![Rescuers search for survivors in a collapsed building after a powerful earthquake struck Turkey's western coast and parts of Greece [Ozan Kose/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/000_8U96X2.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
![Pre-emptive evacuations have started in coastal and landslide-prone communities in eastern part of Luzon island ahead of the expected landfall of Goni [Himawari Satellite image]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Screen-Shot-2020-10-31-at-12.58.53-PM-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
![In August 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government scrapped Kashmir's special status, annulled its separate constitution, and split the region into two federal territories [File: Mukhtar Khan/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_20303376774456.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![The UN has urged calm, but the opposition called for a campaign of civil disobedience to stop the vote [Issouf Sanogo/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/000_8U9876.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![HIA launched an appeal on Sunday for the child’s mother to come forward, saying the baby remains unidentified but is 'safe under the professional care of medical and social workers' [Karim Jaafar/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/000_1235ZG.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government has made immigration a key pillar of its plan to boost the economy [File: Blair Gable/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-09-25T173335Z_1219290529_RC2T5J9XVLY3_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CANADA.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![People set fire to France's flag in Peshawar, Pakistan, during a protest against the publication of Prophet Muhammad cartoons and comments by President Emmanuel Macron [Fayaz Aziz/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Pakistan-1.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![The UN Support Mission in Libya and the parliament in Tripoli had also called on al-Serraj to defer his decision, citing 'reasons of higher interest' [File: AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/681c199768ee47c3ac312237e9456157_18.jpeg?resize=120%2C80)
![A member of a local electoral commission is seen at a polling station during Georgia's parliamentary election in Tbilisi on October 31, 2020, amid the ongoing coronavirus disease pandemic [Vano Shlamov/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/000_8U96XX.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![Pre-emptive evacuations have started in coastal and landslide-prone communities in eastern part of Luzon island ahead of the expected landfall of Goni [Himawari Satellite image]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Screen-Shot-2020-10-31-at-12.58.53-PM-1.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
Taiwan celebrates LGBTQ rights after virus lockdown lifts
While Taiwan’s borders remains closed to most foreigners, organisers still expect to attract more than 100,000 people.
![This year's pride march also comes on the heels of another milestone for Taiwan as same-sex couples took part on Friday for the first time ever in a mass military wedding ceremony [Ann Wang/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-10-30T034912Z_866267169_RC2RSJ99WYOE_RTRMADP_3_GAY-PRIDE-TAIWAN-MILITARY-1.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
‘Enough is enough. We want the trees to grow back’
Communities in Malaysian Borneo say forest is being felled without their consent and still certified as sustainable.
![Indigenous Penan women embrace in front of a Samling logging truck in the Upper Baram region of Sarawak [Fiona McAlpine / The Borneo Project]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Image-1-1.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Sudan, US sign agreement to restore sovereign immunity
Sudan will settle cases against it in US courts, including the 1998 bombing of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
![Trump announced last week he would take Sudan, which the US designated as a state sponsor of terrorism in 1993, off the list once it had deposited $335m it had pledged to pay in compensation for the Kenya and Tanzania bombings [File: Sudan's Foreign Media Council/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/000_1WQ6LI.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
SHORT ANSWER
What’s the deal with the Hunter Biden email controversy?
Journalist Glenn Greenwald resigned over The Intercept’s handling of his story about the controversy this week.
![United States Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has faced questions about the business dealings of his son, Hunter [File: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2019-10-01T000000Z_409980373_RC139797CBB0_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-WHISTLEBLOWER.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
US surpasses 9 million COVID-19 cases just days before election
An uptick in cases and hospitalisations linked to COVID-19 is pushing US legislators to plead for people to be cautious.
![Several US states are trying to contain the spread of COVID-19 after reporting record-setting numbers of new infections and hospitalisations [File: Bing Guan/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-10-18T212008Z_1058097461_RC29LJ9NC903_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-USA.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Shock, mourning and far-right protests after Nice church attack
A knife-wielding attacker killed three people in the French Riviera city in the country’s third major attack in weeks.
![A picture of one of the victims of the knive attack, Vincent Loques, sexton of the Notre Dame church, is seen with candles and flowers outside the church in Nice, France, on October 30, 2020 [Eric Gaillard/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-10-30T094839Z_1721285812_RC2XSJ9LODVO_RTRMADP_3_FRANCE-SECURITY-NICE.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
From: Talk to Al Jazeera
IATA CEO Alexandre de Juniac: The cost of keeping airlines flying
International Air Transport Association head discusses turbulent times in the industry amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
Journalist murdered in Mexico, sixth this year: governor
49-year-old journalist and TV host, Arturo Alba Medina, was assassinated a few minutes after the end of his show.
![More than 100 reporters and other media workers have been murdered since 2000 in Mexico, and only a fraction of those crimes has resulted in convictions [File: Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/4e4b476872af4f0ea22e1298e69d8ad4_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)