A former beauty queen who testified she was raped by Gambia's ex-president Yahya Jammeh is making a documentary to tell the stories of other women sexually abused under the former regime.

He often said the Wayang Climen show was produced to help maintain the livelihood of his crew, as traditional artists had suffered financially during the pandemic.

American actress Lori Loughlin began her two-month prison term in California Friday after admitting to conspiracy to commit fraud as part of her role in a sprawling college admissions scandal.

Harvey Weinstein was sued by the former production assistant who the disgraced movie producer was convicted at trial of having sexually assaulted.

Iconic Scottish actor Sean Connery, who has died at the age of 90, suffered from dementia in his final years, his widow Micheline Roquebrune revealed on Sunday.

The Oscar-winning actor will always be associated with his smooth, Scottish-accented portrayal of the suave spy and was considered a sex symbol well into old age. 

An ethnic Bunun, Vilian is among a handful of indigenous drag queens who use their performances to fight against the double stigma of being part of the LGBTQ+ community and of the island's historically oppressed indigenous minority.

With most schools in Jamaica still closed due to the pandemic, schoolteacher Taneka Mckoy every day braves the risk of stray gunshots from gang warfare and the oppressive Caribbean heat as she trudges around her inner city Kingston community to write lessons on blackboards painted on its walls.

As a transgender woman living in Russia, where LGBT+ people often face abuse and state repression, Chloe Golovleva said she felt like an animal trapped in a cage.

A Mexican girl called the "Greta Thunberg of Madin" and a Bangladeshi teen who created an app against cybercrime are two of the finalists in a prestigious children's award.

A London judge on Thursday agreed to delay the trial phase of Meghan Markle's high-profile lawsuit against a British newspaper group for privacy and copyright breaches.

Elton John and Mattel created a special edition Barbie doll to honor his iconic 1975 Dodgers Stadium concerts in Los Angeles in the United States.

Folk legend Joni Mitchell is still struggling to walk as she works to recover after a 2015 brain aneurysm that left her temporarily unable to speak.

The once secret princess of Belgium has met former king Albert for the first time since her legal battle to be accepted as his daughter.

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian faced a backlash Tuesday after chartering a private jet to fly her entourage to a remote tropical island for lavish 40th birthday celebrations during the COVID pandemic.

Singer Blake Shelton has popped the question to girlfriend and fellow "The Voice" coach Gwen Stefani and she said yes.

Taiwan is at the vanguard of the burgeoning gay rights movement in Asia and became the first place in the region to allow same-sex marriage in May 2019 after a bruising political fight.

Deborah Borda, 71, is used to making history.

More than seven decades ago, their families were divided by war and hatred - Koenraad Tinel, the son of a Nazi sympathizer, and Simon Gronowski, a Holocaust survivor who lost his mother and sister to Auschwitz.

Britain's Prince Harry said it took him years to realize that unconscious racial bias existed and his eyes had been opened by spending time in his wife Meghan's shoes.

A sheaf of papers, scrawled with notes in a vigorous hand, here and there a recognizable phrase: "the Jewish problem", "work, sacrifice" - these are Adolf Hitler's speaking notes, which went under the hammer at a Munich auction house on Friday.

When Thai authorities told women to dress modestly to avoid sexual assault during New Year festivities two years ago, model Cindy Bishop hit back online - turning her into a prominent voice for gender equality in Asia.

Reeling from the tragic and unexpected loss of their unborn baby, John Legend expressed his profound gratitude to his wife, Chrissy Teigen, who continues to show strength amid one of their lives’ most trying times.

Action star Arnold Schwarzenegger said on Friday he has had heart surgery but is feeling "fantastic".

Jennifer Lawrence admitted that she grew up in a Republican household but the election of United States President Donald Trump has changed her political views.

Ghislaine Maxwell forcefully rejected suggestions she had seen the late financier Jeffrey Epstein have sex with underage girls or helped him arrange illicit sexual encounters.

When 99-year old Florentina Martin caught the coronavirus in September, her grand-daughter's greatest fear was not that the disease would kill her, but that she would end up alone on an emergency ward.

Sanjay Dutt, one of Bollywood's top stars, said Wednesday he had emerged "victorious" after being diagnosed with cancer earlier this year.

Sharon Osbourne opened up about her yearslong struggle with depression, her previous suicide attempts and a chance encounter that ended up being the wake-up call she needed.

Regina King's "One Night in Miami" delves into the immense pressures on black icons Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown at the height of the 1960s civil rights struggle -- tensions that are just as rife today.