NEW YORK - Renowned opera singer Placido Domingo has had surgery to remove a malignant cancer tumor in his colon, but expects to perform again as early as next month, a spokeswoman said Monday....
LONDON - Anti-poverty campaigner Bob Geldof on Sunday lashed out at a BBC report that claimed millions of pounds raised for famine relief in Ethiopia by Band Aid in 1985 were used by rebels to pay...
CAIRO, Riad Abu Awad - The 19th-century synagogue of Maimonides in Cairo's ancient Jewish quarter reopened Sunday after a nearly two-year restoration by Egyptian authorities, participants at the...
LONDON- Jay Sean, Shilpa Shetty and Amir Khan were among a host of stars who urged the BBC on Saturday to drop plans to close the Asian Network radio station.
Hip-hop artist Sean, Bollywood...
AMMAN, Ahmad Khatib- Jordan makes no secret of which movie it wants to see sweep this year's Oscars -- Iraq war drama "The Hurt Locker."
Filmed in Jordan, any achievements notched up by Kathryn...
JAFFA, Joseph Krauss - In the mixed neighbourhood of the Israeli film "Ajami," Jews and Arabs rub shoulders on the same quiet, leafy streets, never knowing when someone is going to draw a knife....
HOLLYWOOD, Rob Woollard - Kathryn Bigelow will make Oscars history here Sunday if she becomes the first woman filmmaker to be crowned best director in the 82-year history of the Academy Awards....
VIENNA- American conductor Lorin Maazel celebrates his 80th birthday this weekend conducting the Vienna Philharmonic in the Austrian capital.
Topping the programme of Saturday's performance at the...
CAIRO, Ines Bel Aiba- An Egyptian appeals court on Thursday overturned the convictions of a leading ruling party member and a former policeman sentenced to death for the murder of a Lebanese pop...
NEW YORK - Rapper Lil Wayne is scheduled to be sentenced to prison in New York next Monday, officials said Wednesday after a courthouse fire delayed the sentencing.
"He's due to be sentenced on...