SYDNEY- Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has lashed out at US comedian Robin Williams for calling Australians "rednecks", suggesting the star should look closer to home before bashing Aussies. Rudd hit...

CAIRO- Egyptian police arrested a publisher in a dawn raid on his house on Saturday and confiscated copies of a book supporting former UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei, a human rights...

MERIDA- Even after the stage collapsed injuring three workers, indigenous Mayans complained Friday that Elton John's upcoming concert in the ruins of Chichen Itza was irreverent and out of place....

MOSCOW- "Katyn", a film by Poland's Andrzej Wajda on the World War II-era massacre of Polish soldiers by occupying Soviet forces, premiered Friday on Russian television. Since its release three...

LONDON- One of London's best-known urban spaces was given over to an Easter Passion play on Friday with more than 1,000 people watching actors depicting the crucifixion of Christ in Trafalgar...

BLANTYRE- US pop diva Madonna jets into Malawi on Monday to inspect construction work of a 15-million-dollar girls' academy by her charity Raising Malawi, the academy's chief executive officer said...

JERUSALEM, Majeda El Batsh - Thousands of Christian pilgrims from around the world thronged the narrow cobblestone alleys of Jerusalem's Old City to pray along the route tradition holds Jesus took to...

SINGAPORE- Welsh crooner Tom Jones was forced Thursday to cancel shows in Singapore and South Korea after doctors warned he risked "serious permanent damage" to his legendary vocal chords if he...

HONG KONG- The daughter of late kung fu legend Bruce Lee said Wednesday she was thrilled his fame had endured four decades after his untimely death, and hoped Hong Kong would soon have a museum in...