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Syrian Alawite actress who led anti-Assad protests dies in Paris - 08/18/2017

BEIRUT (dpa) - Syrian actress of Alawite descent, Fadwa Suleiman, who became famous for leading Sunni-majority protests against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, died in Paris from cancer, according...

German museum traces 100 years of popular music - 08/16/2017

FRANKFURT (dpa) - A German museum is launching an exhibition to trace 100 years of popular music in the country. Starting Thursday and running until February 25, the Museum for Communication in...

Roman Polanski facing new sexual assault accusation from minor - 08/16/2017

LOS ANGELES (dpa) - A woman who says she was sexually assaulted by film director Roman Polanski when she was a minor made her accusation public at a press conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday. The...

Leading Kuwaiti actor Abdulredha dies aged 78 - 08/14/2017

CAIRO (dpa) - Celebrated Kuwaiti actor Abdul Hussein Abdulredha, best known for his satirical portrayal of late Iraqi autocrat Saddam Hussein, had died in Britain, Kuwait’s state news agency Kuna...

Reports: Tom Cruise injured in filming 'Mission: Impossible' stunt - 08/14/2017

NEW YORK (dpa)- Hollywood star Tom Cruise appeared to have suffered an apparent injury while filming a stunt for the action-thriller "Mission: Impossible 6," reports said on Sunday. A video posted on...

Leading Kuwaiti actor Abdulredha dies aged 78 - 08/12/2017

Cairo (dpa) - Celebrated Kuwaiti actor Abdul Hussein Abdulredha, best known for his satirical portrayal of late Iraqi autocrat Saddam Hussein, had died in Britain, Kuwait’s state news agency Kuna...

Amy Schumer to make Broadway debut in Steve Martin play - 08/11/2017

LOS ANGELES (dpa) - US actress and comedian Amy Schumer will make her Broadway debut in a Steve Martin play, the Schubert Organization theatre company announced Monday. The Emmy Award winner will...

70 years after partition, new light on dark side of independence - 08/10/2017

NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD, Siddhartha Kumar and Qamar Zaman (dpa)- In August 1947, after decades of an anti-colonial struggle, British rulers left the Indian subcontinent. But independence meant a bloody...

Low carb, queer, selfie: 5,000 new entries added to German dictionary - 08/08/2017

BERLIN, Gisela Gross (dpa) - Some 5,000 words including queer, selfie, emoji and fake news are being added to the German dictionary's new edition, its head of editorial told dpa Monday. "It's simply...

Rapper who claimed God made him bulletproof fatally shot - 08/08/2017

LOS ANGELES (dpa) - A US rapper who once claimed God made him bulletproof has been fatally shot, Atlanta TV station WGCL reported on Monday. Atlanta Police told the TV station that 28-year-old local...
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