November is National American Indian Heritage Month
November 7: International Inuit Day
1953 November 9: Cambodia Independence Day
2001 November 10: Indonesian Military assassinate West Papuan Independence Leader Theys Eluay
1975 November 11: Angola Independence Day
1918 November 11: National Independence Day in Poland
1965 November 11: Rhodesia Independence Day
1839 November 13: Baloch Martyrs’ Day
1988 November 16: Estonian Sovereignty Declaration
November 16: Icelandic Language Day
1918 November 18: Proclamation Day of the Republic of Latvia
1956 November 18: Morocco Independence Day
1943 November 22: Lebanese Independence Day
1975 November 25: Suriname Independence Day
After Iraqi Kurdish Independence Vote Backfires, ‘I Do Not Regret It,’ Says Barzani
Kurdish gov’t seeks political unity ahead of possible talks with Baghdad
Talabani’s memorial marked by loss of Kurdistan’s ‘Jerusalem’
Turkey prosecutor asks up to 18 years imprisonment for Kurdish MP Imam Tascier
Hundreds dead after earthquake hits Kurdistan region of Iraq-Iran border
Amazigh plan Zuwara conference to boost their language
Batwa: Radio Station Gives Hope and a New Perspective to Struggles of Indigenous Community
Rebels Displace Thousands More in Congo Brazaville
Taiwan International Conference on Tibet iterates support for Middle Way
Prayer festival cancelled as religious oppression in Tibet continues
Tibetans inside Tibet are the torchbearers of Tibetan movement, says His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Native Hawaiians again seek political sovereignty with a new constitution
Should Taiwan Support Catalonia?
Taiwan President joins Taiwan independence activist’s centennial birthday celebration
Morocco king rejects independence for Western Sahara
Polisario condemns Morocco king speech on Western Sahara
Chechnya Could Force Russia’s Hand on the Rohingya Crisis
Singer Still Missing After Chechnya’s Anti-Gay Purge
Chechnya’s leader awards schoolgirl with iPhone X for poem about Putin
Child nutrition crisis in Marshall Islands sparks intervention plan
Waiting to be washed away, the Marshall Islands
Island Nations Urge Aggressive Action at U.N. Climate Meeting
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to create common capital market
The Specter of Red October Still Haunts the Baltics
Nordic states step up defense cooperation because of Russia worries
Bots create one third of Russian-language tweets about NATO presence in Eastern Europe
Welsh in Wales referred to as “Welsh language Taliban”
Greggs worker told Welsh-speaking customer that ‘she sounded like she had Tourette’s’
Farming needs new blood if we’re going to have an independent Wales
Fears Twitter may ditch Welsh language after years of volunteer work
Why it’s time to dump North Wales and South Wales and come together as a nation
Nation.Cymru Welsh politics and identity survey results
It’s one-way bilingualism, not immigration, that’s killing the Welsh language
Detained Equatorial Guinea cartoonist wins top award
Equatorial Guinea: Ruling party expected to win as polls close
Solomon Islands PM loses no-confidence vote
Solomon Island villages shrinking due to rising sea levels
Rising tides: islands lost to the sea
Tajikistan Targets Unsanctioned Foreign-Educated Clerics For Firing To ‘Prevent Extremism’
Tajikistan Turns from Coal to Uzbek Gas
Uzbekistan, Tajikistan Power Grids to Reunite in Boon for the Region
2 Afghan civilians killed in Tajikistan security forces firing
Observers call for murder inquiries after Nicaragua election
Ruling Party Extends Control in Nicaraguan Local Elections
History Repeats Itself on Nicaragua’s Caribbean Coast, Anti-Indigenous Riots
Nicaragua climate politics in hot water over canal plan
Nicaragua offers citizens help after US ends protected status
Indigenous Oil Strike in Peru Ends in Victory
A Victory for Ecuador’s Indigenous Peoples: Canada Court Rejects Toxic-Spilling Chevron’s Case
Protesters In Kazan Demand Schools Teach Tatar Language
Language Conflict Flares Up In Russia’s Tatarstan
Mandatory Tatar-Language Classes Scaled Back In Russia’s Tatarstan
Putin’s Russification Program Far More Radical and Dangerous than It Originally Appeared
Bypassing sanctions: Russian regions will be able to directly keep in touch with the world
Bahrain re-opens border dispute with Qatar
Bahrain Orders Citizens to ‘Immediately’ Leave Lebanon After Prime Minister’s Surprise Resignation
