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303 April 23: Catalonia: Sant Jordi’s Day
1915 April 24: Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day
1916 April 24: Proclamation of the Irish Republic commences the Easter Rising
1974 April 25: Carnation Revolution in Portugal
1937 April 26: Bombing of Guernica, Basque Country
1961 April 27: Sierra Leone Independence Day
1994 April 27: Freedom Day in South Africa, first post-apartheid elections
1960 April 27: Togo Independence Day
1707 May 1: the Act of Union of Scotland and England
May 3: World Press Freedom Day
1990 May 4: Independence Restoration Day in Latvia
1877 May 10: Romania Independence Day
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ETA peace conference called for May 4
Basque separatist group ETA hands over weapons and munitions
Baloch activists protest in South Korea against Pak atrocities
Balochistan: Iranian forces shot dead three Baloch men, injured one
Balochistan: Pakistani forces abducted Eleven people in past few days
World Sindhi Congress participates in UN forum on indigenous issues
Anwar Maqsood apologizes for racist depiction of Sindhi culture
Sindhi political party protests against Pak’s atrocities
Are indigenous people united under the United Nations?
Ogoni-Land: Reception of UNEP Report, and Biafra
Biafra: IPOB members appeal proscription order
Hmong chief ambushed, family killed
Attack on Hmong leader well planned, police say
Language club helps preserve Hmong culture in the US
Student Org Brings Awareness to Hmong Culture
Tapura wins first round of French Polynesia election
Bickering as French Polynesia prepares for second vote
Chinese diplomats accused of illegally occupying a French Polynesian mansion
Georgia joins European Year of Cultural Heritage with dozens of events
Red Cross Identifies Remains of Abkhazia Conflict Victims
Bibilov Invites Bashar Al-Assad to Occupied S. Ossetia
Nauru advocates for South Ossetia at UN
Israel Denies Mossad Gunned Down Palestinian In Kuala Lumpur
Palestinians file complaint against Israel under anti-racism treaty
How Natalie Portman became the latest Israel-Palestine flashpoint
12 year-old Palestinian shot by Israel army sniper loses leg
Tokelau’s first newspaper aims keep islanders informed about climate change
Chinese Hackers Targeted Japanese Defense Firms
China’s intimidation in the South China Sea poses an economic threat to Vietnam
China flexes muscles with ‘Guam killer’ missile; new drills near Taiwan
Despite Chinese Pressure, Taiwan Keeps Its Press Free
Moldova identifies dozens of fighters in Donbas
Maghrebi parties eye resuscitating moribund regional grouping
Algerian Berbers March for Independence of Kabylie
14th International Festival of Amazigh Culture in Morocco
Political overtone at Catalan celebration of patron saint
Spanish police ‘ban yellow’ at Barcelona game
Eduard Márquez: I am a Catalan writer and I want independence for my country
Catalan crisis: Switzerland to offer good offices but not interfere
St Andrews right to defend Catalan academic
Spanish home affairs minister under fire for confiscation of yellow shirts at football final
Jordi Sànchez punished for recorded message in election campaign
Catalan union in court over November strike
Unemployment in Catalonia drops to lowest level since crisis began
Junqueras requests transfer to Catalan prison
Barcelona rejects controversial La Manada verdict
Impact on Catalonia of six months under direct rule
Germany rejects Spain’s petition to award officers who arrested Puigdemont
Lawyer Anwar: Ponsati faces a death sentence if extradited
850km march towards Madrid prisons to support jailed Catalan leaders completed
World’s Sinking Islands Challenge Our Imagination
Some Scientists Predict These Islands Are Doomed, But That’s Not the Whole Story
Islands comb own shores for solutions to environmental pressures
Rising Seas Will Render Many Pacific Islands Uninhabitable by Mid-Century, Study Says
Europe’s Depopulation Time Bomb Is Ticking in the Baltics
Earth Day Curaçao 2018 – Klein Curaçao Clean-up
Uyghurs in XUAR’s Ghulja City Held in at Least Five ‘Political Re-Education Camps’
Kazakh Man Recounts ‘Reeducation’ In Western Chinese Camp
Uyghur Professor and Poet Abdulqadir Jalaleddin Detained in Xinjiang Capital Urumqi
Thousands March in Brussels to Protest Mass Detentions of Uyghurs
Where Does The Caribbean Rank On Press Freedom?
