WASHINGTON- Superstar US talkshow host Oprah Winfrey regained the title of the world's most powerful celebrity in her fourth appearance in the top spot, said a survey published by Forbes magazine...

BERLIN- German police said Monday they had recovered a 400-year-old painting attributed to Italian master Caravaggio worth tens of millions of euros (dollars) stolen two years ago from a museum in...

MONTREAL- Queen Elizabeth II arrived Monday in Halifax, Nova Scotia to begin a nine-day visit to Canada, although Quebec, where anti-British sentiment has lingered, was not on the itinerary. The...

VIENNA- Polish-Austrian author and Holocaust survivor Adam Zielinski, known for his works on Jewish life in eastern European, died late Saturday aged 82, his publisher announced Sunday. Born in...

BEIRUT, Natacha Yazbeck- In a daring, unprecedented move, a pioneer of the Arab world's underground transgender movement has released her memoirs, recounting her struggle to become a woman against...

HAMBURG, Deborah Cole- Germany's second city Hamburg is building a dazzling new concert hall intended to rival the Sydney Opera House as a global attraction, but little has gone according to plan....

BEIJING- Wu Guanzhong, who rose to international fame as one of the fathers of modern Chinese painting after years of persecution during the Cultural Revolution, has died aged 90, state media...

LISBON- The ashes of Portugal's Nobel literature prize winner Jose Saramago will be buried in a Lisbon park under an olive tree brought from his native village, his foundation said on its website...

MADRID- Australian pop star Kylie Minogue will perform a free open air concert next month during Madrid's gay pride festivities, organisers said Friday. The 42-year-old "All the Lovers" singer...