Amnesty International has called for the release of Saudi blogger Raif Badawi after he completed his "unjust" 10-year jail term this week.

Disgraced Peruvian former president Alberto Fujimori was rushed to hospital from prison after suffering from a heart problem.

As the ripple effects from anger over the Ukraine war spread to the worlds of entertainment and sports, the pressure placed on Russian performers also came in for scrutiny. 

Penn, 61, posted a photo to his Twitter feed on Monday showing the movie star wearing a backpack and toting a piece of luggage on wheels as he trudged along the shoulder of a road beside a line of cars stretching into the distance.

Kardashian filed for divorce last year after months of press reports about marital strife and as the rapper formerly known as Kanye West battled with mental health issues.

Britain's Prince Harry has launched new legal action against one of the country's biggest newspaper groups, a spokesperson said.

"With the deepest regret we must announce the death on 19 February 2022 of Gary Brooker MBE, singer, pianist and composer of Procol Harum, and a brightly-shining, irreplaceable light in the music industry," said a statement.

Over 500 competitors glide elegantly around a vast frozen lake just outside Stockholm as the "Sigtunarannet" returned on Sunday after three years out of bounds.

Paul Farmer, an American physician and medical anthropologist renowned for his innovative work in providing health care to poorer countries, died on Monday aged 62, said Partners in Health, the group he helped found.

Sixty years after the Evian accords which ended French colonisation of Algeria, some Europeans remain -- and call themselves "true Algerians".

News that Britain's Queen Elizabeth has tested positive for COVID-19 drew shock, concern and messages of goodwill from across the country on Sunday, with politicians and the public willing the 95-year-old to recover.

"You make a lot of sacrifices and they don't pay you what they should," shrugs Jeronimo Martinez, a fisherman from Marin, home port of the shipwrecked Spanish trawler.

Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday carried out her first in-person official engagements since fears emerged that she could have contracted coronavirus last week.

Legendary entertainer Dorce Gamalama passed away on Wednesday after battling COVID-19 and diabetes complications. As an Indonesian icon, her life story is celebrated by many, including non-LGBT people. 

Indian singer-composer and "Disco King" Bappi Lahiri, who collaborated with the likes of Snoop Dogg and Samantha Fox, has died aged 69.

Sporting shoulder-length hair, rings and baggy trousers, teenage snowboarding sensation Su Yiming looked every inch the cool, confident ambassador of China's new youth as he swept to home Olympic gold.

Renowned presenter and multifaceted artist Dorce Gamalama passed away at age 58 on Wednesday at 7:30 a.m. at Pertamina Center Hospital (RSPP) Extention in Simprug, South Jakarta.

The artist's son Max wrote in a statement shared on Friday by King Crimson's label that his father had died on February 9 from cancer.

French researcher Luc Montagnier, who has died at the age of 89, shared the Nobel medicine prize for his early, vital discoveries on acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), but was later dismissed by the scientific community for his increasingly outlandish theories, notably on COVID-19.

Eileen Gu and Beverly Zhu were born and raised in the US before deciding to represent China, but one has inspired adulation among Chinese fans while the other endured a torrent of online abuse.

A Sri Lankan contender for a US beauty pageant has been stripped of her local title after she claimed corruption had prevented her from winning the global event.

While the passing of a legendary Bollywood singer may seem, at first glance, to have little to do with Indonesia, the "Nightingale of India" has left an indelible mark on the birth and evolution of one of the country's most popular musical genres: dangdut.

US podcaster Joe Rogan apologized for his past use of racist language and said at least one offensive episode of his show has been deleted from Spotify.

China appeared Sunday to censor an outpouring of social media vitriol against a naturalised US-born figure skater who took a tumble at the Beijing Games.

Singer Chris Brown is being sued for rape in California, with his alleged victim claiming he drugged her and attacked her on a yacht.

A hologram monument to one of India's most celebrated independence figures was illuminated on Sunday in a tribute to a nationalist leader who advocated violent resistance to colonial rule. 

19-year-old pilot Zara Rutherford becomes the youngest woman ever to have flown around the world solo.

"Our hearts are broken to announce that the incomparable Meat Loaf passed away tonight with his wife Deborah by his side," read a statement on his Facebook page.

Britain's Prince Harry is challenging a government decision that he should not receive police protection when on British soil even if he covers the cost himself, his legal representatives said.

The world number one flew out of Melbourne late on Sunday after the Federal Court upheld a government decision to cancel his visa, capping days of drama over the country's COVID-19 entry rules and his unvaccinated status.