NEW YORK, UNITED STATES- Top names in music including Bruce Springsteen and Robert Plant declared themselves "not afraid" in a video released Thursday to support efforts to tackle the world's refugee...

LENS, FRANCE- French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday said the Louvre could house threatened treasures from Iraq, Syria and other war-torn countries at a secure site in northern France. The...

TOKYO, JAPAN- Pop icon Lady Gaga, who owns six cars and just this year obtained a driving licence, said on Wednesday that she wants to "drive all over Tokyo". The singer made the comment a week after...

LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES, Frankie Taggart- To say Kunal Nayyar looks up to his wife would be an understatement -- he barely reaches the beauty queen's shoulder when she puts on stiletto heels for...

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN- The Swedish Academy said on Saturday that Bob Dylan is not obliged to attend the Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm, but is required to hold some sort of lecture or even sing a...

LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES, Frankie Taggart- Glance at the list of Hillary Clinton's biggest donors and you could be forgiven for thinking she was funding a Hollywood movie rather than a presidential...

BOLZANO, ITALY, Simon Sturdee- When police heard about the frozen corpse up in the Alps in September 1991, they opened a criminal probe. Murder it was, but the crime was rather old -- and the...

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES- Bobby Vee, a clean-cut idol from the early days of rock 'n' roll who gave a break to a young Bob Dylan, died on Monday, his son said. He was 73. Vee, whose real name was...

PLUCKLEY, UNITED KINGDOM, Edouard Guihaire- With Halloween in the air, ghouls are set to emerge from the shadows in the quiet streets of Pluckley, reputedly the most haunted village in England. But...