India’s top court legalizes gay sex in landmark ruling
India’s top court scrapped a colonial-era ban on gay sex on Thursday in a landmark judgment that activists hope will uphold the right to equality.
Powerful quake kills at least four, paralyses Japan’s Hokkaido
At least four people were killed and 33 were missing after a powerful earthquake paralyzed Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido on Thursday, media reported, but the death toll was likely to rise as rescuers searched houses buried by landslides.
U.S., India seek to deepen defense ties and sign key accord
The United States and India began talks in New Delhi to deepen political and security ties on Thursday, with officials hoping for an accord on military communications that could lead to increased U.S. arms sales to the South Asian giant.
India’s top court lifts ban on gay sex
India’s top court lifted a colonial-era ban on gay sex on Thursday, in a landmark judgment activists hope will improve rights for the LGBT community in the country.
One protester dead, 25 injured in clashes with security forces in Iraq’s Basra
One protester died and 25 more were injured during violent clashes on with security forces on Wednesday night in Iraq’s southern oil hub Basra, local health and security sources said.
Deadlock looms as Swedish election nears
Neither of Sweden’s main political blocs is likely to win a majority in an election on Sunday, giving the far-right Sweden Democrats a key role in shaping the next government.
Malaysian PM says caning of lesbians counter to ‘compassion of Islam’
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday denounced the caning of two Muslim women for attempting lesbian sex, a sentence that sparked outrage and raised fears about the treatment of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communi…
China finds African swine fever at Anhui farm; 10th outbreak in a month
China has detected an outbreak of African swine fever on a farm in Anhui province, its tenth case since the first outbreak of the deadly virus was discovered just over a month ago, state broadcaster China Central Television said on Thursday.
Activists hope India’s top court will throw out ban on homosexuality
India’s top court is set to rule on Thursday on whether to scrap a colonial-era ban on homosexuality that it reinstated in 2013 after four years of decriminalization, in a landmark judgment that activists hope will uphold the right to equality.
China finds African swine fever in Anhui farm; 10th outbreak in a month
China has detected an outbreak of African swine fever on a farm in Anhui province, its tenth case since the first outbreak of the deadly virus was discovered just over a month ago, state broadcaster China Central Television said on Thursday.
