SEOUL- South Korean singer Rain, known as the "King of K-Pop", on Thursday released his first album for four years as part of a long-awaited comeback after mandatory military service. Rain, whose...
PARIS- Bestselling US author Danielle Steel has been awarded France's highest honour, the government's official newsletter revealed Wednesday, one of hundreds of personalities to be given the Legion...
PARIS, Laurent Maillard- A Europe badly shaken by a faltering economy and rising populism is set to commemorate the centenary of Word War I, the conflict still known as the "Great War" that scarred...
LAS VEGAS- Britney Spears opened a two-year sojourn in Sin City late Friday with a dazzling performance to a crowd of adoring fans at the city's Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino. Some 4,600...
MOSCOW, Anna Smolchenko- The freed members of the Pussy Riot punk band said Friday they still wanted Russian President Vladimir Putin out of power and would like freed ex-tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky...
MOSCOW, Nicolas Miletitch- Published 40 years ago in Paris, Russian dissident writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn's masterpiece, "The Gulag Archipelago", revealed the shocking truth about Soviet terror and...
LOS ANGELES- Teen pop megastar Justin Bieber has set Twitter ablaze with a message suggesting he may be stepping away from the stage -- just as his new movie hits theaters on Christmas Day. "My...
BEIRUT, Serene Assir- Syrian artists have turned to black humour to depict the brutal war devastating their country as they marked on Wednesday the third Christmas since the deadly conflict erupted....
JIAN, Kelly Olsen- Centuries ago Kwanggaet'o the Great ruled over a mighty empire stretching from south of Seoul deep into Manchuria in China's northeast, but his Koguryo dynasty is now at the centre...
LONDON- Veteran Australian entertainer Rolf Harris, who will stand trial in April accused of indecently assaulting two underage girls, will face three further charges of sexual assault, Britain's...