A Bid to Undo a Colonial-Era Wrong Touches a People’s Old Wounds

An Oxford museum’s collection of objects taken from the Naga people includes human remains. What to do with them now is not a simple matter.

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France Announces Agreement to Give New Caledonia More Autonomy

There were violent protests against French rule in the semiautonomous Pacific territory last year. The agreement would create a new state within the French Republic.

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Kurdish PKK Fighters Burn Weapons in Step Toward Peace With Turkey

The disarmament of the P.K.K., a group that has battled since the 1980s for Kurdish independence, could end a conflict that has killed more than 40,000 people.

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Alberta Separatism Push Roils Canada

The country is just emerging from a period of political turmoil with a new prime minister in place. But now Alberta, a conservative Western province, is planning a referendum to break away.

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What to Know About the P.K.K. and Its Fight Against Turkey

The Kurdish group waged a bloody insurgency against the Turkish state for four decades.

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Kurdish P.K.K. Says It Will End Conflict with Turkish State

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or P.K.K., said that it would lay down its arms and disband, a decision that could reverberate in neighboring countries.

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The Balochistan Separatist Movement in Pakistan: What to Know

A dramatic escalation in the tactics by a Baloch separatist group came with the hijacking of a passenger train on Tuesday.

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Kurdish Fighters Called a Truce, but Turkey Kept Up Lethal Strikes

Turkey is still bombing armed Kurdish insurgents in Iraq and Syria, even after their leader urged them to lay down their arms and disband, and their group declared a cease-fire.

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Separatists Hijack Train Carrying Over 400 Passengers in Pakistan

The authorities were struggling to reach the remote site of the ambush in the country’s southwest, and the passengers’ fate was not immediately known.

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Trump Looms Over Greenland’s Election, but Voters Have Other Concerns

President Trump keeps saying he wants to “get” Greenland. On Tuesday, Greenland votes for a new parliament that could shape its future relations with the United States.

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