Abhi uses a combination of brush strokes and dripped paint to transcend his autism and create a window into the world he sees around him.

The UAE's long-time de facto ruler Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan was elected as president on Saturday, a day after the death of former leader Sheikh Khalifa.

Queen Elizabeth II put in a rare public appearance after ill health and old age forced her to pull out of the opening of the UK parliament for the first time in nearly 60 years.

Israeli forces stormed a Jerusalem hospital grounds as the coffin containing the body of a slain journalist emerged ahead of burial.

Kendrick Lamar, the rapper whose poignant lyricism has soundtracked the Black Lives Matter movement and compelled many to call him the voice of a generation, just dropped his new album on Friday.

The Qatari state-owned channel Al Jazeera said Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American, had been killed "in cold blood" and demanded Israeli forces be held accountable.

Heard, taking the witness stand in the defamation suit filed against her by Depp, recounted the heady early days of their relationship for the jury and the later instances of alleged physical abuse.

The situation for media workers around the world at the moment is "bleak", according to Philippine journalist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Maria Ressa.

A man armed with a replica gun that works like a knife tackled comedian Dave Chappelle as he performed a stand-up set in Los Angeles on Tuesday night.

With verses from love poems and flowing calligraphy, Jordan-based fashion designer Hana Sadiq stitches a testament to the beauty of Arab women.

Veering between drama and farce, the courtroom showdown pitting Johnny Depp against ex-wife Amber Heard focused this week on the host of professionals and hangers-on who surround the stars.

Prince Charles and his wife Camilla are to acknowledge the abuse of thousands of Indigenous children by Canada's school system during a visit next month.

A Japanese woman believed to have been the world's oldest person has died aged 119, public broadcaster NHK said on Monday, reporting the death of Kane Tanaka. 

Stewart, who captured the American zeitgeist while zinging politicians and the media as host of the "The Daily Show" on Comedy Central for 16 years, joked about the big-name stars celebrating him whose careers he helped advance.

Aziz Alibhai is showing the visitor his big love -- an astonishing collection of plane wrecks that he wants to turn into an atypical tourist attraction

During three days on the witness stand, the three-time Oscar nominee has sought to convince a jury that the allegations of domestic abuse made against him by Heard are untrue and have destroyed his career.

A Florida bride and her caterer have been arrested after a prank in which they allegedly laced the food served at her February wedding with pot.

Heard's lawyer Ben Rottenborn spent more than five hours seeking to undermine the credibility of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" star before the seven-person jury hearing the suit in Fairfax County Circuit Court.

Depp, taking the witness stand for a second day of testimony in his defamation case against Heard, said she would regularly insult him and once threw a vodka bottle at him, severing the tip of one of his fingers.

With hot pink hair extensions and leopard print pantsuit, model Ziad al-Mesfer was bound to turn heads during his recent photo shoot in deeply conservative Saudi Arabia.

"There were arguments and things of that nature but never did I myself reach the point of striking Miss Heard in any way," Depp told the jury hearing the case at the Fairfax County Circuit Court in Virginia.

Tesla chief Elon Musk has launched a hostile takeover bid for Twitter, insisting he was the only person capable of unlocking the full potential of the platform.

Pirates of the Caribbean star Johnny Depp physically and sexually abused his then-wife Amber Heard during drug-and alcohol-fueled benders, her lawyers told a court Tuesday.

Ramadan drummers who awaken the faithful for their pre-dawn meal are dying out across the Muslim world, but the tradition lives on in Syria's capital.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, who turns 96 soon, has spoken of serious fatigue after she contracted Covid-19 in February.

The looming execution of a US mother-of-14 -- sentenced to death in a controversial case for the murder of her toddler daughter -- has provoked backlash.

More than six weeks after Russia invaded the country, men and women huddled at a comedy club in the western city of Lviv, hoping for a joke to lighten the mood.

Will Smith was banned from attending the Oscars for the next 10 years, two weeks after the actor stormed on stage mid-ceremony to slap the comedian Chris Rock.

Israeli security forces raided the flashpoint West Bank district of Jenin killing a Palestinian and wounding 12 others, after vowing there will "not be limits" to curb surging violence.

Hidden Beatles fan letters found a year after owner dies from COVID-19.