#Art

by Hamza Mekouar More than 2.5 million Muslims will on Friday begin the annual hajj pilgrimage in the Islamic holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, against a backdrop of tensions in the Gulf. Crowds of worshippers have already begun to gather in Mecca in the days ahead of the hajj, the focal point of the […]

A helicopter and dozens of people were deployed Tuesday on the third day of a search for a vulnerable London teenager who went missing from a Malaysian rainforest resort, police said. The search effort left the grandfather of Nora Quoirin, 15, optimistic she will be found despite the “extremely mysterious” circumstances of her disappearance. Nora […]

Britain will experience shortages of certain foods in the event of a “disastrous” no-deal Brexit, with “serious disruption” expected for months, the country’s food and drink lobby warned Wednesday. “The food sector is absolutely clear that a no-deal exit is a disastrous outcome for us, but we’ve never said that the country is going to […]

A former Australian spy announced a surprise guilty plea Tuesday for exposing an alleged 2004 bugging operation against East Timor officials, after years of fighting the charges. Lawyers for the former agent, known only as “Witness K”, told a Canberra court he would plead guilty to blowing the whistle on the spying operation against the […]

Hong Kong police on Tuesday said 148 people were arrested during running battles with protesters the day before, the largest daily toll since huge pro-democracy protests kicked off two months ago. On Monday Hong Kong buckled under a general strike followed by the most widespread and sustained clashes so far with tear gas fired at […]

Cosmo Park, which sits on top of a shopping mall, is a busy place with people jogging, watering their plants or walking their dogs along neat asphalt roads. “Neighbourhood kids pedal their bikes under frangipani trees and peach-coloured bougainvillea to the pool and tennis court. Apartments, comfortable and modern, sit side by side, with barbecues […]

Singaporeans who have relocated to Hong Kong a few years back are now toying with the idea of going back to Singapore. This feeling is fuelled as tensions have aggravated in Hong Kong starting Monday (Aug 5). Police officers have tear gas and rubber bullets targeted at protesters, so much so many Singapore nationals residing in […]

Petaling Jaya — Kylie Jenner is turning 22 and has chosen to celebrate her birthday on fugitive Malaysian businessman Jho Low‘s Equanimity super yacht. According to an initial report by TMZ, Kylie’s chief of staff for her cosmetics brand has booked the yacht for a trip across the Mediterranean sea for Kylie’s 22nd birthday party on […]

Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran shared his heartbreak over the death of his cat Graham when it was hit by a car. The 28-year-old Grammy winner who is currently on his Divide tour in Hanover, Germany posted the news on Instagram on Friday. Sheeran rescued the feline when it was just a kitten and he shared a […]

“Are you a working girl? Is that how you can afford the room?” Alice Han, a Harvard-educated Korean-Canadian doctor, checked in to a motel room in New South Wales (NSW), Australia after an unfortunate ordeal with a flat tire on her vehicle. The man at the motel desk asked her if she was a “working […]

by Douglas Gillison with Kelly Wang in Shanghai The United States on Monday formally accused China of manipulating its currency, marking the second major escalation in the two countries’ spiraling trade war in just 24 hours. Washington’s sudden move came the day China allowed the yuan to fall below 7 to the dollar for the […]

Avengers:Endgame screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely managed to skip directly into the treasured domestic life found by Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) and wife Pepper (Gwyneth Paltrow) with the decision to move the Marvel Cinematic Universe five years into the future. “We wanted to see the long-term effects. I don’t think anybody needed to […]

Just weeks after the couple sparked engagement rumours, supermodel Cara Delevingne married her long-time girlfriend Ashley Benson. 26-year-old Cara and 29-year-old Ashley got hitched in an Elvis-themed ceremony at the Little Las Vegas chapel earlier this year based on reports by The Sun on Sunday. Charlize Theron, The Jonas Brothers and Sophie Turner are among […]

by Jalees ANDRABI The Indian government on Monday revoked Kashmir’s special status, stripping the significant autonomy it has enjoyed for seven decades in a move expected to further inflame tensions in the Muslim-majority region and infuriate rival Pakistan. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi Hindu-nationalist party rushed through a presidential decree to scrap the disputed region’s […]

by Elaine YU / Yan ZHAO Hong Kong riot police clashed with pro-democracy protesters for a third straight day Monday as the city’s leader warned the global financial hub was nearing a “very dangerous situation”, and a rare strike caused transport chaos. Clouds of tear gas billowed across the working-class district of Wong Tai Sin […]