French tycoon Vincent Bolloré accused of swaying elections in Guinea and Togo
Canadian police frees Khalistani ‘separatist’ Hardeep Nijjar after 24 hours in custody
Family does its part to keep Navajo language alive
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Battles to Keep Land
Trump challenges Native Americans’ historical standing
Trump Administration Supports Changing Indian Health Programs That Will Sabotage Treaty Rights
Native Tribes Could Lose Federal Recognition of Tribal Sovereignty Under Trump
A Pope Given to Apologies Has Nothing for Indigenous Canada
Why Is Oklahoma City Blocking This School for Native American Kids?
It’s developers vs Native Americans in battle over Berkeley shellmound
Brazil’s Indigenous March in Brasilia for Rights and Land
Inuit upset about Russian rocket splashdown in Arctic waters
Indigenous Remains Do Not Belong to Science
Canadian dies in ‘lynching’ in Peruvian Amazon, accused of killing an indigenous shaman
The hidden history of Indigenous stereotypes in tabletop games
Revitalizing Indigenous Education and redefining scholarship
Alberto Fujimori to Stand Trial in Forced Sterilizations Case
Exclusive: Ancient Mass Child Sacrifice May Be World’s Largest
10 bipartisan senators push back on Medicaid work requirements for Native Americans
Gwich’in Leaders Gather to Re-Affirm Opposition to Arctic Refuge Drilling
Navajos: Utah County Wants Native Candidate Off Ballot
Brazil’s indigenous people protest against land threats
The Government of Canada Announces Funding to Support Indigenous Languages in Southern Alberta
Ban On Non-Cherokee Media In Tribal Council Chambers Sparks Free Press Debate
New Inuit program launches to prevent community support workers from quitting
MP seeks probe into Adivasi youth’s death
Dalit, Adivasi organisations to form larger alliance
Australia’s forgotten indigenous World War II veterans
Aboriginal men’s alliance to start after Tamworth Pitch Night
Traditional Aboriginal sign language from Central Australia highlighted in Hobart Language Day
ANZAC Day: Australians recall ‘The Frontier Wars’ against Aboriginal people
Anzac Day marked with Frontier Wars protest and Black Diggers March
Respecting the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as Renewable Energy Grows
Native Knowledge: What Ecologists Are Learning from Indigenous People
Shifting Geopolitics May See Movement in Western Sahara
Swedish parties call on their government to recognize Sahrawi State
UN Security Council calls on Morocco, Polisario Front to hold negotiations without prerequisites
Estonia most westernized country among former Soviet republics
Reading North: Books in the Arctic
Fix it like Finland: ‘Nowadays there isn’t a single rough sleeper on Helsinki streets’
Finland will end its basic income experiment in 2019
Czechs to open honorary consulate in Jerusalem
US, KRG lay cornerstone for new Consulate building in Erbil
Turkish Speaker threatens MP with expulsion over phrase ‘Kurdish provinces’
Kurdish parties under pressure by Iraqi military authorities in disputed areas: PUK
HDP lawmaker urges Turkey to recognize Armenian Genocide
36 Kurds detained by security forces in Iran last month: Hengaw
Turkey sentences over dozen journalists to decades in jail
Era of racism against Kurds in Iraq ‘over,’ says Iraqi PM Abadi in Sulaimani
Curfew announced in 70 Kurdish villages, hamlets in Turkey
KDP calls for investigation of Oct. 16 attacks on Kirkuk
KRG delegation launches 2-week visit in Washington to meet with US officials, congressmen
Salih Muslim warns of ‘dangerous’ demographic change in Afrin, calls on UN to respond
Erdogan’s Revenge and the Kurdish Dilemma
French troops arrive in Kurdish-controlled northeastern Syria: reports
German party wants to ban arms export to Turkey, Saudi Arabia, UAE
Iraqi military rule in disputed areas restricts Kurdish parties’ elections campaign: Party Officials
Pompeo visits Saudi Arabia, Israel, promises tough stand against Iran
Years in prison wanted for Demirtas as HDP prepares to nominate him for Turkey presidency
Turkey’s top Kurdish politician to run for president from behind bars
KDP’s struggle for Kurdistan’s right to self-determination will continue: Nechirvan Barzani
Kite-flying Yazidis trained to film genocide sites
Yazidis facing forced conversion to Islam after capture of Afrin
Yazidis who never came down Sinjar mountain
Like a Schindler for Iraq, This Unlikely War Hero Freed Women From ISIS
Ronak Ali Yazdin returns from Sweden to run for Yezidis in Iraqi elections
RDPP, UNICEF, UNFPA announce projects to aid survivors of sexual violence in Iraq
Should there be the same legal protection for the Welsh language as for race or religion?
