"Be yourself" is the advice former British prime minister Theresa May gave to the Global Women's Forum in Dubai on Monday, explaining how she had risen to the top job despite refusing to conform to masculine traditions in politics.

Rima settles in a chair at an upscale Riyadh cafe, looks around carefully and, seeing no one she recognizes, drags on her electronic cigarette before exhaling a cloud of smoke.

A Turkish court on Friday acquitted renowned novelist Asli Erdogan on charges of membership of an armed terror organisation.

It was supposed to be a whirlwind tour of China for Jiang Lanyi's boyfriend: classical gardens in Suzhou, modern art in Shanghai, ice-skating in central Beijing.

Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan has been charged with raping two women besides two others he was already facing accusations over, his lawyer told AFP Thursday.

Short on dollars, John and Amanda sneak back to their parents' homes when they want an intimate moment, while Carlos goes into sexual hibernation during financially lean months. Oriana, on the other hand, buys her contraceptives on the black market for a small fortune.

French President Emmanuel Macron has defended a French teenager who received death threats after an expletive-laden Instagram rant against Islam, saying the right to blaspheme was enshrined in the constitution and she needs to be protected, in comments published Wednesday.

To fuel Egyptians' love for shisha pipes and barbecues, Said Mahrous and his men toil in an open-air furnace, inhaling thick plumes of smoke day in, day out.

A Frenchwoman whose sister and parents were murdered by the sister's former partner will accuse the state in court on Monday of being responsible for their deaths over its alleged failure to protect the family.

Some of the world's rarest and most expensive whiskies went on sale on Friday in an online auction of a private collection amassed by a late U.S. soft drink bottling tycoon.