Saudi authorities have released a princess and her daughter who had been held without charge for nearly three years in the capital.

Tennis ace and vaccine-sceptic Novak Djokovic prepared his legal guns Sunday for a battle to stay in Melbourne and defend his Australian Open title.

Zhang, who masterminded the spectacular opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, will reprise that role for next month's Winter Games.

The case of internet shaming and loss of a young life has stirred angry demands on social media in Egypt for those responsible to be held to account.

The vaccine-sceptic tennis ace was detained on arrival in Australia earlier this week -- his visa was revoked for failing to meet Australia's tough pandemic entry restrictions.

Meghan Markle, wife to Prince Harry, has won nominal damages of £1 from one of Britain's biggest newspaper groups over a privacy case.

Two unvaccinated French TV star twin brothers, who made their name on a science programme in the 1980s, have died within a week of each other from Covid-19. 

Congolese chef Dieuveil Malonga learned his craft in Europe's top restaurants, but says he owes his success to grandmothers across Africa.

Ghislaine Maxwell comes from a family dominated by her father, Robert, whose mysterious drowning at sea left behind conspiracy theories, financial scandal and a fallen empire.

Thousands of Sudanese pro-democracy protesters rallied Sunday outside the presidential palace in Khartoum, braving tear gas, armed soldiers and a telecommunications blackout.

Lionel Messi has tested positive for Covid-19 and has entered self-isolation, his club Paris Saint-Germain announced on Sunday.

Actress Betty White, who made US television audiences laugh for more than seven decades, died Friday at age 99.

South Africa bids farewell on Saturday to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the last great hero in its struggle against apartheid.

Two senior editors of Hong Kong pro-democracy media outlet were charged with sedition and denied bail Thursday, following a raid that drew international condemnation over China's crackdown on press freedom in the city.

British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty in New York on Wednesday of recruiting and grooming young girls to be sexually abused by the late American financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Bollywood "bad boy" Salman Khan has revealed how he starred in his own real-life action drama when he was bitten by a snake and spent six hours in hospital.

From sports stars to musicians, from journalists to politicians, we take a look back on those who left us in 2021.

Award-winning Canadian filmmaker Jean-Marc Vallee has died at age 58, his publicist announced Sunday.

South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who died Sunday at the age of 90, was the moral compass of his beloved "Rainbow Nation", never afraid to speak truth to power.

In her tribute, singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers quoted an excerpt from “Goodbye to All That,” an essay featured in Didion’s 1968 collection, “Slouching Towards Bethlehem”:

Joan Didion, a US literary icon credited with ushering in New Journalism with her essays on Los Angeles life in the tumultuous 1960s, died on Thursday.

Biden showcased the new arrival in a video posted online on Monday featuring the puppy on White House grounds alongside first lady Jill Biden, about six months after their previous pet, German Shepherd Champ, died.

When billionaire singer Rihanna posed for an ad campaign, she also made a star out of the little-known Vietnamese designer Nguyen Cong Tri who made the oversized shirt she posed in.

From buying racehorses on a whim to owning a roomful of jewelry, the London custody battle between Dubai's ruler and his ex-wife has shone a light on the opulent lifestyle of ultra rich Middle Eastern royalty.

The sheer number of COVID-19 deaths has made it easy to forget that behind the statistics lie stories lived by individuals who could and should have continued on. In “People, not numbers”, The Jakarta Post remembers their lives through the eyes of those who knew them best.

The Post of Serbia presented the stamps titled "Tennis: Novak Djokovic, the world racket number one" at an event on Thursday.

Ten years ago, Swiss-educated basketball fan Kim Jong Un seemed open to foreign ideas, but North Korea has long clamped down on what it calls "ideological and cultural invasion".

Sex and the City actor Chris Noth on Thursday denied sexual assault allegations brought against him by two women who contacted The Hollywood Reporter.

Fans have been posting messages of farewell under the Instagram celebrity's final post since her management confirmed that Endelenyi Laura Anna had died on Wednesday.

Amalia, who had cancelled indoor festivities because of the pandemic, held a last-minute gathering in the palace gardens, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte wrote to parliament on Wednesday.