India has entered a technical recession, as the country's GDP has contracted 7.5 percent in the second quarter of the 2020-2021 financial year, following a 23.9 decline recorded in the first quarter, the Indian Statistics Ministry said in a press release on Friday

Turkey started a criminal case over the inspection of its cargo ship in the Mediterranean by the European Union's naval mission Irini, tasked to monitor the international embargo on arms supplies to Libya, Turkish news agency Anadolu reported on Friday

Hong Kong's top court ruled on Friday that a requirement of the Correctional Services Department for male inmates to keep their hair short was a form of sex discrimination, media reported, citing the court decision

Prosecutors in the United Kingdom have been asked to consider filing charges against two Metropolitan Police officers who have been accused of taking and sharing inappropriate photographs from the scene of a double murder over the summer, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said on Thursday