Liz Saville Roberts aims to get the Welsh language protected under the Equality Act
Plaid Cymru MP Liz Saville Roberts told to ‘GET A LIFE!’ after comparing Welsh jokes to Islamophobia
The new chair of Welsh Labour lives in Bolton in England
Calls for impact of new housing developments on Welsh language to be assessed
Now is chance for Kosovo deal, says Serbian president – but at what cost?
Tusk Urges Kosovo, Serbia To Work Harder At Normalizing Ties To Join EU
Serbia Bars Croatia’s Defense Minister in Tit-For-Tat Move
Indonesia suspected of hacking pro-West Papua sites
Ben Bohane: China? No, let’s face the elephant in the Pacific room
Ukraine seeks church independence to bolster stand against Russia
Ukrainian disappears after mystery detention in Russian-occupied Crimea
Eastern Ukraine statelets “effectively controlled” by Russia – PACE resolution
Over 1,000 Ukrainian veterans have committed suicide
Library of Ukrainian Literature destroyed in Moscow
Honest History: Ukrainians today still struggle with memory of Holocaust
Ukrainian neo-Nazi C14 vigilantes drive out Roma families, burn their camp
“It’s better to die”: Ex-political prisoner Chiygoz on conditions in Simferopol’s remand facility
Mother of arrested Crimean Tatar activist sentenced for “depressing” police officer
Large-scale raids taking place in Crimea
The Irish language is free at last and it’s going global
Losing our language costs Ireland its soul
Tibet can be in China if Beijing recognizes its distinct culture and autonomy: Dalai Lama
Tibetan Monk Woechung Gyatso Detained on ‘Cybersecurity’ Charge
Tibetan Refugees in India Protect Language and Culture
In a First, US Senate Unanimously Passes Resolution on Tibetan Reincarnation
US Urge China to Respect Tibetans’ Right to Choose the Next Dalai Lama
U.S. Congressman Jim McGovern Calls on China to Free Panchen Lama of Tibet
France’s Macron Buys Into China’s Rights Vision
Bosnia court rejects extradition of Turkish national over Gulen’s links
New Zealand PM triumphs abroad, faces pressures at home
The AI-powered chatbot that can help you learn te reo Māori
Language Revival: How 7 Communities are Bringing Languages Back to Life
Calexit gets go-ahead to start collecting signatures
Struggle for independence worth it – former Cape Verde President Rodriques Pires
What does it take to create a new country?
The ‘Palau Pledge,’ a Small Nation’s Bold Environmental Effort, Just Won a Top Global Ad Honor
The Batwa: Uganda is saving its gorillas – but there’s a human cost
Sierra Leone: Are brawls in parliament a sign of things to come?