Bahrain launches largest fintech hub in Middle East and Africa
Media freedom ‘stamped out’ as Bahrain jails more journalists
Togo releases 42 detained protesters, drops 2013 case against opposition leader
Protesters Have Returned to the Streets of Togo Despite Growing Military Threats
Togo says open to talks with opposition over demos
Exiled Rights Activist’s Mother Targeted In Turkmenistan
Struggling Turkmenistan Lowers Limit For ATM Withdrawals Abroad
How a rare protest scared the Eritrean regime
Eritrea top African contributor to ‘active asylum seekers’ in Libya
Radio Erena: Eritrea’s free voice and refugee hotline
A short guide to the linguicide of the Ukrainian language
Russia is placing tortured Ukrainian political prisoner’s life in danger
Russia intimidates parents to push Ukrainian out of schools in occupied Crimea
Scotland’s former first minister Alex Salmond hosts show on Russian broadcaster RT
Experts slam Mogherini for failing to counter hybrid threat from Russia
NATO supports Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations – Secretary General
European Union assistance plan for Ukraine presented in Lithuania
German Siemens continues to collaborate with Russian companies
Have 100 Years of Communism Taught Us Nothing?
100 Years of Communism—and 100 Million Dead
Donetsk man gets 10-year sentence for Twitter photos of Russian military equipment
Amendment on breaking diplomatic relations with Russia introduced in Ukrainian Parliament
Deutsche Welle ‘satire’ seems to dispute Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine
Don’t Be Duped By Putin’s Ukraine Peacekeeping Overtures
What Is the Public Mood Like in Crimea?
Number of political prisoners in Crimea reaches 57
Recognition of Crimean Tatars’ autonomy will help regain Crimea – Umerov
Desperate plea from Crimean prisoner who attempted suicide rather than be taken to Russia
“I’ll definitely go back to Crimea”, Ilmi Umerov
German DHL continues to operate in occupied Crimea
The Ukrainian who set himself on fire protesting the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968
Released Crimean Tatar Leader Akhtem Chiygoz: ‘I’d Rather Accept Death’ Than Kneel
Crimean Tatar leader Umerov awarded Prize of Platform of European Memory and Conscience
Russia wages major offensive against Crimean Tatar civic activists in occupied Crimea
Wives of Crimean Tatar political prisoners detained for many hours as Russia steps up terror tactics
Reconciliation is not a bed of roses: Tough lessons from Rwanda
Rwandan Orphans Find Hope in Innovative Youth Village
Rwanda to offer radiotherapy treatment early next year
Namibia’s ban on antibiotics in healthy animals drives meat exports
Mauritania Blogger Sentenced to Death Is Released on Appeal
Algeria, Mauritania to open first border post
Mauritania still tops the slavery charts despite banning the practice 10 years ago
Suriname wants no interference from Netherlands
Brother Of Convicted Opposition Politician Shot Dead In Kyrgyzstan
EU Ready To Start Talks On ‘Ambitious’ Bilateral Agreement With Kyrgyzstan
Assessing Russian Power across the Post-Soviet Space, Part III: Kyrgyzstan
Mongolia’s liver cancer crisis: ‘No other country has a problem like this’
Mongolia lurches between opportunity and crisis
Mongolia’s Population Shifts Because of Climate Change
Global-warming ground zero: Chad grapples with climate damage
Sell sex or starve? Grim choices for Chad’s ‘ghost’ girls
Pirita Näkkäläjärvi named as Sámi of the Year
New Guidelines on Uyghur ‘Signs of Extremism’ Issued to Xinjiang Authorities
China’s Uyghur crackdown targets police, families
First Cut Is the Deepest: Organ Harvesting in Xinjiang
99.7 % of Uighurs in Xinjiang forced to donate blood for organ matching database
Hong Kong Democracy Activist Joshua Wong Talks to TIME About Life Behind Bars
U.N. experts urge Hong Kong to uphold rights of democracy activists
Jailed Hong Kong democracy activists win last chance to appeal
Deep central: Panama and Costa Rica are undergoing a clubbing revolution
Costa Rica presidential candidates hold debate in prison
Panama: Former President’s Sons Received $50M in ‘Undue Payments’
Annotating the First Page of the First Navajo-English Dictionary
Turning Food Deserts Into Food Oases Across The Navajo Nation
Running Through the Heart of Navajo
Coloring book helps teach Navajo alphabet to kids
Could Donald Trump back Scottish independence?
