shooting Investigated as Attempted Terrorist Attack

The battle to secure adequate support for autistic children in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Barotseland: Litunga rejects PF’s latest manoeuvres to tamper with constitution

Somali-Oromo second round “people to people” engagement forum organized in three towns

Out of the horrors of Liberia’s Ebola crisis, comes a story of hope and revival

Ex-President of Panama Is Cleared of Political Espionage

India’s efforts to save its tigers have turned some Adivasi communities into conservation refugees

Ambazonia: The Plight of Internally Displaced People from Cameroun’s Anglophone Regions

Somaliland: Hundreds of Thousands Climate Refugees Forced to Abandon Way of Life

How schools are kept afloat in Somaliland

New head of AFRICOM visits Somalia as pressure on al-Shabab increases

Renewed Interest in Decades-Old Western Sahara Conflict

Why Everyone In Gambia Is Tuning Into A Broadcast About ‘Truth’

Gambia drops ex-president Jammeh from bank notes

A Green Economy Grows in Denmark

LNG market established in Benin

Prague Pride features Romani float again, award given to LGBT and Romani activist David Tišer

11 years since Russia-Georgia war Georgia calls on Russia to respect sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia

Georgians in Abkhazia: A Choice Between Assimilation and Emigration

De facto president Anatoly Bibilov: South Ossetia Must Become Part of Russia

Algeria court seeks 10-year sentence for protester who flew Berber flag

Chinguetti in Mauritania is an incredible jewel of Berber culture

Belarus helps Ukraine overcome Russian diesel blockade

A Long Legal Battle Over Hitler’s Birth Home In Austria Ends

1,800 dead as malaria ‘epidemic’ rages in Burundi

On the eve of presidential elections in Bolivia, two fact-checking initiatives put a magnifying glass on political discourse

Israel kills 4 Palestinian militants carrying RPG launchers and assault rifles, Hamas denies involvement

Iraq joins Iran in rejecting Israel’s participation in US-led naval mission in Gulf

High-Level Cyber Intrusions Hit Bahrain Amid Tensions With Iran

Cyprus’ rival leaders ready to meet UN chief to seek peace again

A hermit nation ruled by an egomaniac: Is Turkmenistan on the brink of collapse?

Kyrgyzstan: With tensions still simmering, exiled big-hitter makes homecoming

Kashmir’s main city a maze of razor wire and steel barriers

In seeking to control Kashmir, Modi may look to China’s actions in Xinjiang and Tibet

Xinjiang: What China shows world vs. what former detainee describes

An ‘Orwellian nightmare’ in Xinjiang – how China concocted an Islamic terror threat of its own

The Land Drenched in Tears: In Xinjiang, It’s the Cultural Revolution—Again

Hong Kong protests continue for a 10th week in face of Beijing’s threats

China’s worst fears: Hong Kong, Taiwan and any other democracy

China Raises Reward for Informants in Tibet

Taiwan, Tibet and Uygur expats join Hongkongers in New York to show support for protests

India A Priority For China, Tibet To Play Key Role, Sun Xiaobo, Deputy Director-General of Foreign Affairs Office in Tibet Autonomous Region

India’s ban of Sikhs For Justice exposes limits of ‘world’s largest democracy’

Govrenment sets up tribunal to adjudicate ban on pro-Khalistan group ‘Sikhs For Justice’

Centre reaches out to ‘blacklisted’ Sikhs

ISIS, Assad, and Turkey Are Waging a Shadow War on U.S. Allies in Syria

Jailed PKK leader Ocalan ‘ready for a solution’ with Turkey

Kirkuk official alleges ‘Arabization’ as province gains new Arab voters in 2019

KRG trying to halt Turkish strikes, Iranian shelling: Masoud Barzani

5 Years After The U.S. Tried To Protect Yazidis In Iraq, The Minority Still Suffers

Blast hits Hazara community’s shoe market in Quetta

Tunisian lawyer is hoping to be the country’s first openly gay president

Video Adds Weight to North Macedonia ‘Extortion Scandal’

