The head of Tajikistan’s State Committee for National Security told members of the Commonwealth of Independent States that 15,000 Afghan refugees have entered Tajikistan since August, Eurasianet reported Oct. 15.
Peru Libre party president Vladimir Cerron announced that his party will not give a vote of confidence to Peru’s Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Mirtha Vasquez, La Republica reported Oct. 14.
Students in eSwatini have staged walkouts and protests over the last two weeks to protest the detainment of two pro-democracy lawmakers who have been held since the last round of protests over the summer, Reuters reported Oct.14.
On Oct. 15, the Chinese Communist Party journal, Qiushi, published a large excerpt of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s controversial "common prosperity" speech from Aug. 17.
Russia officially began its census, which was scheduled for last year but postponed due to COVID-19, RFE/RL reported Oct. 15.
The EU official who coordinated the last Vienna talks in June visited Iran to discuss the country’s return to those talks, but following the meeting, another official said that Iran is not yet ready to engage in Vienna, Reuters reported Oct. 15.
The leaders of Germany’s progressive Social Democratic Party, environmentalist Greens and pro-business Free Democratic Party said they are ready to start formal negotiations to create a coalition government, Deutsche Welle reported Oct. 15.
Vietnam submitted a draft energy plan for review this week that proposes raising the country’s coal-fired power capacity from 20.7 to 41 gigawatts by 2030 (or 31.4% of power generation capacity), ChannelNewAsia reported Oct. 15.
In a virtual meeting of expert groups, China and Bhutan signed a memorandum of understanding that offers a three-step plan to expedite the countries’ border negotiations, South China Morning Post reported Oct. 15.Â
Members of the Chilean opposition began impeachment proceedings against President Sebastian Pinera over the alleged irregular sale of a mining company exposed in the Pandora Papers, Reuters reported Oct. 13.