‘The SNP must be seen as a leader in standing up for Catalan rights’: Angela Haggerty
George Kerevan: The longer the SNP stay in Westminster the further away sovereignty will be
Bulgaria calls for West Balkan EU integration after Brexit
Botswana police ranked Africa’s best, Nigeria at bottom of global report
Terras Brasileiras: Guarani-Kaiowá communities in Mato Grosso do Sul
Drone footage captures Hungary’s traditional way of life
Hungarians take walking tour to overcome fears of Muslims
How Putin’s Using Hungary to Destroy Europe
Immigration Will Dominate Hungary’s 2018 Elections, Orban Says
Jamaica metaphorized in German politics
US takes steps to make it harder for Americans to visit Cuba
Is Russia about to reopen its Cuba military base?
World class doctors for the rich – how Cuba’s flagship healthcare system deteriorated
What Life Is Like for a Castro-Hating Dissident Living in Cuba
Recognition a Key Issue in Somaliland’s Presidential Election
Somaliland to shut down social networks during election period
Somaliland votes in tight contest for new president
Why Somaliland is East Africa’s strongest democracy
Pope Francis Says No to Cigarette Sales in Vatican City
EU parliament questions independence of police, judiciary in Malta
Norwegian What? Little-Known Oslo-Based Discounter Is Disrupting Big Airlines’ Profit Model
Two-thirds of Norway’s richest people have inherited their wealth
Slovenia’s president faces former actor in runoff vote
Liberian court halts presidential run-off vote amid fraud probe
UN Inaction Fuels Conflict in the Central African Republic
The dismal politics of one of Europe’s smallest nations
Moldova Needs Arms to Deter Russia, Minister Says
Australian Vaccination-sceptics Network targets Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
Belarus: Opposition commemorate victims of Stalin’s Great Terror
Security Council re-authorizes EU-led force in Bosnia and Herzegovina
How a slip in Bosnia and Herzegovina could unravel Balkan progress
Climate change: Jordan water crisis ‘to get worse’
World Science Forum holds first Mideast conference in Jordan
Qatar appoints four women to consultative Shura Council
Footage of a massacre that changed history of Timor-Leste
Violence and corrective rape common for East Timor’s LBT women
Yazidis in Iraq: ‘The genocide is ongoing’
Nothing wrong in raising demand for Khalistan
‘Khalistan Referendum 2020’ banners put up during 549th birthday anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak
Comoros lawmaker leading citizenship inquiry attacked
A secret pregnancy in the Comoros: One teen’s story
Tunisia extends 2015 state of emergency
Tunisia’s trade deficit rises to $5.28 billion, a record level
Grassroots efforts in Tunisia to advance women’s rights
100 Women: The scientists championing their indigenous ancestors’ discoveries
Indigenous peoples’ knowledge and wisdom valuable to climate adaptation, Peruvian activists say
Indigenous forests could be a key to averting climate catastrophe
Amid Widespread Stigma and Harassment, Bhutan’s LGBT Community Seeks Acceptance
The Maldives’ spotless beaches mask the story of a troubled nation
The future of the Basque autonomous movement after Catalonia
Catalonia crisis: Why Basque leaders worry about Spain chaos
Meet the Isle of Man jet set: oligarchs, bankers and a murder suspect
Libyan rivals split over army leadership
ICC prosecutor promises more arrest warrants if crimes continue in Libya
Greece’s membership of the euro is still tenuous
Vicious Cycle: Kosovo’s Battered Women Syndrome
Romani Man Wins European Judgement Against Hungary in Police Brutality Case
A tiny African island nation will run on 100% renewable energy in less than a decade, Cape Verde