Bilbao, Athletic Club and the tricky world of Basque politics

‘The forest is our life’: Hope for change in Guyana’s forests

What It’s Like to Run a Tiny Country When You’re 27

Macedonian Court Rejects Extradition Of Kosovar War Crimes Suspect To Serbia

Serbia grants citizenship to Thailand’s fugitive ex-PM

Trump may get involved in Donbas negotiations

Russia has tripled military presence in Crimea for ‘possible offensive operations’ against Ukraine, says intel report

Zelensky promises Crimean Tatars to simplify procedure for visiting Crimea

Zelensky ready to create Crimean Tatar autonomy – Dzhemilev

Ukrainian flag hoisted in occupied Crimea

Russia reverts to Stalin-era ‘confessions’ and insane charges in occupied Crimea

New type of Russian equipment Spotted in Donbas: IMR-3 with nuclear-grade crew protection

Haiti adrift as president faces impeachment hearing, prime minister in Twitter scandal

Jamaica Joins a Growing Number of Nations Calling on the British Museum to Repatriate Its Cultural Artifacts

More than half a million Rohingya refugees receive identity documents, most for the first time

Coca-Cola featured gay couples kissing in a Hungarian ad. People are furious

Sierra Leone Reviews Mining Licenses in Industry-Wide Clean-Up

Pentagon chief in Mongolia to strengthen military bonds

Singapore slashes 2019 growth forecast stoking recession fears

Eritrea high schools at the center of repression

South Sudan Activists Ramp Up Pressure for Unity Government

EU disinformation watchdog debunks over 6,000 cases of pro-Kremlin disinformation

Russia Rehearses Multi-Platform Warfare in the Baltic Sea

Russia suspected of using civilian ships for intelligence gathering and influence operations

Freedom fighters v. Wikipedia. Is it a tool to distort history?

“Russians” threatening Dutch F-16 pilots’ family

Irish PM says Brexit talks will go on for years, deal or no deal

Irish minister predicts Britain will crash out of EU in October

Ignorance of Irish history fuels Britain’s Brexit debate, says Victoria writer

EU funds for new climate change collaboration between Wales and Ireland

Irish newspaper calls for union between Ireland, Wales and Scotland

CARACCIO: Operation Ballot Box, Catalonia

Is democracy going digital? Why the Twitter debate on Catalonia’s independence matters

Guy Verhofstadt a Trappist monk about Spain in Catalonia

Catalan government spokesperson does not forsee anything positive coming out of Spain

Spain’s secret dossier on Nicola Sturgeon’s speech

Spain investigating family of former Catalan president Jordi Pujol in respect of ‘hiding’ funds for acquaintances in Andorra

Spanish Socialists won’t ‘depend’ on pro-independence parties but will ‘talk’ to them

Spain keeps close eye on Catalan activities in Switzerland

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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages

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1980 July 30: Vanuatu Independence Day

1960 August 1: Benin Independence Day

1291 August 1: Swiss National Day

1969 August 2: Act of Free Choice/Act of No Choice, West Papua

1944 August 2: Roma Genocide Remembrance Day

1960 August 3: Niger Independence Day

1960 August 5: Burkina Faso Independence Day

1825 August 6: Bolivia Independence Day

1962 August 6: Jamaica Independence Day

1960 August 7: Ivory Coast Independence Day

August 9: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

1965 August 9: Singapore National Day

1809 August 10: Ecuador Independence Day

1960 August 11: Chad Independence Day

1960 August 13: Central African Republic Independence Day

August 14: Navajo Code Talkers Day

1947 August 14: Pakistan Independence Day, Youm-e-Azadi

1960 August 15: Republic of the Congo Independence Day

1947 August 15: India Independence Day

1945 August 15: National Liberation Day of Korea

1960 August 17: Gabon Independence Day

1945 August 17: Indonesian Declaration of Independence

1919 August 19: Afghan Independence Day

1991 August 20: Day of Restoration of Independence of Estonia

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As U.S. pivots to China, nuclear non-proliferation fades into the rearview

Europe experienced a surge in government restrictions on religious activity over the last decade

Honduran President Is Accused of Drug Conspiracy

Lesotho cashes in on medicinal cannabis boom as British firm opens CBD factory

New Zealand’s Māori standoff against child separations and encroachment of preserved lands

Garma Festival emerges as Australia’s most influential forum on Indigenous affairs

Long ignored, Native Americans will get their first presidential candidate forum

Chittagong Hill Tracts: ‘Indigenous not tribal’

