PARIS (AFP) – For decades, plastic straws have been essential props for cocktail makers, smoothie lovers and fast food addicts. But that may…
ISTANBUL (AFP) – Earlier this month, Maya Merhi, 8, who was born with no legs due to a congenital condition, was moving around…
It’s been two years since “fake news” first appeared as a topic of mainstream conversation — a term popularised by Donald Trump and…
AMMAN (AFP) – A Western-educated trainee helicopter pilot with a huge Instagram following, Jordan’s 23-year-old Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah has emerged as…
SAINT PETERSBURG (AFP) – A deaf, white cat named Achilles is soon to begin his work as Russia’s official soothsayer for the World…
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – Ramadhan has always been a celebrated time in Brunei, where for one month Muslims abstain from food and drink from dusk…
KAFR NAHA, Syria (AFP) – At an unlikely cat shelter in rebel-held northern Syria, Mohammed Alaa al-Jaleel gently holds a feline patient on her back…
If you’ve been checking your Instagram account over the last week, chances are you’ve come across the locally-produced series of one-minute videos entitled…
With increasing number of people in Brunei suffering from blindness either from birth, accidents or as a complication from diseases such as diabetes,…
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) – From rural hamlets to the jungles of Borneo and bustling, modern Kuala Lumpur, Malaysians will vote Wednesday in one…