After seven decades of relentless service, a night in hospital forced the queen to take medical advice to slow down.

When Instagram influencer Tommy Marcus read that Kabul had fallen to the Taliban he sprang into action, without knowing that like-minded US veterans were also desperate to do something.

The man who handed Alec Baldwin the gun that killed a cinematographer admitted he didn't fully check it, documents revealed Wednesday.

The 95-year-old monarch's overnight hospital stay, which royal officials said was for practical reasons, has raised fears over her health, given her age. 

While grateful to be safe in Qatar, their escape from Taliban rule is bittersweet, as the girls leave behind friends from the orchestra and their instruments. 

A reckoning, led by young female writers, filmmakers, and researchers, is belatedly underway in France over its colonial past.

Actor James Michael Tyler who played coffee shop manager Gunther on the hit sitcom Friends died Sunday at age 59, US media reported.

Having spent the better part of a decade behind bars, Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah is reaching beyond his cell with a new book.

"My heart is broken for her husband, their son, and all who knew and loved Halyna," the Hollywood star tweeted. Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer with a prop gun in a shocking tragedy during filming.

Queen Elizabeth turned down the title "Oldie of the Year" by British publication, Oldie Magazine.

Queen Elizabeth II turned down a prize celebrating the elderly, assessing that at 95 she did not meet the criteria.

In his recent stand-up special The Closer, Chappelle insists "gender is a fact" and accuses LGBTQ people of being "too sensitive."

Royal officials said in a statement that the 95-year-old monarch "has reluctantly accepted medical advice to rest for the next few days".

The unforgettable kindness of a youth minister

Shogi, the Japanese chess variant known as the "game of generals", is enjoying a wave of popularity thanks to a gawky teenage prodigy with a rock-star following.

Three astronauts successfully docked with China's new space station on Saturday on what is set to be Beijing's longest crewed mission to date and the latest landmark in its drive to become a major space power.

The Taliban will announce a framework that allows girls to attend school in Afghanistan "soon," after four weeks in which Afghan boys have been allowed while girls have not.

In a hot and stuffy room in Hanoi, Tran Thanh Thuc holds up a delicate silk scarf and begins snipping it into tiny pieces, ready to paste onto her works of art.

Within a decade, Sae Eun Park has become the first Asian ballerina to reach the top "etoile" -- or "star" -- rank in the Paris Opera Ballet's 352-year history.

The COVID-19 pandemic triggered a massive job crisis that left millions unemployed, with very few legitimate options to put food on the table. The Jakarta Post spoke to three individuals about how they resorted to crime just so they and their families could survive.

Livingstone Musaala, who was forced to quit his teaching job following school closures, turned to coffin-making to pay the bills and help his community.

Squid Game has been garnering attention from millions of people around the world, including one of the wealthiest people on the planet.

For some, charity means spending excess wealth but a group of philanthropic app-based motorcycle taxi (ojol) drivers have taken charity to another level in their pursuit of selflessness.

Canadian David Card, Israeli-American Joshua Angrist and Dutch-American Guido Imbens shared the prize for providing "new insights about the labour market" and showing "what conclusions about cause and effect can be drawn from natural experiments," the Nobel committee said in a statement.

Macroeconomics, health and labour markets are some of the favourite topics ahead of the announcement, according to experts interviewed by AFP.

Friday’s blast killed around 100 Shiite Muslims, the latest in a string of attacks on Afghanistan's minority community, considered heretics by extremists like the Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) group, which claimed the attack.  

The Chilean public prosecutor's office opened an investigation into President Sebastian Pinera over the sale of a mining company through a firm owned by his children.

The stand-up has thumbed his nose at critics who accuse him of transphobia, telling a packed Los Angeles performance: "If this is what being canceled is like, I love it."

Philippine press groups and rights activists hailed Maria Ressa's award as a "triumph" in a country ranked as one of the world's most dangerous for journalists.

A new claim by cold case investigators about the real identity of the Zodiac Killer has been refuted by law enforcement.