Life on Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota can be harsh but women of the Lakota tribe are taking their lives and their future into their own hands. Watch report.

Plight of indigenous people in Dakota: Native women living in poor conditions

Norway has blamed Russia for a cyber-attack on the email system in the Norwegian parliament in August. Watch report.

Cyber-attack on Norway Parliament: Norway says Russia behind the attack

Belarus police will now be permitted to use combat weapons in the streets if needed, the Interior Ministry said on Monday

Belarus allows police to use firearms against protesters

The novel coronavirus can survive on surfaces of items like banknotes and phones for 28 days in dark and cool conditions, a study by Australia's national science agency claimed.

Coronavirus can survive on phones, banknotes for 28 days: Study

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador wrote an open letter to Pope Francis on Saturday and called on the Roman Catholic Church to apologise for atrocities on indigenous people of Mexico during the Spanish conquest in 1500s.

Mexico asks Pope to apologise for atrocities during Spanish conquests

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un issued a tearful apology over the weekend for failing to live up to the trust his people have placed in him

North Korea: Kim Jong-Un tears up during a rare display of emotion

Police in Kabul are grappling with a crime wave that is only expected to worsen as US and foreign forces pull out of Afghanistan.

Kabul police to use deadly force against criminals

Democratic senators including vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris on Monday painted President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett as a threat to the Obamacare healthcare law

Donald Trump's SC nominee Amy Coney Barrett faces democratic opposition on Obamacare law

Malaysia’s opposition leader Ibrahim Anwar met the Southeast Asian nation’s king on Tuesday morning.

Malaysia’s Ibrahim Anwar meets king in challenge for leadership

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden pulled further ahead of President Donald Trump in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania

US Election 2020: Reuters/Ipsos poll shows Biden lead over Trump growing in Wisconsin

With coronavirus cases skyrocketing in Britain again, Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the House of Commons about a three-tier lockdown plan to focus on areas where the potentially deadly virus is spreading.

Boris Johnson announces 3-tier lockdown plan in Britain

Johnson & Johnson said Monday it had temporarily halted its Covid-19 vaccine trial because one of its participants had become sick

Johnson & Johnson pauses Covid vaccine trial as participant falls ill

Pakistan has improved its full compliance on only two of the 40 FATF recommendations, the APG report noted.

FATF's special group to review Pak's progress | FATF 2-Day meet

The Irish for Biden campaign was launched on Friday in County Louth, where Mr Biden's maternal great-grandparents immigrated from in the 1850's

US Election 2020: 'Irish For Biden' campaign launched in ancestral home

This announcement is the result of international efforts trying to stop the war which has killed at least 400 people since it broke out on September 27.

Armenia, Azerbaijan agree to ceasefire: Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov

Suga took office in mid-September after his predecessor, Shinzo Abe, stepped down for health reasons. By continuing Abe's hard-line stance against South Korea

Japan tells South Korea it will skip trilateral summit over labor dispute

A French aid worker who was kidnapped in the West African country of Mali has been released after almost four years in captivity. Sophie Petronin was captured by Jihadists in 2016.

Mali Hostage Release: Jihadist group release hostage Sophie Petronin

It is called the 'Statue of Peace' installed in the central district of Berlin. This has led to a diplomatic incident between Japan and South Korea. Watch report.

Peace Statue Controversy: Why Japan oppose the 'Statue of Peace'

The arctic ice cover is disappearing and within decades there could be no ice covering the arctic during the summer months. Scientists are racing against time to save and protest the fragile arctic ecosystem.

Can we save the arctic from destruction? Scientists race to save arctic ecosystem | WION News

Economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean will be slower than the return to productivity. Watch report.

Economic impact of COVID-19 on Latin America

Clashes between Armenia-Azerbaijan continued for yet another day, this as France, Russia and US stepped up to mediate. Watch report.

Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict: International mediators head to Geneva

Donald Trump's decision to walk away from the next presidential debate because it was set to be held virtually between the President and Democratic nominee Joe Biden into question. This was done because Trump's positive coronavirus diagnosis is altering his reelection bid.

Second Presidential debate to be virtual: Trump rejects virtual debate

Kamala Harris gave a blunt refresher on President Donald Trump's finances in the vice-presidential debate. Watch report.

Kamala Harris: Trump paid $750 in taxes, Who does he owe money to?

In the US vice presidential debate, Mike Pence said that the Donald Trump administration wants to improve its relationship with China but it is going to hold Beijing "accountable" for what it did to America with the deadly coronavirus.

Mike Pence: Joe Biden opposed Trump's decision to suspend travel

The two vice-presidential candidates, Kamala Harris and Mike Pence debated today on the Vice Presidential Debate. They debated on coronavirus impact on the US economy and unemployment.

Harris: Trump judges economy on how many rich around him

The two vice-presidential candidates, Kamala Harris and Mike Pence debated today on the Vice Presidential Debate. They debated on racial unrest, coronavirus, and much more.

Kamala Harris: In America, voters deserve better

In American politics, it was Mike Pence vs Kamala Harris. The two vice-presidential candidates who went toe-to-toe as they debated about Donald Trump's performance over the last four years. Watch report.

Harris vs Pence on the Vice Presidential Debate: Discuss Trump's response on pandemic

It was a face-off between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris for the Vice Presidential Debate. No physical contact was there between the two leaders and they discussed a variety of issues amongst first was the coronavirus pandemic.

US Elections 2020: Vice Presidential Debate, Harris and Pence's first and only face-off of election 2020

Speaking to an international news agency, Assad said Turkish President Recep Erdogan was the “main instigator” and “initiator” of the conflict.

Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict: Bashar Al-Assad blames Turkey for crisis in the region

India's External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have met in Tokyo. While they have been in touch with each other for past few months, amid the COVID crisis--this is the first in-person meeting between the two.

Indian EAM S Jaishankar calls for free and open Indo-Pacific

S Jaishankar meets Mike Pompeo on the sidelines of QUAD summit

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