CANNES, France, Richard Ingham- Saudi Arabia's first woman film maker, Haifaa Al-Mansour, said her country was becoming "more tolerant and more accepting" as she picked up an award in Cannes on...

BEIRUT, Rita Daou- Lebanon's premier-designate Tammam Salam told AFP on Saturday that he supports the freedom of the Syrian people while insisting his country remain neutral in its neighbour's civil...

PARIS, Marianne Barriaux- Liao Yiwu clearly recalls the moment when he first stepped into a Chinese jail. He was stripped naked by inmates who then searched his anus with chopsticks -- the beginning...

BEIRUT, Sarah Benhaida- The half a million Palestinian refugees living in Syria should keep out of the country's conflict and their neutrality be respected, UN Relief and Works Agency chief Filippo...

LOS ANGELES, Romain Raynaldy- US actress Susan Sarandon says making "Cloud Atlas," adapted from the award-winning British novel, was a joyous theatrical experience in what seemed more like a "circus"...

It comes after President Moncef Marzouki warned that radical Islamist militants pose a "great danger" to the Maghreb region, and following a wave of violent attacks -- blamed on Salafists -- on...

RABAT- Morocco's Islamist premier Abdelilah Benkirane insisted on Tuesday that democracy in his country was advancing slowly but surely, in an interview with France 24 television channel. "We are in...

NICOSIA, Jean-Louis Doublet- Cyprus, which on July 1 will assume the rotating presidency of the European Union, is ready with its European partners to evacuate third party nationals from Syria, the...

LOS ANGELES, Romain Raynaldy- After movies about toys, cars and various cute animals, Pixar moves into more traditional territory with its latest film, princess tale "Brave" -- but it was more...