The indigenous Guna: Living with albinism in Panama

English newspapers are worse than Hindi on representing Dalit, Adivasi writers: Oxfam India report

After tribe leader Emyra Wajãpi’s death, Bolsonaro repeats call to mine the Amazon

Indigenous Communities Are Better at Preserving Biodiversity, Research Shows

Aniwa Gathering Connected Me to My Indigenous Ancestors

Police attack Kinikinawa indigenous community in Brazil

Pristine Arctic reserves will benefit wildlife and Inuit communities

Planned Cherokee Heritage Center exhibit would show today’s communities

Brighton’s Amine brothers wrestling internationally for San Marino

More Than a Third of Guam Coral Reefs Died in Four Years Due to Warmer Ocean Temperatures

Oz accepts East Timor border deal unlocking vast gas reserves

The ‘Gandhi of Western Sahara’ Confronts a Deadly Generation Gap

Paraguay lawmakers back down on impeachment threat after hydropower deal annulled

Kosovo’s Oldest Party Searches for Election Winner

Seychelles Beats Zurich With First Blockchain-Based Equity Token

More and more children suffering from severe malnutrition in Chad

Mauritania blogger Mkhaitir once given death penalty for ‘blasphemy’ freed

UK Prime Minister runs chicken from Welsh media

Brexit uncertainty boosts support for Welsh independence from the UK

BBC is letting Wales down by not covering the Eisteddfod in English

Namibia inaugurates Chinese-built port terminal

Turkey Jails Another Professor Deported from Moldova

Kashmir leaders under house arrest as unrest grows

India revokes Jammu and Kashmir’s special status

Historic Greenland Melt Is a “Glimpse of the Future”

How Nigeria’s Jews Are Getting Caught in a New Separatist War

Zambia discontinues trial of 9 Livingstone Barotseland activists as Munyinda gets new criminal charge!

A President empowered through Bill 10 can dismantle Barotseland – Canada based Zambian lawyer

India offers $ 170 million line of credit to Guinea during Prez Kovind’s visit

Bosnia and Herzegovina nears completion of main transport corridor

Sikhs in India under surveillance to suppress Khalistan movement

Benin court bans presidential rival Zinsou from polls for 5 years

182 dead in Papuan displacement camps, says aid group

West Papua and climate to top agenda at Pacific Islands Forum

Hungary helps Russia deliver military vehicles to Serbia

Chinese police to help Serbia cope with its workers, tourists

Nicaragua: A Media Crackdown in Four Parts

‘My father said I should be looking after the cows’: the first female Tuareg guitarist

Cameroon separatist leader Ayuk Tabe launches hunger strike

Two Suspected IS Supporters Arrested In Russia’s Tatarstan

Smoke from Siberian forest fires reached U.S., Canada

Songs and stories from Eastern Steppe coming to Boundary Museum

Russia Now Split Into Three Parts Only One Of Which Moscow Reliably Controls

Burundi’s mineral exports overtake tea, coffee in hard currency earnings

A literary snapshot of Somaliland

Venezuela government, opposition hold talks in Barbados

Trump imposes Cuban-like embargo on Venezuela

Iran’s invisible Baloch children

Baloch And Pashtun Nationalist Movements In Pakistan: Colonial Legacy And The Failure Of State Policy

Baloch activists stage protest in Seoul against illegal detention of activist

Bolivia Forestry Officials Profit from Harvest of Illegal Wood

The Biased Scales Of Justice In Tajikistan

Kyrgyzstan court upholds Uzbek rights activist Azimjon Askarov’s life sentence

Russian PM To Travel To Turkmenistan Amid President Death Rumors

Witch Hunt for “Two-Faced Persons” in Xinjiang Universities

China’s top Uyghur official claims most detainees have left Xinjiang camps

Sign of the times: China’s capital orders Arabic, Muslim symbols taken down

China is building a global coalition of human rights violators to defend its record in Xinjiang

Retired Uyghur Finance Bureaucrat, 75, ‘Graduates’ from Xinjiang Internment Camp

Despite China’s denials, its treatment of the Uyghurs should be called what it is: cultural genocide

European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day: Statement by First Vice-President Timmermans and Commissioner Jourová

Canada marks Romani genocide during WWII

Italy’s Matteo Salvini accused of racism after ‘dirty gypsy’ comments

What is Roma Holocaust Memorial Day?

