A high-profile shaman who tried to end Sri Lanka's Covid-19 outbreak with "blessed" water has died of the virus, his family said Thursday.

Pioneering African-American writer and director Melvin Van Peebles inspired a younger generation of Black filmmakers with his groundbreaking 1971 film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song.

Former US president Donald Trump believes his estranged niece Mary Trump and The New York Times engaged in "an insidious plot" to obtain his tax returns for the paper's Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation of his finances.

Oei Hiem Hwie quietly smuggled the Buru Quartet, a series of novels banned under Soeharto’s rule, past the regime’s ideological enforcers. 

Paul Rusesabagina, the "Hotel Rwanda" hero who became a fiercely outspoken government critic, was found guilty of terror charges on Monday.

For the Somali-American who was born in a refugee camp in Kenya, it was a matter of preserving her self-worth and well-being in a fast and loose sector that increasingly clashed with her Muslim values.

Spanish director Mario Camus, whose film about the aftermath of Spain's 1936-39 civil war won the top award at the Berlin film festival, died on Saturday.

The decision comes after an independent report in May concluded that Martin Bashir had deceived Diana's brother into helping to arrange the interview, in which she spoke candidly about her troubled marriage to Prince Charles.

"The degree of publicity that publication would be likely to attract would be very extensive and wholly contrary to the aim of maintaining the dignity of the Sovereign," Andrew McFarlane, the president of the court's Family Division, said in a ruling published on Thursday.

Tri Astuti died of COVID-19 on Feb. 1, 2021 at the age of 72. Her family and friends share their memories of the person they call their “support system”.

Brazilian football legend Pele is ready to leave the intensive care unit of a Sao Paulo hospital after undergoing surgery for a suspected colon tumor.

Spears, 39, showed off a diamond ring in an Instagram micro-video post and wrote "I can't f***ing believe it!!!!!!!"

Seven years ago, Adrineh Simonian bowed out of a successful career as an opera singer to produce pornography instead.

The 55-year-old took home the prize for his starring role in "On the Job: The Missing 8", a crime thriller that delves into corruption and fake news.

Cruz won for her starring role in "Parallel Mothers", her latest collaboration with legendary Spanish director Pedro Almodovar. 

Afghan pop star Aryana Sayeed recalls asking her fiance one thing as they snuck into Kabul's chaotic airport after the Taliban moved in: "Don't let them take me away alive".

Thousands turned out Thursday in Paris to honour Jean-Paul Belmondo, the film icon who helped define French identity for six decades.

Former Manchester United star Rio Ferdinand said there was a "disheartening" inevitability about the racist abuse directed at black England players after they missed penalties in the Euro 2020 final.

Rezai was a member of Afghanistan’s national boxing team -- an undefeated champion and one of very few women in her country to take part in the male-dominated sport. Now, she’s a refugee.

Ahmad Wali Sarhadi and Khaled Andish were both journalists in Afghanistan. Now, wanted by the Taliban, they’ve become refugees in Qatar.

Five years after retiring, the woman who paved the way for South Korean golfers to dominate the ladies' game still exudes a sense of steely determination on the course.

Lucelly Gil is one of the forgotten victims of 9/11: an immigrant cleaner who spent months clearing up rubble from the World Trade Center and developed cancer apparently from the toxic dust, but who remains unrecognized.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro issued a decree Monday that changes the rules of content moderation on social media, a move that critics argue could hinder the fight against disinformation.

US actor Michael K. Williams, one of television's most memorable stars of recent years for his role as Omar Little in The Wire, has been found dead in his New York City apartment. 

British actress and singer Jane Birkin has cancelled her appearance at the American Film Festival in Deauville, France, as she recovers from a stroke.

Libyan strongman Moamer Kadhafi was ousted and killed in the 2011 uprising, but several of his family members survived. Nearly a decade on from the dictator's gruesome slaying, what has happened to them?

Conspiracy theories over 9/11 were the first to benefit from widespread internet access, spreading much faster than previous alternative interpretations of history, including about John F. Kennedy's assassination, and the Moon landings.

A vehicle carrying acclaimed Japanese film director and actor Takeshi Kitano was attacked by a man with a pickaxe and a knife, media reports said.

With a successful left jab to the face, the 23-year-old Pietrzykowski drew blood from a much heavier German inmate at the Nazi German death camp Auschwitz.

Princess Charlene of Monaco was in stable condition Friday after collapsing and being hospitalised in South Africa, where she has been living for the better part of this year.