Palestinian honour guards carry the coffin of veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh at the presidential headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah
From odes to embattled military units to expressions of love for the motherland, Ukrainians are embracing tattoos amid the ongoing war with Russia. At the "Art Weapon" festival, dozens chose to show their love for their nation by getting inked.
Online videos showed flames from the fire had spread several storeys up from the coffee shop on the first floor of 261 Serangoon Central Drive.
An anti-abortion rally in central Zagreb draws crowds of several thousands, according to an AFP journalist, as activists in the staunchly Catholic country warn of an erosion of women's reproductive rights. Waving banners with slogans such as "Unborn children -- the most endangered minority in Croatia" and "Unborn lives matter, too", thousands, including many parents with children, took part in the annual "March for Life".
Protesters carried placards that read "My body my choice" and "Keep your laws off my body"
Unlike in recent days, Pope Francis -- who was surrounded by around 50 cardinals and 300 bishops and priests -- did not appear in a wheelchair
Virtuoso instrumentalist and composer who introduced the santoor to Indian classical music Shivkumar Sharma in 2003. ‘I would play tabla and accompany other people, but concerts were hard to come by because of negative criticism of the santoor,’ he said. Photograph: The India Today Group/Getty Images Shivkumar Sharma, who has died aged 84, was one of the great innovators of Indian music, a virtuoso instrumentalist and composer who was known both for his Bollywood film music and for his classical
Lebanon voted Sunday in its first election since multiple crises dragged it to the brink of failed statehood, with the ruling elite expected to comfortably weather public anger.
China's retail sales slumped to its lowest in two years while factory output plunged, official data showed Monday, capturing the dismal economic fallout from Beijing's zero-Covid policy.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD) suffered a crushing defeat in a key German regional election on Sunday, exit polls showed, in a damning verdict on his perceived weak response to the war in Ukraine.
Palestinians rallied Sunday to mark the "Nakba," or catastrophe, 74 years after Israel's creation, with condemnation spreading over a police raid on the funeral of a slain journalist.
Four Ukrainian flags are flapping in the cold northern wind outside the university hospital (UKSH) in Luebeck on Germany's Baltic coast.
The SEA Games men's football gold medal will remain elusive for Singapore, after the Young Lions drew 2-2 with Malaysia in their must-win Group B match.
Russian invasion of Ukraine
Singapore swimmer Teong Tzen Wei erased Joseph Schooling's men's 50m butterfly SEA Games record as he retain the gold medal he won from the Olympic champion in 2019.
Finland on Saturday sought to allay Moscow's fears about its bid to join NATO, as fierce fighting raged in Ukraine's east, slowing a Russian advance.
The charred basement at the bottom of a heap of rubble that was once a two-storey grade school was still hot a week after a military strike Ukraine says killed 60 people sheltering from Russian bombs.
Kyiv residents get an unexpected boost after Ukraine swept to victory at the Eurovision Song Contest with an infectious hip-hop folk melody. The win has raised spirits in the embattled nation which fighting off a Russian invasion that has killed thousands and displaced millions of people.
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg rang the opening bell remotely to cheers 10 years ago as the beloved social network made its stock market debut, culminating an all-night hackathon that included street hockey, costumes and music.
'Voting is a duty,' says a Beirut citizen as she casts her ballot in the first election since multiple crises dragged Lebanon to the brink of failed statehood. The vote is a major test for new opposition groups bent on removing the ruling elite.
Leaving a fine mist of disinfectant in their wake, China's hazmat-clad health workers are cleaning homes, roads, parcels and even people -- but more than two years into the pandemic, experts say it is a futile measure against Covid-19.
