'Put Austrians first': On a pub crawl with far-right voters
"Austrians need to be put first in their own country again," said widowed retiree Monika Skoff, echoing what many far-right voters who fear falling behind see as the main issue in the country's election this week -- migration.
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Trial begins in Italy student murder case that opened eyes to femicide
A major femicide trial opens in Italy Monday, after the brutal murder of a university student by her ex-boyfriend that triggered outrage and national soul-searching over the roots of male violence against women.
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Family of murdered Sri Lanka editor seek justice from new president
The family of murdered Sri Lanka journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge appealed on Tuesday to the island's new president to reopen an investigation into the internationally-condemned assassination.
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Austria's far right woos anti-vaxxers with fund for vaccine 'victims'
Anti-vaxxer Martin Rutter is delighted he has been able to apply for public funds for "vaccination victims" from his far-right allies who run the province around Vienna.
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Long wait for justice in India's backlogged courts
Sonia waited 32 years to see her rapists convicted, a glacially slow legal process all too common in India where half a million cases have been pending for longer than two decades.
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Rohingya refugees detail worsening violence in Myanmar
Rohingya refugee Syed fled Myanmar for a second time last month, after he was forced to fight alongside the military that drove his family out of their homeland years earlier.
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Rescuers comb muddy riverbanks after Japan floods kill six
Rescuers combed the debris-strewn banks of a river in central Japan on Monday, searching for victims after homes were swept away in flooding and landslides that claimed at least six lives.
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Sri Lankan leftist leader sworn in after landslide election win
Sri Lanka's first leftist president was sworn into office Monday vowing to restore public faith in politics after anger over the island nation's unprecedented economic crisis propelled him to a landslide poll win.
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Indonesia, NZ deny Papua rebel claim 'bribe' paid for pilot release
Jakarta and Wellington denied Monday a claim by rebels in Indonesia's restive region of Papua that a New Zealand pilot was freed from captivity over the weekend after they received payment from a local leader.
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Swearing, shoeys and swift legs: Singapore GP talking points
McLaren's Lando Norris won the Singapore Grand Prix to close the gap on Max Verstappen in the Formula One world championship.
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