Guyana abolishes colonial era juvenile offences
Book review: Russia’s Muslim Heartlands reveals diverse population
Russia reports 10 terror suspects killed in Caucasus region
Kadyrov says respect for human rights is higher in Chechnya than in US
Almaz Imamov, Tatar Man Who Claimed Language Discrimination, Faces Hate Charges
The first volume of the album on the Yakutian indigenous peoples’ culture introduced to the UN
Fourteen Alleged Members Of Hizb Ut-Tahrir Detained In Tatarstan
Bashkir Activists Demand Investigation Into Russian Comic For Alleged Insults
‘I’ll JAIL Trump and Merkel’ Chechen leader in threat as Russia tensions peak
Police Search Regional Parliament In Russia’s Sakha-Yakutia
Investigative Committee confirms detention of two Yakut deputies
Chechen rights group head Oyub Titiyev’s pre-trial custody extended
Tatarstan president visits Ankara
Voices4 Activists ‘Are In This For Life’ As They Fight For Queer Chechens
Guinea Bissau gets new Cabinet
Amid Brexit and rising populism — there’s a European country that’s still desperate to join the euro
Belarus leader says may loosen grip on power – but not yet
Authorities Are Afraid To “Outsleep” Revolution In Belarus
Rival groups from Somalia’s army fight at former UAE training facility
Weapons stolen from training facility in Somalia, sold on open market
Somalilands Independence Bid Boosted by Geostrategic Shakeup
Greece, Macedonia hold new talks in Vienna on name dispute
Macedonia expects to get date to start EU membership talks soon
Why Swaziland Is Now the Kingdom of eSwatini
Swaziland has a new name – eSwatini – but will anything else change?
Good News For Uzbekistan Is Not Good News For Turkmenistan
Costa Rica: A Paradise For Retirees From Around The World
Trailblazers ‘pay a price’ says Costa Rica’s first black woman VP Epsy Campbell
Lebanon: reconstruction or destruction?
UN peacekeepers accused of child rape in South Sudan
South Sudan president rejects opposition calls to quit
Schools free disabled in South Sudan’s war zone from ‘curse’
Attacks on South Sudan health facilities, workers increasing
For medical workers in South Sudan’s war, just reaching the sick is a challenge
10 aid workers go missing in war-torn South Sudan, UN says
Greenland eyes independence from Denmark after election vote
Faroe Islands delay their referendum on more independence
Nikol Pashinyan shapes up as Armenia’s next PM
Armenian parliament fails to elect new PM
Togo: Remittances from diaspora reached nearly 9% of GDP in 2017
Mongolia and Singapore reportedly shortlisted to host historic US-North Korea summit
Tourists ignore state of emergency as Maldives reports record arrivals
Khalifa Haftar makes triumphant return to Libya after rumours of his death
Son of former top aide of ex-dictator Stroessner elected Paraguay president
Burundi: 8 arrested over plans to disrupt referendum vote
Burundi activist Germain Rukuki given 32 years for anti-Pierre Nkurunziza demo
Nicaragua scraps unpopular welfare plan, but unrest continues
Belgian Court Sentences Paris Attack Suspect Salah Abdeslam To 20-Year Term
Qatar PM went to wedding hosted by ‘one of the world’s most prolific terror financiers’
Saudi Arabia threatens ‘fall’ of Qatar government, unless it pays for US troops in Syria
Unstable neighbours and bad policy are just two of Jordan’s problems
Chad bishops oppose constitutional reforms which would increase president’s power
Venezuela, Panama to restore envoys, resume airline service – Maduro
Two Equatorial Guinea ‘coup suspects’ arrested in CAR
Tunisia: Media sector crisis continues, entering decisive phase
Tunisia: An Imperfect Blueprint For Post-Arab Spring Reform
Saudi-led air strike kills top Houthi official in Yemen
What does the death of Saleh al-Sammad mean for Yemen’s Houthis?
Four militants, 2 security men killed in Kashmir encounter
Report Claims US to End Military Training for Slovenia Due to Pro-Russian Stance
Gambia’s Road to Democratic Reform
Malta under “unprecedented” Europe monitoring in journalist murder probe
2017 sets new record for neo-Nazi activity in Sweden
Under U.S. gaze, Latvia votes to dismantle banking bridge to Russia
Everything Is for Sale in Cyprus, and China’s Buying
Civil organisations in Hungary brace for government crackdown on NGOs
Record Turnout in Bhutan Elects Third National Council
Wedged between China and India, Bhutan has to play juggling act
China, India hold 1st summit since last year’s Bhutan friction
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