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Taiwan says China knows armed threats backfire on influencing elections

Hong Kong Standard 28 Sep 2023
China's leadership knows that sabre rattling around Taiwan to force an outcome to its liking in elections does not work and Beijing is not likely to try such actions ahead of January's presidential vote, the Taiwanese foreign minister said Thursday.
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Xenophobia Rears its Ugly Head in South Africa

Human Rights Watch 28 Sep 2023
However, today the movement is better known for calling for mass deportation of undocumented migrants, blocking immigrants from accessing healthcare, raiding businesses belonging to foreign nationals, and forcing their shops to close ... “To tell you the truth, I hate foreigners,” a member of Operation Dudula said.
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EU Commission Should Stop Ignoring Tunisia’s Abuses Against Migrants

Human Rights Watch 28 Sep 2023
Just before EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen settled her deal with President Kais Saied, Tunisian security forces had unlawfully collectively expelled over 1,300 Black African foreigners, including children, to border zones with Libya and Algeria.
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Taliban: 200 Anti-Pakistan Militants Arrested in Afghanistan

Beijing News 28 Sep 2023
The militant group emerged in Pakistan's border areas in 2007, pledging allegiance to the leadership of the Afghan Taliban and supporting them in mounting insurgent attacks on U.S.-led NATO troops in Afghanistan until the foreign forces withdrew in August 2021after nearly two decades in the country.
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Canadian leader ‘convinced’ of Modi govt’s role in Sikh activist’s murder

Dawn 28 Sep 2023
Later, at a Council on Foreign Relations event in New York, he claimed that Delhi had told Ottawa that the government of India was not involved in the killing, but if authorities had “something relevant”, India was “open to looking at it” ... forces”. ‘Attack by foreign govt’.
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Maiden match: three centuries of India's cricket obsession

Yahoo Daily News 28 Sep 2023
In the early 18th century -- a time of rival powers and rapacious European forces with pirates prowling the coast -- a ragtag bunch of foreign mercenaries and Indian marines sailed up the creek ... - 'Flourishing their swords' - ... But this time the strange foreigners thwacking balls seemingly defused tensions, and the visit passed off peacefully.
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Privacy watchdog fractures over 702 opinion

Politico 28 Sep 2023
Codified into law almost two decades ago, Section 702 allows the National Security Agency to collect the digital communications of foreigners located abroad from U.S ... “We voted against releasing this Report on Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act — it was approved only 3 to 2,” the press release reads.
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US Sen. Bob Menendez pleads not guilty to pocketing bribes in a wide-ranging corruption case

Decatur Daily 28 Sep 2023
A lawyer entered the not guilty plea for Menendez, who was forced to step down as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee after being indicted ... He also can't have contact outside of the presence of lawyers with members of his Senate staff, Foreign Relations Committee ...
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‘Foreign ops not part of govt policy’: Jaishankar in US

Hindustan Times 28 Sep 2023
... to secessionist forces ... There is a sense among Indian policymakers that the allegations are motivated by Trudeau’s domestic political calculus, dependence on extremist Sikh forces, and is a way to deflect charges of China’s alleged foreign interference in Canadian politics.
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US Sen. Bob Menendez pleads not guilty to pocketing bribes

Lockport Union-Sun 28 Sep 2023
A lawyer entered the not guilty plea for Menendez, who was forced to step down as chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee after being indicted ... Ben Cardin was approved Wednesday as the new chairman of the Foreign Relations panel.
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Sen. Menendez pleads not guilty to pocketing bribes in wide-ranging corruption case

News-Press Now 28 Sep 2023
A lawyer entered the not guilty plea for Menendez, who was forced to step down as chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee after being indicted ... Ben Cardin was approved Wednesday as the new chairman of the Foreign Relations panel.
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Sen. Menendez pleads not guilty

Elko Daily Free Press 28 Sep 2023
Menendez was forced to step down as chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee after being indicted ... He also can't have contact outside of the presence of lawyers with members of his Senate staff, Foreign Relations Committee staff or political advisers who have ...
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Menendez pleads not guilty to charges

The Buffalo News 28 Sep 2023
A lawyer entered the not guilty plea for Menendez, who was forced to step down as chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee after being indicted ... He also can't have contact outside of the presence of lawyers with members of his Senate staff, Foreign Relations ...
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Russia to closely monitor U.S. plans to deploy INF-banned weapons in Europe

People Daily 28 Sep 2023
MOSCOW, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- Moscow will closely monitor U.S. steps to deploy weapons systems previously banned by the arms-control Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty in Europe, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said Wednesday. "We are closely monitoring any U.S ... (Web editor ... .
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African nation foils alleged coup plot

Russia Today 28 Sep 2023
Burkina Faso’s ruling military government has claimed that its intelligence and security services prevented an attempted takeover ... The incident came amid foreign media reports of rising tensions within Burkina Faso’s armed forces ... Read more France lost Africa. Macron just can’t accept it ... .

