Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan heads to breakaway north Cyprus Tuesday, to mark the anniversary of Turkey's 1974 invasion, a visit infuriating Greek Cypriots with island reunification talks in limbo.

Spanish actress Pilar Bardem, the mother of Oscar winner Javier Bardem, has died at the age of 82, her children said in a statement on social media.

A man known as the "Hollywood Ripper" was sentenced to death Friday for the gruesome killings of two women in their homes in the early 2000s.

In a statement to US media, his representatives said he died with his wife by his side.

He may be one of Mali's most popular photographers, endowed with an eye for spectacular landscapes or a slice of life, whose images were then printed on postcards that sold by the thousand.

Afghan forces were fighting to retake Spin Boldak when Danish Siddiqui and the senior officer were killed in Taliban crossfire, the official told Reuters.

The Maradonian religion has spread to several countries around the world and has more half a million followers.

An emotional Britney Spears scored a victory in her bid to end her father's control of her affairs Wednesday, as a judge ruled she could appoint her own lawyer to help end a guardianship that the pop superstar slammed as "cruelty."

Afghan refugee Masomah Ali Zada hopes to be a beacon for women forced to quit their country or abandon their sporting dreams when she crosses the start line at the Tokyo Olympics.

Three weeks after Britney Spears sensationally called for an end to her "abusive" guardianship, the pop singer's legal battle returns to court Wednesday in Los Angeles.

The court for the Southern District of New York threw the case out on grounds that Moore had signed a waiver before the interview with Baron Cohen, who was pretending to be an Israeli anti-terrorism expert who used what he claimed was a pedophile detection device invented by the Israeli army.

"Wes Anderson is here tonight... He arrived on a bicycle made of antique tuba parts," joked Amy Poehler, hosting the Golden Globes a few years back. 

Since 2013, Chan has served as a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the nation's top advisory body that provides the mainland government with feedback and advice on key policy issues.

A veteran rebel who slipped in and out of government, Riek Machar has been a central figure in South Sudan's bloody history, his charming gap-toothed smile masking a capacity for anger and ruthlessness.

Before this weekend's mission on Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Unity, the avowed Star Trek fan attributed his drive and taste for adventure to his mother Eve, who died from Covid in January.  

The police also arrested their personal driver and named him a suspect.

The sheer number of COVID-19 deaths has made it easy to forget that behind the statistics, lie stories lived by individuals who could have lived on to do so much more for the community. On ‘People, Not Numbers’ The Jakarta Post remembers their lives through the eyes of those who knew them best.  

"Last week the Duchess of Cambridge came into contact with someone who has subsequently tested positive for COVID-19," a spokesperson for Kensington Palace said.

Journalist Nathan Maung turned to meditation when he was jailed for reporting on Myanmar's bloody coup, but even back home in sleepy Virginia, he can't forget those left behind, including a colleague still at the mercy of their jailers.

The dalang (puppeteer) was buried under strict health protocols at a family cemetery in Doplang, Karanganyar, Central Java. He left six children and an adopted child, as well as some 60 young puppeteers-in-training under his supervision.

The 83-year-old comedian and actor was freed on Wednesday after Pennsylvania's highest court overturned a 2018 verdict that found him guilty of sexual assault. Activists, who had celebrated his conviction as a watershed moment, strongly condemned the new decision.

The death of The Doors' frontman on July 3, 1971 was one of the key signs that the optimism of the 1960s was coming to a grim end. 

Emilio Flores Marquez from Puerto Rico has become the world's oldest living man at an age of 112 years and 326 days old, Guinness World Records announced on Wednesday.

"This allegation is untrue. Tucker Carlson has never been an intelligence target of the Agency and the NSA has never had any plans to try to take his program off the air," the NSA said in a statement posted on Twitter.

Musician Aria Baron, best known as the former guitarist of rock band GIGI, passed away on Tuesday, weeks after being treated for COVID-19.

Belgian choreographer Jan Fabre, one of Europe's most celebrated and controversial artists, has been referred to a Belgian criminal court on charges of sexual harassment in the workplace, a court statement said on Monday.

The sheer number of COVID-19 deaths has made it all too easy to forget that behind the statistics lie the stories of real people who passed too soon. In the series “People, not numbers” their lives are remembered by those who knew them best.

The coal-fired tandoor oven sends a mouth-watering scent wafting through the Mumbai kitchen as celebrity chef Saransh Goila, maker of the world's "best butter chicken" according to MasterChef Australia, takes a break from Covid-19 relief efforts and resumes work.

One of France's most prominent TV journalists will not face charges over claims he raped or sexually assaulted several women at the height of his career, after prosecutors said Friday they were dropping their inquiry.

Thousands of mourners Friday attended the funeral of Palestinian human rights activist Nizar Banat, an AFP correspondent said, a day after he died in custody following his violent arrest by Palestinian security forces.