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• 'I lost everything': Displaced Nagorno-Karabakh residents arrive in Armenia September 29, 2023
  More than 84,000 people have crossed into Armenia from Azerbaijan’s Karabakh region, Armenia's government said Friday, following the swift fall of the Armenian-majority separatist enclave. For the displaced families arriving in the southern Armenian town of Goris, the trauma of the past few weeks is compounded by the uncertainties of the future.
• More than 2,500 migrants dead or missing in Mediterranean this year, UN says September 29, 2023
  The U.N. refugee agency said Thursday that some 186,000 migrants and refugees arrived in southern Europe so far this year, the vast majority in Italy. 
• 🔴 Live: Putin tasks ex-Wagner commander with overseeing volunteer fighters in Ukraine September 29, 2023
  Russian President Vladimir Putin met Andrei Troshev, formerly a top Wagner mercenary commander, and tasked him with overseeing volunteer fighter units in Ukraine, said a Kremlin statement released Friday. Troshev is now working for Russia's defence ministry, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. Follow our live blog for the latest developments on the war in Ukraine. […]
• Niger soldiers killed in suspected jihadist attack September 29, 2023
  Seven soldiers were killed Thursday in Niger's southwest in an attack by suspected jihadists, and five others died in a traffic accident while trying to respond to the assault.
• US offers $5 million reward for information on assassination of Ecuador presidential candidate September 29, 2023
  The US is offering a $5 million reward for information leading to the arrest of those behind the killing of Ecuadorean presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday.
• European Union poised to agree new asylum laws September 29, 2023
  The European Union was poised Thursday to agree new rules for how it handles asylum-seekers and irregular migrants after Germany said it would go along with the intensely-negotiated package.
• England advance to Rugby World Cup quarter-finals as Japan beat 14-man Samoa September 28, 2023
  Japan survived a ferocious fightback by 14-man Samoa to win 28-22 in Toulouse on Thursday, tightening their grip on second place in World Cup Pool D and ensuring leaders England would reach the quarter-finals.
• US House Republicans hold first formal Biden impeachment hearing September 28, 2023
  House Republicans launched a formal impeachment hearing Thursday against President Joe Biden, promising to “provide accountability” as they probe the family finances and lucrative business dealings of his son Hunter and make their case to the public, colleagues and a skeptical Senate.
• East Libya strongman Haftar meets Putin in Moscow September 28, 2023
  Military strongman Khalifa Haftar, whose forces dominate eastern Libya, held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday, his forces and the Kremlin said.
• Six female migrants rescued from truck in France after calling journalist for help September 28, 2023
  Six female migrants trapped inside a refrigerated food truck were rescued by French police after one of the women made a distress call to a reporter, the BBC and French authorities said Thursday.