Politics

Halloween pumpkins more than just jack-o-lanterns

One aspect of Halloween is fast becoming a year-round money spinner: the pumpkin. These rotund orange squashes are now not only hollowed out to make jack-o-lanterns, pies and soup, but also luxury beauty products and alcoholic drinks. Duration: 01:50

Oct 31, 2013

Controversial bid to turn Venice 'rubbish island' into fun park

A top maker of amusement park rides unveils a controversial project to transform a "rubbish island" in Venice into a cultural attraction. Durtation: 01:36

Oct 31, 2013

Gay rights activists hold cande-lit vigil in Rome

Hundreds of gay rights activists held a candle-lit vigil on October 30, 2013 at Rome's Colosseum to call for a law against homophobia after a youth threw himself off the 11th story of a building in the Italian capital. Duratio: 00:37

Oct 31, 2013

Russian football match suspended after crowd trouble

A Russian Cup game between the country's most successful side Spartak Moscow and Shinnik of Yaroslavl was suspended on Wednesday after Spartak fans clashed with security forces and lit huge flares. Duration: 01:01

Oct 31, 2013

Syria war stirs decades-old tensions in Lebanese town

Lebanon's second city of Tripoli has been transformed into a sectarian battleground, where local and regional powers fight a proxy war over the conflict in neighbouring Syria. Duration: 02:33

Oct 31, 2013

Hundreds of zombies attack a tower in Tokyo for Halloween

Hundreds of zombies attack a tower in Tokyo for Halloween. Duration: 01:03

Oct 31, 2013

Indonesians in two-day strike over pay

Workers across Indonesia begin a two-day strike to demand higher salaries, the latest industrial action in Southeast Asia's top economy. Duration: 00:42

Oct 31, 2013

Royal Belgian Museum for Central Africa to be renovated

At the end of November the heavy doors of Belgium's Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA) in Tervuren, will close until mid-2017. Duration: 01:21

Oct 31, 2013

Mozambique 'not going back to war' says president

Mozambique's president insists that violent clashes with armed rebels do not spell a slide back to brutal civil war, stressing the energy-rich nation remains a safe bet for investors. Duration: 01:31

Oct 31, 2013

Bosnian nature reserve threatened by hydro-electric project

With abundant vegetation and an immense blue lake set against a mountainous backdrop, Hutovo Blato is one of southern Bosnia's most scenic spots. Duration: 02:18

Oct 31, 2013

Taiwan displays 1st long-range submarine-hunting aircraft

Taiwan displays its first long-range submarine-hunting aircraft during a ceremony held at an air base in the southern Pingtung county, days after Beijing showed off its nuclear-powered submarine fleet. Duration: 00:55

Oct 31, 2013

Paris's Lutetia luxury hotel staff strike against job cuts plan

Staff at the famed Lutetia hotel in Paris strike against a job cut plan accompanying the planned three-year closure of the hotel for refurbishment. Duration: 00:47

Oct 31, 2013

Tunisia tightens security in wake of tourist spot attacks

Tunisia, already destabilised by a political crisis, tightened security on Thursday after two failed suicide bombings that dealt a blow to the country's vital tourism industry. Duration: 01:04

Oct 31, 2013

Kenyans protest 'grass cutting' rapists

Several hundred Kenyan protestors marched on police headquarters Thursday to deliver a petition of over a million names demanding justice after men accused of brutally gang raping a schoolgirl cut grass as punishment. Duration: 01:42

Oct 31, 2013

Palestinian youth protest on anniversary of Balfour Declaration

Palestinian youth demonstrated in Gaza City on Thursday to mark the 96th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration. Turn out was lower than in previous years. dURATION: 00:33

Oct 31, 2013