LONDON- The birthplace of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr has been saved from demolition following a public campaign, Britain's housing minister Grant Shapps announced Thursday. The local authority in...

Discovered on a mountain in Peru's Ancash region in the 1980s, the mummy was taken out of the South American country in 1986 under unclear circumstances, the ministry said. It ended up at an...

PARIS- France on Thursday granted one of its top honours, membership in the prestigious Academie Francaise, to Franco-Lebanese writer Amin Maalouf, whose books seek to build bridges between East and...

DUBLIN- British author Jon McGregor on Wednesday won the 100,000-euro ($125,000) International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, one of the world's most lucrative honours for a work of fiction. McGregor...

"We are ready to study another concert date, discussions are under way." Prince, who regularly comes to France, had wanted to give a free concert on the French national day in partnership with a...

NEW YORK, Mariano Andrade- The musical "Once" which tells the love story between a musician and an immigrant singer and pianist was the big winner at this year's Tony awards ceremony, scooping a...

RIYADH- A Saudi city known for its ultra-conservatism has created its own version of the "Arabs Got Talent" television reality show, but with no music and women banned from taking part. Instead,...

Ridley Scott's hotly anticipated sci-fi adventure "Prometheus" also had a huge debut, taking second place with an opening take of $50 million, the box office tracker said. The pair bumped "Snow White...

LONDON- Queen Elizabeth II's husband Prince Philip celebrates his 91st birthday at home on Sunday, after five days of hospital treatment for a bladder infection sparked concerns about his health. The...