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India

After Supreme Court challenge gay sex is legalised in India

India's top court has struck down a colonial-era law that makes homosexual acts punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

Japan

Dozens missing after strong quake hits northern Japan

The death toll of seven from the 6.7-magnitude, pre-dawn quake was likely to rise as rescuers searched houses buried by landslides.

USA

Dozens report being ill on flight from Dubai to New York

At least 19 people aboard an Emirates flight from Dubai to New York were confirmed ill when the aircraft landed on Wednesday at John F. Kennedy International Airport, after as many as 100 passengers and crew reported feeling sick, authorities said.

United Kingdom

Novichok murder suspects 'are Russian intelligence officers'

The two suspects in the Novichok murder case in England are Russian intelligence officers, UK Prime Minister Theresa May has claimed.

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Italy

Exhibition of Russian-French modernist painter Marc Chagall opens in Italy

The Ragione Palace in the Italian city of Mantua has put on an unusual display of the work of Russian-French modernist painter Marc Chagall.

Cinema

Orson Welles' unfinished movie presented at Venice Film Festival

Orson Welles shot "The Other Side of the Wind" in the early 1970s but gave up on it, leaving behind 100 hours of footage when he died in 1985.

Brazil

Brazil mourns loss of National Museum in fire

No one was hurt but the fire manged to destroyed much of the 20 million item archive.

Cinema

Uruguay's humble president featured at Venice Film Festival

As the president of Uruguay Jose Mujica gave most of his salary to charity and lived an austere lifestyle whilst in office.

Syria

Iran supports major Syrian offensive on Idlib province

On Tuesday Russian warplanes resumed airstrikes on targets in Idlib for the first time in three weeks. Al-Qaida linked groups are based there and Russia says it wants to defeat them.

Afghanistan

Taliban says leader of feared Haqqani network has died

Jalaluddin Haqqani founded the Haqqani network, one of the most powerful groups in the Afghan insurgency, in the 1970s.

Brazil

Brazil loses its National Museum in devastating fire

Cult

30th VISA Pour L'image photo exhibition

This year the Rohingya refugee crisis in Myanmar and the war in Yemen are marked out as the worst examples of suffering that currently shame our world.

Gaza

Palestinians in Gaza take to boats to protest Israeli blockade

The protesters said they were challenging Israel's land and sea blockade on Gaza which has lasted for more than a decade.

United Kingdom

Boris Johnson attacks Theresa May again over her Brexit plans

Boris Johnson attacks Theresa May again over her Brexit plans

Italy

Netflix has six films in this year's Venice Film Festival

Netflix, which snubbed Cannes due to French rules that ban simultaneous streaming of films shown in cinemas, brings six films to Venice, some of them frontrunners for prizes.

Russia

Russia to hold biggest military exercises since Cold War

They'll involve 300,000 troops, 1,000 military aircraft, two of Russia's naval fleets, and all its airborne units.

China

China hints it will scrap its two-child policy

China appears set to scrap the limit of two children per couple policy in a bid to deal with an ageing population.

United Kingdom

London stages Notting Hill Carnival, Europe's biggest street party

Steel drum bands and dance troupes followed elaborately decorated floats, as they have done since it first began in the 1960s.

Germany

Thousands of far-right protesters gather in east German city

It follows the fatal stabbing of a German man that authorities blamed on a Syrian and an Iraqi.

Chile

Easter Island to limit the number of visitors

The island's mayor is worried about the negative effect tourism is having on the local population.

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