Mexico dealt a blow Thursday to the country's murderous drug cartels, arresting a notorious kingpin just hours before the arrival of US officials for a strategy session on the fight against...
A vast 19th century arcade in Warsaw's Royal Castle, left in ruins by World War II Nazi German bombings, reopened to the public Wednesday after 14 years of reconstruction.
"This is a significant...
KIEV (AFP) - Kiev and Moscow squabbled over bragging rights to Nikolay Gogol Wednesday as they marked the 200th birthday of the celebrated Ukrainian-born Russian author.
"Let's take a saw and...
EISENSTADT, Simon Morgan - Celebrations marking 200 years since Joseph Haydn's death began Tuesday in the Austrian town where the composer considered the father of the symphony left his mark on music...
India's supreme court on Tuesday refused to suspend the conviction of Bollywood film star Sanjay Dutt, ending his attempt to win a seat in upcoming general elections.
Dutt, who is on bail over a...
PARIS (AFP) - The director of the Paris Museum of Air and Space admitted Tuesday making up an announcement about a new Concorde flight in June as an April Fool's hoax.
The hoax was designed to...
PARIS (AFP) - Archaeologists in northern France have stumbled upon two mass graves dating back to the years of civil strife unleashed after the French Revolution of 1789, officials said Monday....
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Monte Hale, who appeared in a string of 1940s westerns as well as the classic James Dean film "Giant," has died at his home in Los Angeles, his family said Monday. He was 89....
LOS ANGELES, (AFP) - Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway has been tapped to play singer Judy Garland on both stage and screen, US media reported Tuesday.
The 26-year-old actress has signed a contract...
"Monsters vs. Aliens" and "The Haunting in Connecticut," scared up huge earnings at the North American box office in their premiere weekend.
The animated romp "Monsters," with the voice of Reese...