A South Korean cult leader who held 400 followers captive in Fiji has been jailed for six years

Kurdistan discusses designating Aug. 3 as Yezidi Genocide Remembrance Day

Five years after ISIS massacre, UN Iraq envoy pushes to restore stability to Sinjar

Political conflicts between Erbil and Baghdad prevent thousands of Yazidis from returning to home

Kurdistan Region president calls for joint-fundraising effort to rebuild Sinjar

Kurdish Struggle for Autonomy from the 1970s to the Present

Kurdistan Region marks 36th anniversary of Barzani genocide

Barzan genocide remembered, 36 years on

Iran flogs Kurdish singer 100 times for drinking, ‘insulting Islamic sanctities’

Why Syria’s Kurds are reluctant to be America’s proxy

Turkey, Russia and Iran’s joint statement rejects Kurds’ ‘separatist’ agenda in Syria

Turkey starts filling dam that Iraq says will cause major water shortages

Turkey says it ‘neutralized’ 5 PKK fighters in latest air raids in Kurdistan Region

171 remains of Kurds unearthed in first mass grave in Iraq’s Samawah desert

Christians evacuating their villages due to Turkish bombardments

Erdogan threatens attack on Kurdish forces in Syria

Esper says US would prevent ‘unilateral’ Turkish action against SDF in northern Syria

Costa Rica: Attack on television station is deeply concerning

Defense Policy Exchange Spotlights Vietnam-Laos Military Cooperation

One Year After Laos Dam Disaster 10,000 Survivors Have Returned Home But Still Struggle to Rebuild

France wants to extend its shelf off French Polynesia

Gabon Signs Offshore Oil-Production Sharing Deal With Petronas

In Azerbaijan, trolls keep us at each other’s throats

Samoa makes history with the first green Pacific Games

Sweden’s march towards a cashless economy went into reverse

How President Béji Caid Essebsi Helped Build Tunisia’s Democracy

Belize Is Offering Free Trips To Some Nevada Residents Fleeing The ‘Area 51 Raid’

Boris Johnson ‘feart’ to debate Nicola Sturgeon on independence

Scottish independence: Jeremy Vine Show misrepresents facts AGAIN

Is Brexit Worth Scotland’s Independence?

National Galleries’ exhibition on Scots migration omits Clearances

Lana Del Rey tour map suggests Scotland is independent

Scottish independence soars ahead as Ashcroft poll predicts Yes win

First Eastern Mediterranean Energy Leadership Summit Slated for This October in Athens

Pioneering migrants visit Australia’s Basque heartland to trace family history

‘Revolution of Our Times:’ Hong Kong Protests Not Just About Extradition Bill Anymore

The leader of Hong Kong’s leaderless protest movement is a philosophy student behind bars

Hong Kong charges 44 protesters with rioting

Founder of banned Hong Kong independence party ‘arrested’

Amid protests, defiance against Kremlin and Beijing rises

Taiwan says a Chinese warship slammed into one of its cargo ships and then sailed off into the night

China warns outsiders not to ‘sow distrust’ in South China Sea

Japan, ASEAN share concerns about South China Sea

South China Sea: Worries about bloodbath intensifies as Malaysia confronts Beijing

Philippines Could Put Hotels on South China Sea Island

Vietnam takes a stand in the South China Sea

Liechtenstein stamps showing bird’s eyes capture Asiago international art award

US Non-Recognition Policy Regarding Crimea One Year On

Russia preparing for large-scale military campaign in Ukraine – intel veteran

Mejlis reports on 73 searches, 69 detentions and 200 arrests in Crimea over past six months

‘Homeward’ shows Crimean Tatars’ struggle through one family’s tragedy

Crimean Tatar political prisoner prefers imminent death from hunger strike to the slow torture Russia proposes

Over 250 persons gone missing in Donbas over years of hostilities

Volker: US President Trump may join efforts to settle situation in Donbas

Mass graves of victims of communist regime found in Zhytomyr region

Ukraine rehabilitates first living victim of Communist regime

Russia issues ‘international’ arrest warrant against Crimean Tatar TV ATR journalist

‘What we saw in Israel was apartheid’: Icelandic Eurovision protesters Hatari collaborate with Palestinian artist

