Ancient Egypt exerts a powerful pull on the imagination of every generation, refusing to stay buried in the past.

Across Asia, borders are opening and quarantine measures are lifting as even the last few countries clinging to Covid restrictions embrace a return to travel.

A court in military-run Myanmar has sentenced Aung San Suu Kyi, the country's deposed former leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner, to three additional years in jail for corruption, a source familiar with the case told CNN, extending her total prison term to 26 years.

Malaysia's 97-year-old former leader Mahathir Mohamad is to run for parliament in the country's looming general election, but is remaining tight-lipped on whether he could be prime minister for a third time.

Xi Jinping is poised to cement his role as China's most powerful leader in decades this month, when members of the country's ruling Communist Party meet for a twice-a-decade leadership reshuffle.

Philippine Nobel laureate Maria Ressa plans to appeal her cyber libel conviction at the country's Supreme Court, her lawyer said Tuesday, after losing her legal battle and having months added to her sentence.

The mother of Nika Shahkarami, a 16-year-old protester who was found dead in Tehran last month, says her daughter was killed by Iranian security forces at a protest.

Venezuela has lost its seat on the United Nations Council of Human Rights — a development hailed on Tuesday by activists and human rights defenders in Venezuela as cause for celebration.

The coronation of King Charles III will take place on May 6 next year at Westminster Abbey in London, Buckingham Palace announced Tuesday.

Smoke rose from artist Damien Hirst's London gallery on Tuesday, as 1,000 of his signature "spot" paintings went up in flames. Thousands more will be reduced to ashes before the month is out.