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Security personnel outside the High Commission of Canada in New Delhi. Both India and Canada have expelled a diplomat as part of escalating tensions over the death of a Sikh activist in British Columbia in June.

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What to know about the tensions between Canada and India over the killing of a Sikh

1:40pm September 20, 2023

Canada says India is linked to the June killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a prominent activist for the creation of a Sikh homeland in India. India considered Nijjar a terrorist but denies involvement.

Neglected diseases like noma, the impact of diaspora money, artificial intelligence and the promotion of locally grown foods are four topics proposed by our authors for discussion at the U.N.'s General Assembly.

Dear U.N.: Could you add these 4 overlooked items to the General Assembly agenda?

11:13am September 20, 2023

A physician from Nigeria and a scientist from Kenya propose ideas for the United Nations to consider — issues important in Africa and other regions that are often neglected by global bodies.

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U.N. secretary-general warns geopolitical tensions are rising around the world

7:56am September 20, 2023

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Colum Lynch, senior global reporter for Devex, about the General Assembly. Only one leader of the five permanent members of the Security Council showed up: President Biden.

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Canada and India are in a standoff over a Sikh separatist leader's assassination

5:06am September 20, 2023

NPR's A Martinez talks to Milan Vaishnav, director of the South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about escalating tensions between India and Canada.

Souad Ait Hmad el Haych (left), 25, grieves as the body of her cousin is buried in Imi N'Tala, Morocco, on Sept. 13.

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Morocco's earthquake crumbled much of this adobe village nestled in the mountain

9:56pm September 19, 2023

by Eleanor Beardsley

Morocco's earthquake last week hit thousands of people who live in traditional villages in the Atlas Mountains. NPR followed rescuers and saw just how hard it was getting to people in need.

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Fallout continues after a Sikh activist was murdered on Canadian soil

4:38pm September 19, 2023

by Jackie Northam

Canada and India are engaging in an escalating war of words and tit for tat diplomatic expulsions, as the fallout over the murder of a Sikh activist on Canadian soil continues.

The U.S.-Iran prisoner swap 'was the right deal to make,' deputy special envoy says

4:38pm September 19, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Abram Paley, deputy special envoy for Iran, on the prisoner swap that allowed five Americans who'd been detained in Iran for years, to return to the U.S.

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Azerbaijan launches so-called 'local anti-terrorist measures' in Nagorno-Karabakh

4:26pm September 19, 2023

by Charles Maynes

Azerbaijan has attacked Armenian forces as Russia, the official peacekeeper in the region, appears absorbed by its war in Ukraine.

Italy has no clear plan for 10,000 North African migrants who landed on resort island

4:12pm September 19, 2023

by Ruth Sherlock

Thousands of migrants from North Africa have landed on the Italian island of Lampedusa. Italy has no clear plan for what happens next to them.

At UN, world leaders talk Russia's war against Ukraine, coups and climate change

4:12pm September 19, 2023

by Michele Kelemen

Climate change dominates the opening day of the UN general assembly, with speeches from President Biden amongst other leaders, as the UN Secretary General warns that