December 15, 2012: Indonesia assassinated West Papua independist Hubertus Mabel
December 16, 2009: Indonesia assassinated West Papua independist Kelly Kwalik
December 17, 1945: people of Kurdistan celebrate national flag day
December 18, 1971: Qatar National Day
December 24, 1951: Libya Independence Day
Pooping Logs Bring Christmas Cheer In Catalonia
Meet the Thirteen Yule Lads, Iceland’s Own Mischievous Santa Clauses
Sweden beats China to win Santa world cup
Welcome to Santa Claus Office: Joulumaantie 1, 96930 Arctic Circle
Indigenous Peoples activist detained in Moscow
Trump’s man in Moscow claims ‘misinformation’ about Crimea, Ukraine was ‘catastrophic’
We are watching Aleppo burn in real time. And just like in Bosnia and Rwanda, we do nothing
Pakistan is repeating in Balochistan what it did in Bangladesh
Iceland’s Seamen Start Their Strike Tonight
Iceland’s president calls on deadlocked parties to form government
Ireland Rules Out Bilateral Deal With U.K. for Brexit
O Muilleoir wants to end 279-year-old ban on Irish language in courts in Northern Ireland
Scotland gets new tax powers, as economic growth dims
Scotland Back in the Day: How Andrew Carnegie worked his way up to become the Bill Gates of his day
Jean-Claude Juncker tells Salmond: Scotland’s earned the right to be listened to
Alex Salmond’s Brussels speech in full: Europe must see Scotland’s Brexit fate as unacceptable
Cornwall Draws Up Brexit Blueprint
Was Cornish language funding cut because it was too successful?
Spanish court ruling tells Catalans to delay any plans for an independence referendum
Not Even a Prosperous Slovakia Is Immune to Doubts About the E.U.
Palestine prepares for 2017 general census
Palestinian official: peace prospects dead if Trump moves US embassy to Jerusalem
Hamas blames Israel for killing of drone expert in Tunisia
Israel’s government is bracing for a violent showdown at the settlement of Amona
Israel’s Parliament Draws a Line on Short Hemlines
Sweden ‘to seek anti-settlement resolution’ during Security Council presidency in January
Britain Restricts Palestinian Aid to Prevent Transfer of Money to Terrorists
MPs call for financial penalties to combat Palestinian ‘anti-Semitic incitement’
Free Cash in Finland. Must Be Jobless
Two journalists quit Finnish broadcaster in row over coverage of PM
New Parliament of Brittany Inaugurated in Lanrodec
Provisional Government of the State of Savoy seeks more autonomy
Georgia – Best destination for business trips
Donald Trump cancels Trump Tower project in Georgia, Associated Press says
Trump Moves to Cancel Deals in Azerbaijan, Georgia
E-signatures, e-documents simplify legal services in Georgia
Georgian President: NATO enlargement is possible with occupied territories
Report: 52% of Georgians have positive view of EU
‘Australia Day’ boycott gathers steam in call for date change
Hobart Mayor Sue Hickey warns against ‘guilt-ridden’ Aboriginal focus
Aboriginal woman’s slaying exposes racial divide in Australia
Twitter suspends account lobbying against black deaths in police custody
Footage of ‘inhumane’ treatment of jailed Aboriginal woman rattles Australia
Africa’s first humanitarian drone corridor brought to life in Malawi
South Sudanese child soldiers estimated to be over 17,000
Tunisia’s torture victims speak out
Namibia Has Been Recycling Raw Sewage Into Drinking Water For Nearly 50 Years
Trouble stirs in sands of Western Sahara
President Ghali calls for release of Sahrawi political prisoners
Lamamra urges AU to get fully involved in effort for resolution of Western Sahara conflict
International Law Students’ Seminar about Saharawi Self-determination in Japan
Croatian Minority in Serbia Celebrates Its Day
Haiti among countries being left behind
Swedish island rejects renting pipe storage space to Russia
Russia To Nuke Baltics, Use Space Weapons And Start WW3, Report
Lithuania caught up in spying, illicit border trade
Denmark and EU to set up Europol backdoor
The Danish word of the year is…
Danish teens still most boozy in Europe
It’s official: Hygge part of new Denmark Canon
Bolivia ruling party defies referendum, backs Morales for 4th term
Despite Legal Protections, Violence Against Women Is Spiking in Bolivia
These brave LGBT activists are marching for equal rights in Montenegro
Montenegro opens two chapters in EU accession talks
China Bars Taiwan Tourists From Tibet Amid Ongoing Row With Trump
Taiwan Is Both Exhilarated and Unnerved by Trump’s China Remarks
Independence advocates thank Donald Trump
US-Taiwan breakthrough likely: ex-minister
Four Kuwaitis arrested in Iran
World’s longest tunnel opens regular service in Switzerland
A country full of Christmas markets
Switzerland: a pirate’s paradise?
