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• Chinese fishing fleets caught in Galapagos Islands violating Ecuadorian sovereignty September 30, 2020
  A new report shows Chinese fishing vessels illegally entered Ecuador’s waters around the Galapagos Islands multiple times this summer.
  Trey Yingst
• Vatican denies Pompeo audience with pope, accuses him of playing politics September 30, 2020
  The Vatican announced Wednesday that they had denied U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s request to meet with Pope Francis during his visit to Rome this week.
  Caitlin McFall
• ISIS militants wreak havoc in Mozambique, killing more than 1,000 in insurgency September 30, 2020
  Islamic State-affiliated terrorists have reportedly formed a base hub of operations in Northern Mozambique, killing more than 1,500 people, and displacing more than 250,000, according to the European Union.
  Paul Tilsley
• Twitter temporarily suspends Hungarian government account 'without warning or explanation,' cabinet official claims September 30, 2020
  Twitter temporarily suspended an official account of the Hungarian government on Wednesday.
  Danielle Wallace
• Hurricane center monitoring tropical wave in Caribbean, could develop into 'Gamma' September 30, 2020
  After a lull in the busy 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, forecasters on Wednesday are monitoring an area of disturbed weather over the Caribbean that may become the next named storm.
  Travis Fedschun
• Brazil’s Amazon forest, precious wetlands burn at historic levels September 30, 2020
  Wildfires burning throughout Brazil have reached a historic high with the majority of them once again impacting the Amazon rain forest.
  Carolina Torres
• Rape and killing of Dalit woman shocks India, draws outrage September 30, 2020
  The gang rape and death of a woman from the lowest rung of India’s caste system sparked outrage across the country on Wednesday, with several politicians and activists demanding justice and protesters rallying in the streets.
  Sheikh Saaliq
• Paris shaken by major blast noise caused by fighter jet breaking sound barrier September 30, 2020
  A fighter jet breaking the sound barrier caused a major blast noise in Paris Wednesday that reportedly shook buildings in parts of the city. 
  Greg Norman
• UK, Canada sanction Belarus over 'rigged' election, treatment of protesters September 30, 2020
  Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has been sanctioned by Canada and the United Kingdom as massive protests continue in the country over an election which is has been widely viewed internationally as rigged.
  Brie Stimson
• Colombian woman missing 2 years found alive at sea: 'God did not want me to die' September 30, 2020
  In a survival saga for the ages, a Colombian woman who had fallen off the grid two years ago was miraculously discovered alive at sea by flabbergasted fishermen. Video of her dramatic rescue has since gone viral online.
  Ben Cost
• Netanyahu urges Beirut neighborhood to 'act now' over alleged Hezbollah arms depot September 30, 2020
  In an address to the United Nations General Assembly, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday showed pictures of what he claims is a secret Hezbollah arms depot in the middle of a residential area in Beirut, close to a gas company, calling on Lebanese citizen to act now before another deadly explosion occurs.
  Frank Miles
• Nicaragua proposed law seeks to make fake news punishable by prison September 29, 2020
  Allies of Nicaragua strongman Daniel Ortega have proposed a law making it a crime to spread fake news on social media punishable by up to four years in prison, according to a report.
  Robert Gearty
• Julian Assange could end up at Colorado Supermax prison, former warden says September 29, 2020
  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange would have to be “almost dying” to get out of arguably the most notorious prison in the United States if convicted of espionage charges and sent there, a court at London's Old Bailey heard Tuesday. 
• ISIS-linked Boko Haram dispatches bomb-strapped donkey to ambush state governor September 29, 2020
  In what is being touted as a "coordinated ambush" by Nigerian officials, militants belonging to the West Africa-based, ISIS-affiliated terrorist organization Boko Haram on Sunday unleashed a donkey carting explosives to assail the convoy of Borno State Governor Babagana Zalum.
  Hollie McKay
• Amnesty International to stop work in India, cites government harassment and threats September 29, 2020
  Amnesty International announced Tuesday it would close its operations in India after its bank accounts were frozen and its executives were interrogated following the publication of two reports by the group that criticized the government's human rights record. 
  Barnini Chakraborty
• Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah dies at 91 September 29, 2020
  Kuwait's emir, Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, has died at the age of 91, state media reported Tuesday morning. 
  Barnini Chakraborty
• Political poison: What’s going on in Guantanamo Bay? September 29, 2020
  While once front and center of U.S. election campaigns, the politically noxious topic of the 19-year-old Guantanamo Bay prison as made little dent on this year's election cycle.
  Hollie McKay
• Armenia, Azerbaijan fighting kills dozens as tensions mount in decades-old conflict September 29, 2020
  Armenian and Azerbaijani forces accused each other of attacks on their territory on Tuesday, as fighting over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh continued for a third straight day after a decades-old conflict reignited
• Chinese teacher who poisoned 25 kindergartners out of 'revenge' sentenced to death September 29, 2020
  A Chinese teacher has been sentenced to death after a court found that she poisoned more than two-dozen kindergartners, killing one,  to wage revenge on a coworker after disagreements “over student management issues."
  Stephanie Pagones
• South Korea says slain man tried to defect to North Korea September 29, 2020
  South Korea said Tuesday that a government official slain by North Korean sailors wanted to defect, concluding that the man, who had gambling debts, swam against unfavorable currents with the help of a life jacket and a floatation device and conveyed his intention of resettling in North Korea.