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North Korea amends constitution on nuclear policy, cites US 'provocations'
Hong Kong Standard
28 Sep 2023
File - A photo showing North Korea's missile launch is displayed at the Unification Observation Post in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. South Korea's military says North Korea has fired at least one ballistic missile toward its eastern seas. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
AP / Ahn Young-joon
Travis King back in US custody months after crossing into North Korea
ABC7
27 Sep 2023
A TV screen shows a file image of American soldier Travis King during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. North Korea said Wednesday that it will expel King who crossed into the country through the heavily armed border between the Koreas in July.
AP / Ahn Young-joon
Nearly half of Karabakh’s population seeks refuge in Armenia
Dawn
28 Sep 2023
Wounded ethnic Armenian man named Sasha, 84 years-old, from Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh is helped by volunteers walk as he arrives in Armenia's Goris in Syunik region, Armenia, on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. Some 42,500 people, or about 35% of Nagorno-Karabakh's ethnic Armenian population, has left for neighboring Armenia as of Wednesday morning, according to Armenian authorities. Hours-long traffic jams were reported on Tuesday on the road linking Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia.
AP / Vasily Krestyaninov
US: Donald Trump skips GOP debate; rivals take him on directly
Khaleejtimes
28 Sep 2023
From left to right, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy and Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., argue a point during a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by FOX Business Network and Univision, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif.
AP / Mark J. Terrill
Russia accuses Ukraine’s Western allies of helping attack its Black Sea Fleet headquarters
Wtop
27 Sep 2023
FILE - A Russian military landing ship, which now transports cars and people between Crimea and Taman because the Crimean Bridge connecting Russian mainland and Crimean peninsula over the Kerch Strait is closed, sails not far from Kerch, Crimea, on Monday, July 17, 2023.
AP
House GOP eyes bribery against Biden
The Buffalo News
28 Sep 2023
President Joe Biden participates in a roundtable with CEOs and Governors in support of the Bipartisan Innovation Act, Wednesday, March 9, 2022, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House.
White House / Adam Schultz
Negligence blamed for catastrophic fire in Iraq's Nineveh
The New Arab
27 Sep 2023
Firefighters work at the site of a fatal fire, in the district of Hamdaniya, Nineveh province, Iraq, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. A fire that raced through a hall hosting a Christian wedding in northern Iraq killed multiple people, authorities said Wednesday.
AP / Farid Abdulwahed
Azerbaijan arrests former Nagorno-Karabakh minister as exodus tops 50,000
RTE
27 Sep 2023
In this photo released by Azerbaijan's border guard service on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, Azerbaijan's border guard officers pose with detained Ruben Vardanyan, center, in Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan says it has detained the former head of Nagorno-Karabakh's separatist government as he tried to cross into Armenia following Azerbaijan's 24-hour blitz last week to reclaim control of the enclave. The arrest of Ruben Vardanyan was announced by Azerbaijan's border guard service.
AP / Azerbaijan's border guard service via AP
UN warns of ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ in growing nuclear arms race
Al Jazeera
27 Sep 2023
South Korea's missiles are carried in a parade during the 75th South Korea Armed Forces Day ceremony in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. South Korea's president vowed to retaliate immediately against any potential provocations by North Korea in his Armed Forces Day speech Tuesday, as thousands of troops prepared to march through the capital in the country's first such military parade in 10 years.
AP / Ahn Young-joon
Human rights court to hear case against 33 European countries
RTE
27 Sep 2023
FILE - A volunteer uses a tree branch trying to prevent a forest fire from reaching houses in the village of Casal da Quinta, outside Leiria, central Portugal, July 12, 2022. As wildfires become more common in Portugal, six children and young adults felt empowered to take 32 European governments to court on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, for what they say is a failure to adequately address human-caused climate change in a violation of their human rights.
AP / Joao Henriques
Study pinpoints which areas of New York City are sinking, rising
Phys Dot Org
27 Sep 2023
The land beneath the New York City area, including the borough of Queens, pictured here, is moving by fractions of inches each year. The motions are a legacy of the ice age and also due to human land usage.
NASA/JPL-Caltech
Trump committed fraud for years, judge rules
Jamaica Observer
27 Sep 2023
File - Donald Trump speaking with attendees at the 2023 Turning Point Action Conference in West Palm Beach, Florida
Creative Commons / Gage Skidmore https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en
Costa Rica president orders state of emergency amid surge of migrants heading to the US
CNN
27 Sep 2023
FILE - Venezuelan migrants sell sweets on a street in San Jose, Costa Rica, Dec. 6, 2022. Costa Rica announced on Tuesday, June 13, 2023, that the U.S. government has agreed to open potential legal pathways to the United States for some of the Nicaraguan and Venezuelan migrants that among the 240,000 asylum seekers already awaiting asylum in the Central American country. (AP Photo/Carlos Gonzalez, File)
AP / Carlos Gonzalez, File
Philippines urges fishermen to keep up presence at China-held shoal
Straits Times
27 Sep 2023
A fisherman watches rescue operations where a passenger boat capsized in Binangonan, Rizal province, Philippines on Friday, July 28, 2023.
AP / Aaron Favila
China says drills around Taiwan to ‘combat arrogance of separatists’
Al Jazeera
27 Sep 2023
A Chinese J-11 military fighter jet flies above the Taiwan Strait near Pingtan, the closest land of mainland China to the island of Taiwan, in Pingtan in southeastern China's Fujian Province, Friday, Aug. 5, 2022
AP / Ng Han Guan
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