Russia and Georgia Agree to Unite Against ‘Church Separatism’ in Abkhazia
Emir Kusturica Becomes Goodwill Ambassador of Occupied Abkhazia
10 years on from November 2007 political crisis in Georgia
Al Shabaab executes four men accused of spying for Somalia, Ethiopia
Islamic State thriving in Somalia: UN report
AU to withdraw 1,000 troops from Somalia this year
US airstrike kills ‘several’ al-Shabab militants in Somalia
Pakistani court sentenced three Baloch IDPs to death by hanging
Balochistan: Pakistani forces abduct seven people including an elderly man and a teenage student
Exiled Baloch leaders set to congregate in Geneva on November 18
Exiled leaders announce global campaign against Baloch genocide in Pakistan
Baloch leaders announce unity move to intensify freedom movement
Pakistan is afraid of political voice of Sindhi and Baloch
Nine Baloch, Sindhi, ‘separatist’ Facebook pages taken down on PTA request
West Papuan People’s Petition to the United Nations
Time to Support West Papua: An Interview with Independence Leader Benny Wenda
Ousted Solomon Islands PM Manasseh Sogavare defends stand on West Papua
Indonesia’s army plans tough response to separatists threatening mine in Papua province
Papua separatists dispute Indonesia claim of hostage taking
Indonesia police locked in standoff with armed Papua separatists
Papuan villagers near Freeport mine conflict zone are ‘safe’ despite unrest
Harvest season provides meagre respite to South Sudan’s ongoing hunger crisis
More Than a Million People in South Sudan Are on the Brink of Starvation
South Sudan’s government using food as weapon of war
Civilians Caught in Middle as South Sudan War Nears 4-year Mark
Saudi, UAE, Kuwait urge citizens to leave Lebanon
Important Step Toward New Caledonia Independence Referendum
New Caledonia independence referendum, roll confirmed
International Criminal Court to investigate crimes against humanity in Burundi
Swaziland: School ‘Turns Poor Children Away’
Building safe houses, UN agency helping Dominica recover from disaster
Lebanon caught in crossfire as Saudi steps up battle against Iran
Where is our prime minister? Lebanon asks after he fails to return from Saudi following resignation
Hariri says Iran to blame for Lebanon crisis, promises to return to his country ‘very soon’
Can Fiji Save the World? Climate Change
Hundreds of Whales and Dolphins Slaughtered in Annual Faroe Islands Hunt
Faroe Islands ‘cherish’ their bloody whale-hunting tradition
Guatemala wants to include Belize on their map, again!
U.N. resolution on Guam self-determination is a huge victory
Reader: Guam demands, deserves independence
Iceland’s leftist opposition fails to form government
New strategy launched to help tackle maternal, child deaths in Sierra Leone
Survivors of Sierra Leone mudslide fear for future as camps close
Why we need change in Sierra Leone – the case for a developmental, inclusive and democratic party
North–South Transport Corridor: Russia Wins, Armenia Loses
The forgotten massacre that ignited the Kashmir dispute
New Zealand’s winter shorter by a month over 100 years
Belgium’s three main parties question Spain’s actions against the Catalan government
Belgian judge releases president Puigdemont and his ministers
Wee Ginger Dug: The EU’s treatment of Catalans is a betrayal of democracy
Spain could allow independence referendums, says FM
As Protesters Clog Catalonia, Court Snuffs Out Declaration Of Independence
Mass protest in Catalonia demands release of ‘political prisoners’
Seven parties in three blocs to face off in Catalan Parliament election on December 21
President Puigdemont to head ‘Together for Catalonia’
Deposed Catalan ministers in Belgium call on citizens to vote “in mass” on December 21