RABAT- A Moroccan rapper imprisoned for defaming the police said Thursday that he has dedicated a new song to fellow Tunisian rapper Ala Yaacoubi, recently jailed on similar charges, in a "gesture of...

LOS ANGELES- Michael Jackson's daughter Paris, who tried to commit suicide this month, was the hardest hit by her father's 2009 death, a co-guardian of the star's three children said Thursday. T.J....

RABAT- A long-awaited international treaty that would give hundreds of millions of blind and visually impaired people better access to books is to be signed Thursday, according to the organisers of a...

NEW YORK- Television talk show queen Oprah Winfrey was named the most powerful celebrity in the world on Wednesday as Forbes.com released its annual list of the top movers and shakers in the...

NEW YORK- A new exhibition focused on Belgian painter Rene Magritte's embrace of surrealism will visit museums in Chicago, Houston and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, organizers said...

UNITED NATIONS- Screen star Angelina Jolie on Monday criticized UN Security Council powers for their lack of action over wartime rapes, invoking Syria and other conflicts in a surprise speech to the...

GAZA CITY, Adel Zaanoun- "Congratulations, Assaf! You've made Gaza and Palestine lift their heads up high," crowed 14-year-old Diana Shams as a young Gazan singer won the popular Arab Idol talent...

PHNOM PENH- Royal tombs, fortress walls and a 700-year-old school in North Korea's medieval city of Kaesong were among a dozen monuments granted World Heritage status by UNESCO at its annual meet on...

BEIRUT- Palestinian singer Mohammed Assaf on Saturday won a pan-Arab singing contest that has had millions of viewers fixed to their TV screens since March, sparking celebrations in Gaza and the West...