Hey everyone! Lest you thought there would be no Roundup due to the climate march coverage, rest assured I am still able to juggle both things at once.

International Politics

Overall

– United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon: We are living in times where there is an “unprecedented level of crises”

– President Barack Obama wants to push for a ban on travel for anyone looking to fight foreign wars

Middle East

– More than 100,000 refugees went from Syria into Turkey to escape from advances of the Islamic State

– Iraqi troops near Falluja, Iraq, are struggling to survive against ISIL militants as their supplies run down

– At least 13 people died in Iraq after both bombs and mortars went off

Asia and Oceania

– John Pilger: “War, Circus and Injustice Down Under”

– Ashraf Ghani, a former financial minister of Afghanistan, is named the next president of the country in a new deal

Africa

– In Libya, a number of assassination attempts left some journalists, soldiers and activists dead

– The Nigerian government allegedly is in negotiations with militants from Boko Haram over the release of the girls kidnapped months ago