CANNES, France- Actor and activist Sean Penn urged US President Barack Obama to step up his support for Haiti as he hosted a Cannes fundraiser to help the country recover from the devastating 2010...
ALGIERS- Mourning Algerians paid tribute Saturday to Arab singing legend Warda, whose body was returned to her homeland after she died of a heart attack in Egypt two days earlier. Known throughout...
MOSCOW, Dmitry Zaks- Dozens of Russian artists with brooms in hand carted their most expressive works across the boulevards of Moscow on Saturday in a show of exasperation at Vladimir Putin's return...
VIENNA- Nearly 40,000 people dressed in colourful costumes attended this year's Life Ball, Vienna's glitzy annual AIDS charity, Saturday, with actress Milla Jovovich and former US president Bill...
CAIRO- Algerian singer Warda, whose powerful vocal range and patriotic songs earned her legendary status throughout the Arab world, died of a heart attack late on Thursday aged 72, her family said....
"The Bardo is the flagship of our heritage, but it is not well known among Tunisians," Bardo curator Taher Ghalia told AFP on International Museum Day. "We want to attract more of the national public...
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Daniel Kelley- The small but extraordinary museum at the center of an art world controversy is set to open its doors in a new Philadelphia home on Saturday. The reopening...
LOS ANGELES, Michael Thurston- Grammy-winning disco legend Donna Summer, who steamed up the charts in the 1970s and 80s with raunchy hits like "Love to Love You Baby" and "Hot Stuff," died Thursday...
NEW YORK- Jennifer Lopez is the world's most powerful celebrity, according to Forbes magazine Wednesday in a ranking based on a combination of earnings, press coverage and Internet presence. Lopez...
MEXICO CITY, Jennifer Gonzalez - Carlos Fuentes, who died Tuesday aged 83, was one of the Spanish-speaking world's best known writers, famous for his prolific output and his use of experimental...