Finland, the Baltic states and security
Estonian representation in Belarus becomes NATO contact point embassy
Estonian government approves ban on display of tobacco products in stores
United States decides to accelerate troop deployment to Poland, Baltic, and Romania
US, Baltics eager to sign military pacts before Trump inauguration
France, Spain accused of sabotaging Eta peace efforts with Basque arrrests
Anti-ETA militant wanted to commit suicide attack
World Bank, OECD: Latvia needs tax reform
Gorgeous portraits capture the people of old Ireland in magnificent detail
Greenland and Denmark: not so foreign
Libya announces liberation of Sirte from ISIS control
Austria: a weak link in Europe or historical ally of Ukraine?
Ex-Soviet states tell US ‘I told you so’ over Russia hacking allegations
Russian riot police conduct mass arrests in Crimea
What Putin is doing in Aleppo is what he could have done in Kyiv or Lviv
Crimean Tatars find new home in Lviv Oblast
Navalny says will hold referendum on Crimea if elected president
After Crimea and Aleppo, what does Vladimir Putin want from his wars?
Ukrainian savagely beaten in Russian-occupied Crimea now arrested
From His Home in Russia, #Calexit Leader Plots California Secession
Cambridge spy seminars hit by whispers of Russian links as three intelligence experts resign
FBI in agreement with CIA that Russia aimed to help Trump win White House
Russia’s youngest victims in occupied Crimea urgently need support
Russia’s next election operation: Germany
Putin using all means against the West – including Islamist terrorism – Piontkovsky says
Germany’s Siemens Company accused of scam to bypass Crimean sanctions
Misleading OSCE Media report ignores Russia’s annexation of Crimea
Strasbourg to rule on Russia’s 2nd deportation of Crimea Tatar leader Mustafa Dzhemiliev
Dutch Court Rules Crimean Artifacts on Loan Will Return to Ukraine
Russia to appeal Dutch ruling to return Crimean treasures to Ukraine
Closed ‘court’ in Russian-occupied Crimea moves to strip Crimean Tatar leader of his lawyer
Russia stripped of right to host bobsleigh world championships
His ‘crime’ is fidelity to Ukraine: Crimean farmer faces 4 years in jail
Basis of Putin’s optimism: big US Firms were quite ready to overlook even Stalin’s crimes
The centenary of the Russian revolution should be mourned, not celebrated
Foes of Russia Say Child Pornography Is Planted to Ruin Them
EU agrees to extend anti-Russian sanctions for six months
Crimea in the dark – silencing of dissent
Tsipras says people of Greece have made enough sacrifices
The first Catalan nanosatellite successfully launched with three experiments on board
Inside Europe: Catalonia continues push for independence
Spanish court ruling tells Catalans to delay any plans for an independence referendum
Catalan leader mulls early vote on break with Spain
Spanish Court suspends Parliament’s plan for pro-independence referendum
Puigdemont: “We will vote, debate and hold meetings”
Catalonia’s right to independence debate is put on trial
Catalan parliament speaker in court over secession debate
Forcadell testifies before the court for allowing debate on independence
Thousands hit the streets to defend Forcadell, prosecution provokes international outrage
Forcadell says her trial “puts democracy at risk”
Swiss MPs add to international outcry over Forcadell’s prosecution
Pro-independence civil society organisations emphasise “unity” in support for Forcadell
European Parliament urges Spain to investigate Francoism crimes
Trump fever sweeps Iraqi Kurdistan
‘Peshmerga is ISIS’ chant drives Kurdish football clubs to withdraw from Iraq league
Masrour Barzani: Why self-determination allowed for others, forbidden for Kurds
Germany arrests suspected Turkish spy for monitoring Kurds
Armed attack on pro-Kurdish HDP as Turkey detains lawmaker
Inside Europe: Kurdish politicians in the crosshairs of Ankara
Protesters storm pro-Kurdish party local HQ after Turkey attack
Suspect in murders of Kurdish activists dies in Paris hospital
Kurds in Europe seek support for independence on Kurdish flag day
Balkanization, Kurdistan will be stabilizing: Former US diplomat
China forces Tibet’s Larung Gar students to pass political exam
China’s Buddhist Supervisory Body Announces Explicit Restrictions on Tibetan Buddhism
One Man’s Mission to Save a Culture
Tibetan sets himself on fire in China protest
Sikyong Leaves for Official Visits to Bodh Gaya, Delhi and Mundgod
Gyalwang Karmapa Rinpoche Inaugurates ‘Grassland – A Photo Exhibition’ at Tibet Museum
Japanese MPs gather to launch Tibet support group
Symposium ‘Tibet’s Past, Present and Future—What is the Way Forward?’
