MUMBAI, Udita Jhunjhunwala- Bollywood is foraying into controversial terrain with new spy thriller, "Madras Cafe", whose depiction of rebels in the Sri Lankan civil war has raised concerns among...

LONDON- Australian entertainer and artist Rolf Harris was re-arrested by police in Britain on Monday over further allegations of sexual offences. Harris, 83, was first arrested in March by officers...

KARACHI, Guillaume LAVALLÉE - In the battle for TV ratings, Pakistan's top channels are making money out of Ramadan by broadcasting round-the-clock chat shows mixing prizes, charity and prayer. As...

MOSCOW- The Bolshoi ballet's artistic director Sergei Filin said Thursday he hopes to return to work in Moscow in September even though his eyesight is still extremely limited after an attacker...

LONDON, Danny Kemp- British police said Tuesday they have recovered a rare Stradivarius violin worth £1.2 million ($1.8 million, 1.4 million euros) that was stolen from its owner in a London railway...

VIENNA- The sailor-suited Vienna Boys' Choir, one of Austria's best-selling musical exports, is facing serious financial problems, its director warned in a newspaper interview Monday. "The Vienna...

BAYREUTH- Russian conductor Kirill Petrenko received standing ovations at the end of the second instalment of Frank Castorf's new production of Richard Wagner's "Ring" cycle at the world-famous...

BAYREUTH, Simon Morgan- German maestro Christian Thielemann was given a tumultuous reception at the opening night of this year's legendary Bayreuth Festival, a performance of Richard Wagner's "The...

LONDON- Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling spent a whole weekend practising a fake signature for her crime-writing alter-ego Robert Galbraith, she revealed Wednesday. Sales of "The Cuckoo's Calling", a...