Muratov, who was among a group of journalists who founded Novaya Gazeta in 1993 after the fall of the Soviet Union, said after the announcement of the respected prize that it really belonged to all the newspaper's journalists.

The former CNN bureau chief co-founded news website Rappler in 2012, bringing together multimedia reporting and social media to offer an edgy take on Philippine current events.

Hours after publishing a report on alleged police neglect in a South Sulawesi rape case, the website of public journalism initiative Project Multatuli suffered a DDoS attack.

The Nobel Prize winner, Tanzanian-born author forged a critically acclaimed 35-year career rooted in colonialism and immigration after arriving in Britain as a refugee.

Desmond Tutu, South Africa's anti-apartheid icon, marked his 90th birthday Thursday with a rare public appearance. 

Lawyer Thomas Walther, 78, gets prickly when he hears criticism of German courts putting elderly surviving Nazis -- many over 90 years old now -- on trial.

The 37-year-old data scientist, who worked on the company's civic integrity team, quietly compiled thousands of internal documents before she left Facebook in May, and distributed them to the Wall Street Journal and US lawmakers.

Since the Taliban conquered the Bamiyan valley, rural Afghans living in its mountainside caves have been left weak from hunger and fear.

Women of the Indonesian diaspora in Australia have sought comfort in each other as the virus and mobility restrictions keep them largely isolated and far from their relatives abroad.

Scores of people died in the October 2016 stampede that marred the celebration of Irreecha, a thanksgiving festival for Ethiopia's largest ethnic group, the Oromos.

Today, at just eight years of age, Nicole Oliveira is known as the world's youngest astronomer, looking for asteroids as part of a NASA-affiliated program.

The assault was committed while Estefan was at a music school, by a distant male relative who was "in a position of power."

Japan's Princess Mako will marry this month, but she will forego traditional rites and will not take a usual payment given to royal women marrying commoners.

The plane made an emergency landing after a 6-year-old passenger removed the protective cover on an emergency exit handle during the flight.

Described as “the mother figure” by her family and relatives, the sudden passing of Dede Komara binti Oyo Saryo, 84, has left a void in those she left behind, including her two nieces, Ammy and Felysa.

Japanese romantics and royal-watchers held their breath for a wedding announcement as Princess Mako's boyfriend returned to Tokyo on Monday.

Angela Merkel is wrapping up a historic 16 years in power with an uncertain legacy at home and abroad.

Saudi Faisal Malaikah's love for non-venomous snakes has evolved from having just one to ultimately crossbreeding dozens.

Bahar Jalali, an Afghan-American historian, launched a campaign highlighting the vibrant colors of traditional Afghan dresses.

Evangelista, 56, said in a message on Instagram this week that she underwent "CoolSculpting" five years ago and that it had caused her fat cells to increase rather than decrease, leaving her looking horribly bloated.

US actor Michael K. Williams, who starred as Omar Little in the widely acclaimed television series The Wire, died of an accidental drug overdose, authorities said Friday.

Britain's Prince Andrew has accepted that he has been served legal papers in a sexual assault lawsuit brought against him in the United States.

Former supermodel Linda Evangelista is seeking $50 million in damages from the company behind a fat-reducing procedure that she says left her deformed.

Asia Argento, the actress whose rape allegations against Harvey Weinstein helped trigger the #MeToo movement, has paid the price for her bravery. 

David Aguilar was five when he first discovered Lego, entering a world where it didn't matter he was missing his forearm, and four years later, he built his first prosthesis with it.

The organized crime family hit the headlines in 2015 when it laid on a flashy funeral in Rome for "uncle" Vittorio Casamonica, with his coffin borne on a gilded horse-drawn carriage.

The court determined that as Roy had already established a career lending her skills to advertisements for hair products, the botched haircut had led to "severe mental breakdown and trauma".

Evangelista, 56, said she underwent "CoolSculpting" five years ago and that it had the rare side effect of causing her fat cells to increase rather than decrease.

Similar tragedies are sadly commonplace in a country where hundreds of thousands of people go missing every year. And yet Petito's fate triggered a staggering amount of interest.

Crises have a knack for felling leaders. Not Chancellor Angela Merkel.