Canadian Court Rules West Bank Wines Are Not A ‘Product Of Israel’

Israel approves 6,000 new homes for Israeli settlers in West Bank

Montenegro: Israeli political consultant is suspect in pro-Kremlin coup attempt

Take a number: Guyana oil push drawing newcomers

Report: Belarus firm involved in North Korea ICBM mobile launcher

The Independence of Belarus is a Matter of International Security

Inside Europe: Mass graves spark protests in Belarus

Unflagging Protest: Belarus’s Opposition Inspired By A Pensioner And Her Outlawed Banner

Belarus ‘Elections’ Appointed: November 7 – To ‘Council Of Republic’, November 17 – To “Chamber’

US: Resolved Extortion Case Key to N. Macedonian EU Accession Talks

Gambia, Senegal & Guinea Bissau Sign Agreement to Combat Drug Trafficking

Disney cruises put Bahamas to test: Environment or economy?

‘Consequences’ Review: Slovenia’s First LGBTQ Film Is a Sexy Study of Male Rage

Creating an oasis of hope in one of Haiti’s most dangerous neighborhoods

Little Tibet Welcomes a Little Bauhaus

Jailed Tibetan Language Rights Advocate is Refused Visits From His Lawyers

Computational linguistics resources for Sindhi language

Wales wants to make the Welsh language part of every lesson under new curriculum

Reimagined Communities: An Introduction to Welsh Writing

Woman ‘told to leave shop in Pwllheli’ after speaking Welsh

Latvia’s Tilde beats internet giants in machine translation battle

Malaysia’s Rohingya Refugees Forced to Work in Shadows

Mashrou’ Leila Performance Canceled At Lebanon Music Festival

Airstrike by Libya Strongman Kills 43 in Growing Proxy War

At least 5 dead in flash flooding in Sierra Leone’s capital

Mongolia’s Capital Banned Coal To Fix Its Pollution Problem. Will It Work?

Maldives police arrest ex-vice president after India denies entry

South Sudan Sees Foreign Direct Investment Rising to $1 Billion

The Gathering Storm: As the Baltic States Prepare to Disconnect from the Russian Power Grid, the Kremlin is Ready to ‘Help’

The Rise of Right-Wing Populists in Estonia

Inside Europe: Latvia’s shrinking population

New tours, painful reminders in Lithuania after hit Chernobyl show

Estonia will not recognise Russian passports in Donbass, Lithuania calls for EU action

China’s Investments in Rwanda Raise Familiar Questions About Debt

Eritrea: our nuanced silence in the face of brutal dictatorship

“Only country in the world that can have a retroactive carbon footprint”

Iceland cuts teen drinking with curfews, youth centers

With Boris Johnson in Office, a Brexit Standoff With Ireland Solidifies

Boris Johnson saves trickiest Brexit challenge, Northern Ireland, for last

The Fruitcake Prison Break That Reshaped Irish History

Support for a united Ireland is surging – and for the first time, it’s backed by moderates

Tyneside’s forgotten fight for Irish freedom

“Spain?” – “You are close, it’s Catalan Fish Stew”

Tension, broken talks, trial, rising hegemony – Catalan political year at a glance

Catalan government delegate in Germany sues Spain over spying allegations

Catalan economy grew 2% in second quarter of 2019

These death-defying human towers build on Catalan tradition

Oriol Junqueras immunity hearing set for October 14 in EU court

Catalonia’s tourist industry looking forward to a good August

Government greenlights F1 grand prix at Circuit de Catalunya for another year

Girona rises in Game of Thrones

Jobless total in July down to lowest since 2008

Catalan ‘men in skirts’ establishing annual kilt day

Rright to self-determination “does not exist” in the Spanish magna carta

Cuba caps prices for food, beverages to cut inflation risk

£5.6k boost for ‘lifeline’ Isle of Man mobile library

Equatorial Guinea: 40 years of repression and rule of fear highlights human rights crisis

Outrage in Gambia over release of three hitmen who took orders from ex-president Yahya Jammeh

Finland, the new enemy of Hungary

Can a new U.S.-funded park help make El Salvador safe again?

China looking at opening consulate in New Caledonia

Progress and preservation: Dayaks in palm oil country hold on to traditions

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