Africans Are Being Pressured To Accept Deported Migrants – Some Aren’t Happy About It
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The Shadow Army: For Iraqis, Reining in Iraqi Militias Is a High-Stakes Move
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A Bridge Too Far: Italy To Build Controversial Link Between Sicily and the Mainland
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Of Victors and Spoils: Guyana Holds Crucial Vote As Oil Boom Looms
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Good Money: Norwegians Go to the Polls Amid an Uproar Over their Country’s Investments
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The Sultan’s Tightrope: Balancing Interests Becomes Trickier For ‘Neutral’ Oman
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Corgis and Coalitions: Lithuania Struggles With Turmoil, Inside and Out
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Copper, Gold, and Independence: Bougainville Pledges To Be World’s Newest Country
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Bloody Rich: Mozambique Sees Resurgence of Militant Attacks As It Tries To Develop Its Resources
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Samoans Go to the Polls After Tumultuous Campaign
Editor’s Note: Dear Readers, GlobalPost will be on a short hiatus this coming Monday, Sept. 1, which is Labor Day in the […]
As Tensions Threaten to Split the Country, Bosnians Hold Their Breath
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The End: Uruguay Chooses To Allow The Right To Die
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For Christian Palestinians, Home Has Become a Hostile Territory
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The Price of Control: Death of an Infant Sets Off New Debate over FGM in Gambia
NEED TO KNOW The Price of Control: Death of an Infant Sets Off New Debate over FGM in Gambia THE GAMBIA Earlier […]
Holding the Trump Card: Brazil’s Lula Is Capitalizing on Tariff War
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Of Victors and Spoils: Libya’s Oil Wealth Is Precluding Peace
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Switzerland, Spurned By the US, Turns To the EU
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New Kid on the Block: The Far-right Sanseito Party Is Making Waves in Japan
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Nothing to Lose: Frustrated Angolans Say They Will Continue Protests Despite Crackdowns
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Old Book, New Chapter: Bolivians To Choose New President From Among Old Faces
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Kazakhstan Rethinks Its Past As It Becomes Part of the ‘New Silk Road’
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The Long Arc of Atonement: Belgium to Try Nonagenarian Nobleman For Six-Decade-Old Congolese Murder
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In Trying To Right a ‘Wrong,’ Zimbabwe Divides the Country
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Second Chances: Russia’s Economy is Bleeding But Putin Is Betting on a Win in Alaska
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