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The American Kalmyks
Bunny Wailer, reggae luminary, dies in Jamaica at age 73
Forcibly sterilized during Fujimori dictatorship, thousands of Peruvian women demand justice
Large protests in Papua Province over Indonesia’s special autonomy policy and move to create new provinces
Macron reveals more torture by French army in Algeria war
Guatemala begins reshaping court; corruption concerns grow
EU vows legal response as UK moves unilaterally on Northern Ireland
Seychelles bids to reach COVID ‘herd immunity’ by mid-March
Hungary’s Ruling Party Pulls Out Of European Parliament Bloc
Sudan official: Tribal clashes kill at least 10 in Darfur
ICC prosecutor to probe war crimes in Palestinian Territories, angering Israel
Senegal’s opposition leader arrested amid violent protests
Earth’s water cycle is increasingly dictated by humans
Palestinian Authority faces criticism over vaccine rollout
Crimean Opera House Pulls Back Curtains On Russian Sanctions Loophole
Paraguay cancels nonemergency surgery due to virus wave
Blinken singles out China as ‘biggest geopolitical test’ for U.S.
Ethiopia’s Tigrayans recount massacre by Eritrean troops
Slovakian PM’s secret purchase of Russian Covid-19 vaccine angers coalition partners
Kyrgyzstan Tumbles in Freedom of the World Ranking
Central Asia’s resource curse
Moldovan President Says Country Should Seize Moment Of ‘Unprecedented’ EU Support
EU Envoy Says Serbia-Kosovo Dialogue Key For Bloc Entry
Nicaragua’s Press Censorship is “Physical, Legal and Symbolic”
Russian Court Gives Circassian Activist Suspended Sentence On Drug Charge Considered Politically Motivated
Police Search Home Of Tatar NGO’s Leader In Kazan, Summon Him For Questioning
Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim missile hits Saudi oil facility
Lithuania’s Outreach to Taiwan Is Another Blow to China’s Europe Diplomacy
Portugal: Number of wildfires, scorched areas falls by half
Northern Irish loyalist paramilitaries withdraw support for 1998 peace deal
UN aid chief calls for Eritrean forces to leave Tigray
Poland and Hungary are gunning for the social media giants
Roadside bomb attack on Yemen separatist forces kills three
Anger in Lebanon as currency, prices spiral out of control
Decline in democracy has accelerated
Soaring poverty across Latin America and the Caribbean
Vaccine Diplomacy in Central Asia: Russia vs. China?
U.N. seeks access to Ethiopia’s Tigray for war crimes probe
Estonia and Georgia remain emerging Europe’s most free economies
New Zealand man charged for plotting attack to echo Christchurch massacre
Russian hackers exploit Lithuanian infrastructure
UNESCO Calls for Heritage Assessment for Lao Hydropower Dam
Kyrgyz Mother Takes On The Patriarchy By Giving Her Children Her Own Name
Iceland preparing for possible volcano eruption
Rwanda’s economy in recession
A referendum, an independence bid, and the many trials that ensued
Slovak PM Sorry for Jokingly Offering Ukraine Territory for Russian Vaccine
Modi reignited the Khalistan movement
Indigenous rights take a hit under cover of pandemic
Tesla Secures Long-Term Nickel Supply Through New Caledonia Partnership
China condemns Hong Kong’s electoral system at National People’s Congress
We won’t be ‘part of the China-controlled technosphere’
‘Hell will freeze over’ before Lithuania hands Tikhanovskaya to Belarus
80% of child welfare workers face violence at work
Even small states can make a difference
Crimean Tatar Leader Barred From Entering Crimea Until 2034
Hungary brings forward coal exit to 2025
Greece to increase army service amid tension with Turkey
Turkey Cracks Down on Uighur Protesters After China Complains
B-1 bomber deployment to Norway shows ‘the alliance is working’
‘Laura, for crimes relating to EU-funds, please don’t call Bulgaria’
US Special Forces train in Serbia, where China and Russia have strengthened military ties
Senegal: TV stations suspended amid clashes and as Sonko faces court
At least 20 killed in Somalia suicide bomb blast
How China’s Belt and Road and an Australian mining company could be the deciding issues in the Greenland election
Crush Inner Mongolia language revolt, Xi demands
Protestant Pastor Gets 12 Years for Opposing Ortega
Belarus Opens Criminal Case Against Vyasna Human Rights Center
Portugal Envoy Urges US to Counter Chinese Bid at Key Seaport
In Biblical City of Ur, Pope Urges Inter-Religious Tolerance, Fraternity
Russian Energy Company Says Siberia Fuel Leak Poses No Harm To Locals
UN fails to approve call to end Tigray violence
Pope Francis visits Kurdistan region of Iraq
Virus reaches previously Covid-free New Caledonia
Song War Declared by Cuba’s Communist Party
New Welsh independence ‘anthem’ asks Who Are You?
