LONDON, Robin Millard- Jane Austen, one of the greatest novelists in English literature, had her work heavily edited to fix original manuscripts littered with spelling and grammatical mistakes, an...

RANTHAMBORE, Manan Vatsyayana - British comedian Russell Brand and US pop star Katy Perry married Saturday in a Hindu ceremony replete with elephants and camels at a locked-down luxury resort in...

ABU DHABI- Lebanese film "Here Comes the Rain" (Shatti Ya Dini) that tells the story of missing persons from the country's civil war won a Black Pearl award at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival on Friday....

VIENNA- Hollywood actor and UN Goodwill Ambassador Nicolas Cage appealed to the international community Thursday to do more to fight organised crime, while reaching out to the victims of...

LONDON- Indian-born British writer Salman Rushdie, who spent a decade in hiding after his novel, "The Satanic Verses", sparked threats against his life, is writing his memoirs, the publishers said...

SYDNEY- Australian singing great Dame Joan Sutherland will be farewelled in a state memorial service at the Sydney Opera House next month, officials said on Thursday. Prime Minister Julia Gillard...

MUMBAI- British comedian-turned-Hollywood star Russell Brand and his American fiancee singer Katy Perry arrived in India on Wednesday, amid reports of their imminent wedding. The couple touched...

LISBON- A Portuguese court overturned a ban on a book about the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann which claimed that her parents were involved, her family's lawyer said on Tuesday....

PARIS- France called Tuesday for the fate of relics looted with British forces from the Old Summer Palace in Beijing exactly 150 years ago to be discussed calmly after China renewed calls for their...