Ukraine sent two captured North Korean soldiers to South Korea, Zelenskiy says
By Tom Balmforth and Brenda Goh September 23, 2026 Credit: Reuters UNITED NATIONS/SEOUL, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Ukraine has transferred two captured North Korean soldiers to South Korea, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, prompting Seoul to express regret that the move had been disclosed publicly despite an agreement to keep it private. Announcing the transfer in an address to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, Zelenskiy said the two men had recently been sent t
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Taiwan rejects Chinese statements after Trump-Xi meeting
By: Taiwan News Sept 25th 2026 China says Xi called on the US to oppose Taiwan independence. Credit: X TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Comments by China’s foreign ministry after the meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping calling on the US to oppose Taiwan independence showed Beijing was still misrepresenting the truth, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Friday. China’s statement after Thursday’s meeting also said Xi had asked Trump to “handle the Tai
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Seychelles and APRM Discuss Africa Ratings, Investment and Digital Governance
By: Office of the President of The Republic of Seychelles 23 September 2026 Credit: State House Discussions on strengthening Africa’s financial independence, improving governance and harnessing technology for development featured prominently in bilateral talks between President Dr Patrick Herminie and the leadership of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) on the margins of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. CEO of the APRM, Marie Antoinet
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Indigenous communities in Pando create defense committees
By Erbol, multiple authors Thursday, September 18th, 2026 Dredges operating in the Madre de Dios River, territory of TIM II. Photo: CEJIS. The lack of a resolution to the preventive environmental action presented by the Multiethnic Indigenous Territory TIM II and the Tacana, Kabineña and Ese Ejja captaincies in the face of mining pollution led the Central Indigenous of the Original Peoples of the Amazon of Pando (CIPOAP) to declare a state of emergency and give a deadline unt
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UN human rights chief sounds alarm over ‘comprehensive onslaught’ against LGBTQ rights
By Michael K. Lavers 22 September 2026 Volker Türk on Monday spoke at UN LGBTI Core Group event. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk (Screen capture via UN Human Rights Council/YouTube) UNITED NATIONS — U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Monday said there is a “comprehensive onslaught” against LGBTQ and intersex rights around the world. “We know that progress for human rights has never been linear … but today’s backlash is deep and it is co
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Tour Guide, Commune Councillor and Two Others Convicted of Plotting
By LICADHO 23 September 2026 Clockwise from top left: second deputy commune chief in Battambang’s Anlong Vil commune Rath Sothy, supporter the Cambodia National Rescue Party Suon Bunlor, second deputy commune chief for the Cambodia National Rescue Party Am Vong, tour guide Pin Poch. Photos supplied and from their Facebook pages. The Phnom Penh Capital Court convicted four Cambodians for plotting this morning and sentenced them each to seven years in prison allegedly over phon
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