“I never actually learned Russian. I only learned Ukrainian”
Chinese exports surge as global demand recovers from virus
Turkmenistan Ramps Up Controls Over Outside Information
Cyprus keeps Carnival spirit alive amid COVID-19
Swiss Voters Narrowly Approve So-Called Burka Ban
Catalonia’s Puigdemont vows to keep fighting extradition to Spain
Senegal: “If Sonko is not freed, we’re going to tear the place apart”.
Tunisia’s gender violence law struggles to get beyond paper
At Dubai airport, travelers’ eyes become their passports
KRG welcomes Iraqi PM’s call for ‘national dialogue’ to resolve longstanding issues
Uzbek Student Faces Deportation Over Navalny Rally In Tatarstan
Second, Kinder Acts: The Story of Reena Nachika
3 female Guatemalan judges defend rule of law
Balkars In Russia’s North Caucasus Mark Deportation Anniversary
From Dengvaxia to Sinovac: Vaccine Hesitancy in the Philippines
More than 98 killed in Equatorial Guinea blasts at military barracks
Belarus Opposition Leader Calls for Global Action, Not Words
South Korea and US Reach Agreement on Defense Cost Sharing
Two Zimbabwean women refuse to be defined by gender
Last Native Speaker Of Bering Dialect Of Aleut Language Dies In Russia
Chinese military bases near Taiwan show new renovations
Empowering women in Guinea Bissau in the salt industry
21 Extraordinary Women Honored with Courage Award
Saudi, Qatari, Israeli planes join USAF B-52 in Persian Gulf show of force
Senegal opposition leader charged with rape and released on bail
Exiled Catalan delegate in EU resigns after being elected national MP
Japan open to deploying soldiers to Senkaku Islands
Burundi president pardons 40% of inmates to free up prisons
No appetite in New Zealand to review constitutional link to royal family
Sweden sentences woman for taking child to Islamic State area in Syria
Mauritius deploys coastguard to rescue stranded Chinese ship
“Hong Kong leader” fully welcomes proposed electoral changes
Joan Laporta wins back FC Barcelona
Benin opposition candidate jailed and accused of terrorism
Can Russia Capitalize on the Current Political Unrest in Georgia?
No Electoral Reform Progress in Nicaragua
3 women helping advanced Kanien’kéha learners become fluent speakers
‘Sell the house’: Latin Americans beg and borrow to pay COVID-19 debts
Speaking te reo Māori on-air not a breach of standards
India begins deporting more than 150 Rohingya refugees to Myanmar
Human rights experts: China breaching UN Genocide Convention with treatment of Uyghurs
Denmark Could Reach Climate Target With Carbon Tax
1/3 women subjected to physical or sexual violence in their lifetime
Norway suspends Rolls-Royce asset sale to a Russian-controlled company on security grounds
Survivors allege rape by soldiers in Tigray
Sweden Gets Its First SPAC, and Pension Funds Line Up to Invest
OECD Upgrades World Economic Forecast
Democrats Just Approved The Biggest Investment In Native Programs In U.S. History
Algerians return to the streets in fresh anti-government protest
Indigenous Female Political Drama Scores ABC Pilot Order
200 Hong Kong civil servants could face the sack after refusing to sign oath of allegiance to gov’t
In Northern Ireland, a ‘shift in enthusiasm’ for Irish unity
Local Tajiks On Afghan Border Trained To Defend Against ‘Taliban Attack’
Iraq’s Minorities Hope for Safer Future in Wake of Pope’s Historic Visit
‘Deeply regrettable’ that new curriculum will pass without mandatory Welsh history element
Aboriginal Australians: Victoria to hold inquiry into impact of colonisation
Libya PM addresses parliament as government vote looms
France ‘concealed devastation’ of nuclear tests in French Polynesia
Ex-Head Of National Bank Predicts Collapse Of Belarusian Economy
Kashmir: Al Badr chief Ganie Khwaja killed in encounter in Sopore
Gulf opens door to public Jewish life amid Israel ties
Kosovo sends troops on 1st ever peacekeeping mission
US prosecutors allege Honduras president helped move drugs
France to speed up opening of secret archives on Algeria War
Gibraltar, a vaccine champion, launches ‘Operation Freedom’
Spain takes away day-leave permits of seven jailed Catalan independence leaders
EP lifts immunity of Catalan MEPs Puigdemont, Comín and Ponsatí