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.

Pope Francis insisted Wednesday poverty could be beaten if the world's rich play a full part in ending inequality as he attended a conference on financial inclusion.

Northwestern University in Qatar has canceled a media discussion featuring popular Lebanese band Mashrou’ Leila for "safety reasons," the institution said Tuesday, amid social media furor.

The American university said it invited the Lebanese band, one of the most popular music groups in the region, to a talk at its Doha branch about Middle Eastern media revolutions this week but then moved the event to its Evanston, Illinois campus.