European Parliament Passes Resolution on Larung Gar
China must respect freedom of expression and religion in Tibet: EP
Tibetan leader urges Trump to confront China on rights
China slams India over invite to the Dalai Lama
Tibet’s PM in-exile slams China for opposing Dalai-President Pranab Mukherjee meet
Tibet is Not a Part of China but Middle Way Remains a Viable Solution: CTA
Malta competes to host post-Brexit European office for the Lloyd’s of London insurance market
Indonesia faces chance to prove it is more ‘journalist-friendly’ in 2017
Wamena, West Papua: up to 30 people reportedly arrested ahead of peaceful demonstrations
Indonesians asking West Papuans for forgiveness for human rights violations of Indonesian government
Peru has launched its first-ever newscast in Quechua
New Xinjiang Party Boss Boosts Surveillance, Police Patrols
Passport Recall in Western China Signals a Major Human Rights Problem
Uyghur Farmers Sent to School in China ‘Anti-Extremism’ Drive
The Roma homeland that never was
Reflections on the 10th EU Roma platform
French Left and Right unite to evict thousands more Roma onto the streets
Survey shows 80 percent of Roma at risk of poverty
Macedonia’s “queen of Gypsy music” buried in Skopje
Professor confronts persecution faced by Roma people
Roma Union Chair: Fico’s Condemnation of Roma Horrifying
“Light bringers” help Hungary’s impoverished Roma power their homes
Putin Is Doing to Aleppo What He Did to Grozny: Flatten the Place
Daghestan Authorities Intensify Pressure On Laks To Cede Homes To Former Chechen Deportees
Turkey and Russian death squads
Trump team reaches out to Native Americans
Austria to use Hitler birth home as charity headquarters
Nigeria fails to come to grips with separatist “New Biafra”
Operation Python Dance is a plan to annihilate Biafrans, MASSOB
Luxembourg must stand up for political prisoners
Kosovo Gets Its Own Country Code
Bosnia’s War-Displaced Families Still Waiting for Electricity
Cloud Armor That’s Not Quite So Fluffy
Inside Europe: Latvia’s harrowing past comes to life
Montenegro seeks man pictured with Russian foreign minister
National study finds ‘staggering’ Maori and Pacific problem gambling rates
New Zealand’s largest tribe, Ngāpuhi, move to next phase of settlments
The strange case of the Northwest’s Native American Nazi
Haiti: Saving itself after foreign aid’s failure
EU Parliament in tears, gives standing ovation to Yezidi girls after hearing their tales
Film of abducted Yazidi girl wins Dubai award
Snow on Mount #Sinjar thousands of #Yazidis are still living in simple tents
Lamya Haji Bashar awarded European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought and expression
Ecommerce in Slovenia is growing fast
Slovak Charter 77 signatory Miroslav Kusý honoured by Czech prime minister
Sweden presents new national gender equality authority
Leonardo DiCaprio donates $65,000 to Children of Armenia Fund
Why Iran is angered by Israel alliance with Azerbaijan
Hong Kong independence activists ‘assaulted’ by pro-China group during Taiwan visit
Avoid using ‘mainland mentality’ to tackle Hong Kong problems, Chinese scholar urges Beijing
Regina Ip pledges to allow discussion of Hong Kong independence in schools, defend academic freedom
Austria’s social system ‘unaffordable without migration’
Serbia to bolster air force with Russian jets and European helicopters
Great Escape: Mongolia’s Altai Kazakh Eagle Hunters Festival
India’s relations with Mongolia – Mongolia’s relations with China have taken a hit
China-Mongolian Border Blocked
Economic gods may be smiling again at Mongolia
Bulgaria Has to Be Better NATO Partner, But No Enemy to Russia – President-Elect
EU parliament writes to Ethiopian president over detained Oromo leader
Dozens march for peace deal in ethnically divided Cyprus
Macedonia’s election has opened the door to finally tackling the country’s corruption problem
Albanians From Macedonia Cross Ethnic Lines to Vote Against Ruling Parties
It’s 2016, and Macedonia is a real place
The Welsh economy still the weakest in the UK shows new figures
The Wales Office has had a rebrand and got rid of the dragon and Welsh motto
Row over UK ‘veto’ of Welsh laws in Wales Bill debate
