KATMANDU, Oct 1 (UPI Next) -- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and inter-sex Nepalis will be able to register as “third gender” for the first time in the country's history and campaign openly for legislative seats in the planned Nov. 19 elections.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Dr. Abdullah Abdulah, the leader of Afghanistan's main opposition party, has filed to run for president in the country's 2014 elections, officials say.
ROME, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The president of Italy's Barilla pasta company has pledged to meet with gay groups after a public outcry over his comments about gay marriage.
PRETORIA, South Africa, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Lawyers for Oscar Pistorius say they have hired U.S. forensic experts to help prepare for the South African Paralympian's murder trial.
SEONGNAM, South Korea, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- South Korea will enhance its defense capabilities to deter threats from North Korea and make its nuclear weapons useless, President Park Geun-hye said Tuesday.
CAIRO, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Two Canadians face numerous charges in Egypt, including murder, for their alleged involvement in violent Muslim Brotherhood demonstrations, officials say.
SANTIAGO, Chile, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The former head of the secret police under Chilean dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet killed himself while on weekend leave from prison, officials say.
CARACAS, Venezuela, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Venezuela expelled the top U.S. diplomat and two other embassy officials from the country for allegedly conspiring against the government.
BRUSSELS, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. secrets-leaker Edward Snowden is a finalist for this year's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought awarded by the European Parliament, organizers said.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Two topless activists in Stockholm, Sweden, said Tuesday they were protesting the acquittal of six teenage boys in a gang rape case.
NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Leaders of several faiths led a prayer service for victims of the Nairobi mall siege while business owners say security forces looted their shops.
CAIRO, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Mohamed Badie, the Muslim Brotherhood supreme guide accused of arson, has been detained for 15 days more pending an arson investigation, authorities said.
TIKRIT, Iraq, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Three policemen died and eight were injured Tuesday when a suicide bomb exploded at the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Department in Tikrit, Iraq, officials said.
BEIJING, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Four airplanes and 22 vessels searched Tuesday for 58 people missing near the Xisha Islands after Typhoon Wutip sank three fishing boats, an official said.
SYDNEY, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Two people died and six were injured Tuesday after a tanker truck overturned, spilling 4,755 gallons of gasoline and catching fire in Sydney, police said.
DAMASCUS, Syria, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- A team of disarmament experts arrived in Syria Tuesday to begin work on dismantling the country's chemical weapons stockpile.
DONG HOI, Vietnam, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- A typhoon named Wutip in Vietnam's central region has killed three people, the Center for Flood and Storm Prevention said.
FENGCHENG CITY, China, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Seven people died and four were still trapped after a coal and gas explosion at a mine in east China's Jiangxi province, rescuers said.
JERUSALEM, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Israeli police Tuesday investigated the slashing of tires of five cars owned by Arabs parked in Jerusalem's Old City overnight, officials said.
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Salauddin Quader Chowdhury was found guilty of crimes against humanity in Bangladesh's war for independence and will be hanged, a tribunal ruled Tuesday.
TEL AVIV, Israel, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Israel must make sure any agreement on Iran's nuclear program will ensure Tehran cannot swiftly produce a nuclear weapon, a former intelligence chief said.
JERUSALEM, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Budget cuts may halt the development of Israel's Arrow 3 anti-ballistic missile system, capable of thwarting long-range Iranian missiles, officials warn.
MANCHESTER, England, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Britain faces seven lean years as the government struggles to turn a budget deficit into a surplus, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne said Monday.
Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) speaks to the press after Congress failed to agree to a continuing resolution to fund the government, causing the first government shutdown in 17 years, in Washington, D.C. on October 1, 2013. Boehner was joined by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) (L), House Majority Whip Kevin MCCarthy (R-CA) and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA). UPI/Kevin Dietsch
