Elizabeth Wurtzel -- author of the highly acclaimed 1994 memoir "Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America" -- died in New York on Tuesday, US media reported. She was 52.

Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama and his wife Puput welcomed a baby boy named Yosafat Abimanyu Purnama in the early hours of Monday at Bunda Hospital in Menteng, Central Jakarta.

The Jack Reacher books sell in the millions globally and have been described as “famously unputdownable” by no less than the highly respected book section in The Times.

French-Ivorian ethnographer Anouk Garcia has spent the last several years documenting the tribes and ethnic groups of Indonesia, mostly in the far east of the archipelago.

Kane Tanaka has extended her record as the world's oldest person by celebrating her 117th birthday at a nursing home in Fukuoka in southern Japan.

French-Ivorian ethnographer Anouk Garcia has spent the last several years documenting the tribes and ethnic groups of Indonesia, mostly in the far east of the archipelago.

Ellen DeGeneres, the stand-up comedian who broke barriers to gays to become one of the most popular people on television, received a Golden Globes lifetime achievement award on Sunday.

President Donald Trump asked a New York judge to throw out an advice columnist’s lawsuit accusing him of defamation after he denied her claim that he raped her in a department store dressing room two decades ago.

“I’m not the kind of person who celebrates birthdays,” Greta Thunberg said as she turned 17 on Friday, marking the occasion in inimitable style - with a seven-hour hour protest outside the Swedish parliament.

Buckingham Palace has issued a new photographic portrait of Queen Elizabeth, her son Prince Charles, her grandson Prince William and her great-grandson Prince George to mark the start of a new decade.

A British employment tribunal began a landmark hearing Thursday on whether a strict form of veganism is a philosophical belief that must be protected in law.

A year after going public, production house MD Pictures is seeking bigger and better projects to help boost the local filmmaking landscape.

A year after going public, production house MD Pictures is seeking bigger and better projects to help boost the local filmmaking landscape.

In 2015, Mario Iroth quit his office job of nine years and, alongside Lilis, went on an eight-month trip from Indonesia's Parijs van Java (Bandung's nickname), to the actual Paris in France that year, followed by a trip around parts of Oceania (Australia and New Zealand) in 2016. 

Pope Francis apologized on Wednesday for having angrily slapped a woman's arm when she had grabbed hold of his hand and yanked him towards her, saying he had lost his patience and set a "bad example".

People with disabilities answer all kinds of questions about their lives during a recent seminar at the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Celebrities were out in force in 2019 to lend their names and star spotlights to causes ranging from homelessness to climate change and indigenous rights.

Hu Guanmei, 64, has never quarreled with her family. According to her, the secret is to sing Dong songs.

Teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg said on Monday that talking to US President Donald Trump at a United Nations summit on global warming would have been a waste of time since he would not have paid any attention.

Finding love is never easy, as actress Sharon Stone discovered when she was blocked on dating app Bumble after multiple users reported her account as fake.

A senior dance artist from Central Java’s Surakarta, Suprapto Suryodarmo, died on Sunday at the age of 74. Mbah Prapto, as he was called with affection, ran the Lemah Putih art center, whose artists hail from around the globe.

Yanti Lidiati strives to boost the potential of her hometown, Ibun district. 

Kate Middleton, the wife of Prince William, wrote an open letter of thanks to Britain's midwives on Friday after spending several days observing a hospital maternity unit, calling their work humbling and crucial.

Tom Hanks was awarded honorary Greek citizenship on Friday, the state Athens News Agency said, adding an official touch to a long love affair with the country.

The sister of the late British pop icon George Michael was found dead on Christmas Day, three years to the day after the singer-songwriter passed away.

Olivia Newton-John, the UK-born Australian singer who found worldwide fame in the hit movie "Grease", was given a damehood in Britain's traditional New Year Honours unveiled on Friday.

As the year draws to a close, we take a look at which women managed firsts in their fields.

It’s clear that renowned painter and sculptor Kartika Affandi, who just turned 85 in November, has been boisterously independent for all eight decades of her life.

Charlie McMillan is no ordinary city official -- he's only seven months old and a new face of the anti-abortion movement in America.

Norwegian author Ari Behn, who was previously married to the country's Princess Maertha Louise,  died on Wednesday aged 47, his manager told AFP, saying he had committed suicide.