Welsh government plans national legal code
Why the Tiny Island of Malta Has Europe’s Most Progressive Gay Rights
Lebanon to get legislative tracking app
Lebanon ‘approaching breaking point’ due to influx of Syrian refugees
Oklahoma’s Native tribes are trying to fill a gap in sex ed left by the state’s schools
More insurers considering move to Ireland, central bank says
Institute of Directors report highlights ‘extreme concern’ over Brexit in Northern Ireland
Digs funded at ‘lost kingdoms’ sites in Scotland and Ireland
Inuit group learning about Welsh language promotion
According To Instagram, Everyone’s In Singapore Now
Moldova’s breakaway territory of Transnistria: Putin Wins a Pawn
Bosnia to Expel Hundreds of Foreign Property Owners Amid Tax Probe
Hundreds gather in Sarajevo to rally for peace in Syria
“Russian World” In Belarus Is Putin Plus Lukashenka
Bosnia to Expel Hundreds of Foreign Property Owners Amid Tax Probe
Belgium’s Flanders wary of Brexit deals with large EU member states
World’s largest wave recorded off the coast between Ireland and Iceland
Slovakia’s Fico criticizes sanctions against Russia
Serbia furious with Croatia about blocking chapter in EU accession talks
Portugal loses appeal in English court over swap contracts
Serbian court postpones Srebrenica massacre trial until February
World Bank Lends Albania $71M for Tourism Infrastructure
Windsor, Ont. public schools improving Indigenous representation in curriculum
Indigenous military members endure ‘systemic’ racism, report claims
Passionate supporters of the Welsh language vastly outnumber critics, study finds
Namibia: Stunting in Namibia Still Too High
Luxembourg’s entrepreneur of the year
Armenian youth learn about EU funded projects
Armenia: Anti-corruption game launched on Anti-Corruption Day
Palestinian Body Politic Rotten to the Core
The Palestinian leadership that doesn’t represent us
Portugal’s Guterres sworn in as next U.N. secretary-general
Catalan lawmakers rip up images of Spain’s King Felipe
Catalans re-arrested after burning images of the king
Crimean Tatars accuse Russia of kidnappings and political arrests
20+ Proposed Pipelines Threatening Indigenous Communities
Lebanon: Student Arrested for Facebook Post
UN: Albania must ‘turn page’ on communist-era disappearances
Currency Springs Central Bank Trap as Iceland Risks Overheating
Nigeria: The Case for Pro-Biafra Agitators
Biafra: Nnamdi Kanu remains resolute, fearless no matter the cost – IPOB
Lithuanian President Grybauskaite visits Ukraine
The Welsh flag emoji is FINALLY happening
Nearly 7 years after quake, 50,000 in Haiti still in camps
LuxLeaks whistleblowers appeal jail sentences in Luxembourg court
Malle, Belgium, to host 2017 Para dance sport Worlds
Man bashes teen, ‘racially abuses Maori teen’ on Perth bus
Bosnia preparing for return of Islamic State fighters
Ireland and four UK territories named on ‘world’s worst tax havens’ list
Easter Rising flag finally returned to Ireland 100 years on from 1916
Austria calls for freeze on Turkey’s EU membership talks
Turkey Moves to Crush Kurdish Party After Deadly Bombing
US committed to defence pact with Kurdistan Region, says Carter
Russia’s Rosatom gets compensation for scrapped €10bn nuclear project in Bulgaria
Moroccan forces intervene violently against Sahrawi demonstrators on International Human Rights Day
Albania Survey Shocks Victims of Communist Regime
Campaign repeals Lebanon’s rape law but there’s a long way to go
Hipsters’ insatiable appetite for superfoods is starving India’s ancient indigenous people
Jamaica’s Musical Genres Rated Among The Best
Benjamin Netanyahu: Israel’s media manipulator
Orbán’s Hungary – The Kremlin’s Trojan Horse
A nasty Hungarian national mood rejects immigrants — and journalists
Ohaneze Ndigbo declares support for Biafra; provides reasons
Oxfam: Luxembourg, Ireland, Netherlands among worst tax havens
Kosovo, Montenegro premiers meet in neighboring Albania
Survey: 89% of Estonians support the country’s NATO membership
The Forgotten American Indian Slaves
Former Tibetan prisoner shares her experience of torture and human rights abuse in Tibet
Spiritual leader of Tibet and President of India grace child-rights summit