A proposed anti-discrimination law that specifically recognises LGBT+ hate crimes in Italy is set to be voted on in the lower house of parliament later on Tuesday (October 27).

Will Italy introduce its first ever LGBT+ hate crime law?

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo touched down Tuesday evening and was greeted by Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunewardena.

China warns US over Sri Lanka as Pompeo lands in Colombo

The Centre has paved the way for people from outside Jammu and Kashmir to buy land in the union territory by amending several laws, over a year after the nullification of Articles 370 and 35A of the Constitution.

India: Now anyone can buy land in Jammu and Kashmir

People recovering from COVID-19 may suffer significant brain function impacts, with the worst cases of the infection linked to mental decline equivalent to the brain ageing by 10 years, researchers warned on Tuesday.

Coronavirus can trigger range of neurological problems

Republican President Donald Trump questioned the integrity of the U.S. election again on Tuesday, saying it would be "inappropriate" to take extra time to count the tens of millions of ballots cast by mail in his race against Democrat Joe Biden.

Trump questions counting late ballots as Biden preaches unity in Georgia

The government of Qatar on Wednesday expressed “regrets” over a decision to pull more than a dozen women from a Qatar Airways flight in Doha and subject them to invasive medical exams after an abandoned newborn was found in an airport bathroom.

Your Story: Qatar regrets strip-searches over abandoned body

Conflict reignited on Sept. 27 in Nagorno-Karabakh, a part of Azerbaijan populated and controlled by ethnic Armenians. Hundreds have been killed and clashes have blown through three ceasefires

Diamond factory becomes shelter for Karabakh refugees

Hundreds of locals took to streets in Italy to demonstrate fo a bill that would make anti-LGBT violence a hate crime leading to harsher penalties in comparison to the existing punishments under the current law.

Will Italy successfully pass its LGBTQ+ hate crime law?

A UK task force has voiced concerns that an early coronavirus vaccine may turn out to be imperfect even as the global race continues to deliver the first vaccine against Covid-19.

UK panel fears early vaccine may be imperfect

Belgium's former King Albert has met his daughter Delphine for the first time, after she won a seven-year legal battle to prove that he is her father, earning recognition as a princess.

Belgium's former King Albert meets estranged daughter for first time

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday the Chinese Communist Party has brought "bad deals" to Sri Lanka.

Mike Pompeo: US is a friend while China is a predator

Pompeo says China has brought bad deals and lawlessness to Sri Lanka

India and the US are expanding their defence partnership to tackle China's military aggression. A key military pact was inked in Delhi today. Palki Sharma Upadhyay tells you how the Basic Exchange & Cooperation Agreement (BECA) helps India in the ongoing border standoff with China.

Gravitas: India-China standoff: How Indo-US military pact helps Indian forces

Factory workers chanted slogans, students and pensioners took to the streets, and police detained at least 235 people on Monday as the Belarusian opposition sought to intensify pressure on veteran leader Alexander Lukashenko with a nationwide strike.

Belarus: Workers and students pose strike challenge to Belarusian leader

The French government has intensified action against Islamist extremism in recent days after a teacher was beheaded for showing caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad in class, President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday (October 20).

France: Emmanuel Macron's war against 'radical Islam'

France urged Arab countries on Sunday to stop calls for boycotts of French products, while President Emmanuel Macron vowed the country would never give in to Islamic radicals.

France asks Arab nations to resist boycott calls

Japan and the United States began air, sea and land exercises on Monday (October 26) around Japan in a show of force in the face of increased Chinese military activity in the region.

Japan and US begin major military exercise as concern about China grows

The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate handed President Donald Trump a major pre-election political victory on Monday by confirming his Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, with the White House planning a celebratory event afterward.

US Senate confirms Trump's Supreme Court pick Barrett

With only eight days to go until the U.S. election, Los Angeles residents are taking advantage of early voting and turning out to cast their ballots before Election Day.

US Election 2020: Record overall turnout expected in 2020 polls

Anandaloy is a community centre in Bangladesh designed by Anna Heringer, who has won the second edition of the prestigious Obel Award.

South Asia Diary: Bangladesh's rammed Earth community centre

India will sign a key military pact -- BECA or Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement -- with the United States. "Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and US Defence Secretary Mark Esper confirmed the agreement of BECA will be signed during the visit," the defence ministry said, in a statement on Monday.

India and United States to ink BECA military deal

Seven persons killed and 70 kids were reportedly injured when a blast went off inside a seminary in capital city Peshawar of Pakistan's northwest region. The bast was reported near a Madrasa at the Dir Colony of Peshawar. Children and Maulavis (instructors) are among the victims as the blast took place when the classes were underway at the religious school.

Bomb blast in seminary in Pakistan's Peshawar

Wind-driven walls of flame spurred mass evacuations in Southern California and left two firefighters badly injured on Monday, as hundreds of thousands of residents endured a second day of power shutoffs meant to counter heightened fire risks from gusty, dry weather.

Southern California wildfires prompt mass evacuations, two firefighters injured

German business morale fell for the first time in six months in October, weighed down by companies' concerns about rising coronavirus infection rates that are making them more cautious about the coming months, a survey showed on Monday.

German business morale falls on virus angst as rebound fades

Archery is the beloved national sport in the tiny Himalayan nation of Bhutan, seeped in legends about how bows and arrows were used to hunt prey and destroy evil spirits

South Asia Diary: Living by the bow and arrow in Bhutan

British aero-engine maker Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc plans to temporarily close factories, reduce working hours and cut benefits as part of new cost-cutting measures, the Financial Times reported on Monday.

Rolls-Royce to temporarily close factories, cut benefits - FT

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defence secretary Mark Esper to took part in the third 2+2 ministerial dialogue on Tuesday which is aimed at discussing regional security cooperation between India and US.

News Alert: US leaders hold talks with Indian counterparts

With few allowed to travel in and out of Singapore due to COVID-19 restrictions, hundreds flocked to the airport on Saturday (October 24) to eat airplane food at a pop-up restaurant aboard an A380 jet.

Unable to travel, Singaporeans enjoy airplane food on the ground

In just 15 years, Croatia's Istrian peninsula in the northern Adriatic has become one of the world's best producers of olive oil, decorated with top industry awards.

Croatia's Istria is now producing some of the world's best olive oil

Thousands of Chileans celebrate across the country after there was overwhelming voting in favour of replacing dictatorship-era constitution in a referendum on Sunday.

Chileans vote by millions to replace dictatorship-era constitution

Growing global demand for food is putting a squeeze on available land and one French startup says it has the answer: indoor insect farming.

French company to build world's biggest insect farm

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