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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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