While it is easy to dismiss online sex as a social reality shaped by the internet, hooking up via social media is not as straightforward as they might seem.

Instagram defended itself against a report that the social network harms the mental health of young girls, saying it plans to play down posts promoting myths about beautiful bodies.

K-pop sensation BTS have been granted diplomatic passports ahead of the United Nations General Assembly as they embark on their new roles as presidential special envoys.

Two white terriers have earned thousands of dollars endorsing products ranging from vacuum cleaners to shoes -- and are even represented by an agency.

Boeing said the commercial aviation market should fully recover by 2024 from its pandemic slump.

Cats may have nine lives, but their time on Earth is often cut short by kidney problems -- so people in Japan have donated nearly $2 million to the search for a cure.

The pandemic hasn’t stopped Indonesians from finding spiritual guidance from gurus, and one is ready to guide them.

At the 9/11 memorial in New York, relatives wiped away tears, their voices breaking as they read out the names of the almost 3,000 people killed in the Al-Qaeda attacks.

Cloning is in high demand in the competitive world of camel beauty pageants, leaving scientists at a Dubai clinic working round the clock to produce carbon-copy beasts.

With YouTube videos "debunking" allegations of human rights abuses and diatribes on Western "conspiracies" against China, an unlikely set of foreigners are loudly defending Beijing from its international critics.

In a Berlin church, musicians and the listening public are dressed completely in leather.

Twitch is suing two users in US federal court, accusing them of orchestrating 'hate raids' spewing abuse at video game play streamers who are not white or straight.

America marks the 20th anniversary of 9/11 Saturday with solemn ceremonies.

Peter says an abundance of talented musicians and singers can be found in Indonesia but that many have an insufficient musical education.

A niche group of self-employed, tech-savvy individuals are cannibalizing, refurbishing and repurposing old mobile phones, making the must-have devices more affordable while helping to reduce the harm that technology and high-tech consumerism can do to the environment.

Pets have always been a staple of the internet, which has been seeing a growing rise in pet influencers that rake in millions – earnings that these Indonesian "pawrents" use to give their beloved pets the best life they can offer.

Winemakers in northern Greece are diving into the unknown by plunging hundreds of bottles of their wine into the depths of the local river.

Interest in learning sign language has risen as online classes make everything more accessible than ever.

Fans of Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) content say it provides not just relaxation but a means of easing pandemic loneliness.

A Kosovo surgeon said Tuesday he had successfully removed a mobile phone from the stomach of a prisoner four days after he had swallowed the entire device.

Two splendid diamond bracelets that belonged to French queen Marie-Antoinette will go under the hammer in Geneva later this year.

Inspiration House founder Cici Situmorang, 33, hopes to help children from Cirebon, West Java, embrace the multicultural values of Pancasila, Indonesia's foundational philosophy.

In the latest development in a viral harassment and bullying case, two individuals who were personally identified by MS among five of his alleged harassers have decided to file a countersuit for defamation.

"It's haunted me for 20 years," Lisa Brinkworth, a former BBC journalist, said of her encounter with Gerald Marie, the former Europe chief of the Elite modelling agency, and its fallout.

Following a “calling of the soul”, some Indonesians have dedicated their lives to recovering the bodies of disaster victims – a job that takes compassion and skill.

Rights activists said Monday they had filed a criminal complaint in Germany against five retailers, accusing them of benefiting from forced labour among China's Uyghur population.

On 1 August 2016, a few months after being sworn in as Taiwan’s first female president, Tsai Ing-wen accomplished another milestone: the first official apology to Taiwan’s indigenous peoples. 

A good number of Indonesian hawkers earn millions of rupiah daily but choose to keep a low profile.

It’s a worrying trend. For the past month, scores of graffiti expressing discontent over the government’s handling of the pandemic have been censored by authorities and their artists hunted down. But for the country’s artists, this is simply a call to speak up louder and move smarter.

Sukoharjo resident Agus Widanarko, better known as Super Isoman, has an abundance of two things: compassion and superhero costumes.