LOS ANGELES- The Oscars will, for the first time, hold a concert in Los Angeles featuring the songs and scores nominated for Hollywood's most prestigious prize, organizers said. The concert will be...

BEIJING- Boasting its own artificial sun and a floor area three times that of the Pentagon, the "world's largest building" has opened in southwest China to mixed reviews from its first visitors. The...

SULAIMANIYAH, Guillaume Decamme- Kamiran Aziz Ali grimaces and leans forward, his hands behind his back, re-enacting the moment in January 1990 when Saddam Hussein's henchmen flung him into a jail...

VENICE- St Mark's Square in Venice on Wednesday was the spectacular backdrop to a tragic opera in the first open-air performance in 43 years by the famous La Fenice theatre -- a new must on the...

MADRID- Spanish tenor Placido Domingo is being treated in a Madrid hospital for a pulmonary embolism, a blockage of an artery of the lungs, his publicist said Tuesday. The 72-year-old opera star was...

TUNIS- Tunisia's public prosecutor Monday ordered police to investigate an attack on 19 actors by Salafist Muslims, while they decided whether to charge the artists with alleged "indecency", a lawyer...

KABUL- "Afghanistan's Got Talent" is coming to television screens in the war-torn country after the internationally-popular reality show struck a deal with a national channel based in Kabul. Local...

TUNIS- Tunisia's public prosecutor is due to question 19 actors who were attacked by radical Salafist Muslims for alleged "indecent" behaviour, their lawyer told AFP on Sunday. The actors are to...

LONDON- British art collector Charles Saatchi told a newspaper on Sunday that he is divorcing his wife, celebrity chef Nigella Lawson, following an incident in which he grabbed her by the neck...