JERUSALEM- Israel approved funding on Tuesday for renovations at 16 historical and cultural sites, including three in the occupied West Bank and the Golan Heights, the government said.
"A...
TEHRAN, Jay Deshmukh- Celebrated Iranian filmmaker and vocal backer of the opposition movement, Jafar Panahi, has been handed six years in jail and banned from making films and leaving Iran for 20...
LONDON- Official royal wedding china to mark the marriage of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton next April went on sale Monday, its producer said.
The three pieces -- a tankard, plate and...
VIENNA- Austrian contralto Hilde Roessel-Majdan has died at the age of 89, the Vienna State Opera announced Monday.
Roessel-Majdan, who would have celebrated her 90th birthday next month, died on...
DUBAI- "Stray Bullet" by Lebanese director Georges Hachem won first prize at the the Dubai International Film Festival on Sunday, this year a showcase for new Arab talent.
The film, set shortly...
THESSALONIKI, Isabel Malsang- Iraqi cinema scored a notable first at this month's Thessaloniki International Film Festival in Greece, with one film up for an award and a retrospective of the young...
PARIS, Pascale Mollard-Chenebenoit- The Louvre said Friday it can now buy a 16th-century German painting of three naked women after thousands of people went online to donate the extra million euros...
BERLIN- Armin Mueller-Stahl, one of Germany's most internationally renowned actors, will receive an honorary Golden Bear lifetime achievement award at the 61st Berlin Film Festival, organisers said...
DUBAI, Houda Ibrahim- Under the leadership of new directors, Egyptian cinema seems to have started to bounce back after two decades marked by low production and quality, films screening at a Dubai...
LOS ANGELES, Michael Thurston- British historical drama "The King's Speech" won its second awards boost in days Thursday, taking four nominations from the Screen Actors Guild (SAG).
"The Fighter,"...
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