CAIRO- Archaeologists working in an Egyptian oasis have found a necropolis containing dozens of brightly painted mummies dating back as far as 4,000 years, the country's antiquities chief said on...
MADRID - A European theater operator wants to produce a musical version of Spanish director Pedro Almodovar's 1988 movie "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown", one of its executives said...
GENEVA- You might describe Swiss architect Peter Zumthor as a craftsman, or as he once described himself, an author-architect.
Not one to rush through his buildings projects, Zumthor is well-known...
OTTAWA- The Palestinian Authority demanded this week the cancellation of an exhibition of Dead Sea Scrolls, which it said were stolen by Israel from Palestinian territories, Canadian media reported....
LOS ANGELES- Iranian director Majid Majidi wants his films to show Western audiences a different image of his homeland, saying Western media portrayals of Iran ignored the country's rich history....
THE HAGUE- Dutch police arrested 22 members of a Surinamese brass band at Amsterdam-Schiphol airport on Saturday, on suspicion of smuggling hard drugs, authorities said.
"During checks on a flight...
LOS ANGELES - Harrison Ford's blaster from cult sci-fi movie "Blade Runner" and a Rita Hayworth dress featured in the 1946 classic "Gilda" are among the items in a superstar auction later this month,...
LOS ANGELES- Three paintings at California's Hearst Castle which were looted by the Nazis from a Jewish couple who later died in the Holocaust are to be returned to their family, it was confirmed...
VIENNA, Pierre Feuilly - German soprano Angela Denoke once again proved her talent for playing emotional female roles in Erich Wolfgang Korngold's "Die Tote Stadt", which had its last performance at...
LOS ANGELES- Pop diva Madonna has made a donation to the earthquake-stricken Italian hometown of her ancestors, a spokeswoman for the star confirmed Wednesday.
The singer's New York-based public...