Three More Tibetan Schools Shut Down in Golog as China Tightens Its Grip on Tibetan-Language Education
By Central Tibetan Administration October 19, 2026 An orphan school, a girls’ school and a village school are the latest to be closed in a widening campaign against privately run Tibetan schools An architectural rendering of the main gate of the Golog Tadrak Orphan School in Tabo Village, Machen County, Golog. Founded in 2005 with funding from the late Dr. Tawu Lobsang Palden and his wife, the school gave a home and a Tibetan-medium education to more than 300 orphaned childre
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Who Will Benefit from the AI Revolution?
by David Miliband October 19, 2026 Sergey Balakhnichev—Getty Images The debate about how to control AI and limit its potential for damage is healthy and necessary. It is also unavoidable and urgent. But this is not the only vital debate. There are also vital questions about how the upsides of AI are shared fairly. Business as usual has left the world's poorest people behind, so far. And for those caught up in conflict—in places like Sudan, Ukraine, Gaza, and Afghanistan—AI c
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Syria: Women Barred from Defense, Security Colleges
By Human Rights Watch October 16, 2026 Raises Concerns Over Women’s Role in Syria’s Transition Officials from the Syrian Ministry of Defense hold a press conference announcing the launch of the National Defense Sciences University in Damascus, Syria, July 13, 2026. © 2026 Rami Alsayed/NurPhoto via AP Photo (Beirut, October 16, 2026) – Syrian authorities have imposed admissions rules that bar women from most programs at two new state universities focused on defense and securit
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Morocco: new finance minister; foreign, interior ministers unchanged
By Ahmed Eljechtimi October 16, 2026 A view of the parliament building in Rabat, Morocco, September 16, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. REUTERS/Ahmed Eljechtimi/File Photo King Mohammed VI of Morocco poses for an official group photograph with government members at the Royal Palace in Rabat, Morocco, October 16, 2026. Moroccan Royal Palace/Handout via REUTERS RABAT, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Morocco's football federation chief and former budget minister Fouzi Lekjaa was app
Reuters
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West Bank: attacks on Palestinians and foreign officials
By Al Jazeera Staff October 18, 2026 Settler pogroms have escalated, coinciding with the annual olive harvest season in the occupied West Bank. An Israeli soldier fires a tear gas grenade towards Palestinian olive pickers and orders them to leave the area during the olive harvest in Khirbet Abu Falah, the West Bank [File:Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Getty Images] European diplomats and officials were attacked on Saturday amid a surge in settler pogroms across the occupied West Bank in rec
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US Citizens Wrongfully Detained by ICE Could Get $500K Under New Bill
By Billal Rahman 18 October 2026 ICE agents confront protesters as they gather outside the federal immigration center at Delaney Hall where ICE is housing detained immigrants on June 8 in Newark, New Jersey. Spencer Platt/Getty Images U.S. citizens wrongfully arrested or detained by immigration authorities could receive at least $500,000 in damages under a new bill introduced in Congress. Democratic Representative Teresa Leger Fernández of New Mexico introduced the Justice fo
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US law enforcement grapple with AI-enabled terrorisM
By Johana Bhuiyan and Nick Robins-Early October 14, 2026 From the FBI to local police departments, US authorities are increasingly warning of would-be terrorists using chatbots to plan attacks and anti-AI extremist threats A previously unreported cache of law enforcement and intelligence agency documents show that law enforcement agencies have, since 2021, considered AI both a tool and a target of would-be terrorists. Composite: The Guardian/ Getty Images In May 2025, a 25-ye
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Cameroon: increase in killings of women spurs protests
By Nalova Akua October 15, 2026 YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Geraldine Achiah, an elementary school teacher in her 30s, died barely two months into her marriage in September. Her relatives allege her husband beat her over a marital dispute and demand justice in what they say is a gender-based crime. Her only child, Courage Abombi, 18, fondly remembers her support for his dreams of becoming a mechanical engineer. “My mom died an unexpected and painful death,” said Abombi, who had
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China Expands Its Military Reach by Building a Base in Laos
By Chris Buckley, Graphics by Josh Holder October 8, 2026 The new runway in Ban Keun is currently used by only small jets. Neighboring nations are watching warily to see if Beijing expands it for larger aircraft. China has begun operating a new air force base in Laos, marking another step in Beijing’s efforts to establish military footholds abroad and project power into Southeast Asia. Satellite images released this week revealed that eight small military aircraft had arrived
New York Times
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New Podcast episode: In Conversation with Inna Kalenska from the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center
October 17, 2026 In this episode of Conversations on Genocide, host Emily speaks with Inna Kulenska, Chief Operating Officer at the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center, about the 1941 massacre at Babyn Yar where over 33,000 Jews were killed in one of the largest massacres of the Holocaust. They discuss the center's efforts to reconstruct victims' identities through archival research and digitization, the challenges of preserving cultural memory amid the ongoing war in Ukraine
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Malnutrition stalks the most vulnerable in Afghanistan
By Elena Becatoros and Abdul Qahar Afghan October 16, 2026 Malika, 25, tends to her 3-year-old daughter, Kalsoum, who has symptoms of malnutrition, in the malnutrition ward at Indira Gandhi children’s hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Siddiqullah Alizai) KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Lying in her hospital cot, the 3-year-old girl roamed the room with her gray-green eyes, but her body was listless. Her mother sat by her bedside, quietly weeping. Just
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OCHA Warns Baidoa Violence Deepens Humanitarian Crisis
By: Facility for Talo and Leadership October 11, 2026 Source: Facility for Talo and Leadership MOGADISHU — The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has expressed deep concern over the escalating conflict in Baidoa, warning that repeated violence is worsening an already severe humanitarian crisis for civilians in the South West State capital. In a statement issued on 9 October 2026, George Conway, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia
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