LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- British singer Damon Albarn is to reunite the Syrian National Orchestra for Arabic Music, whose members have been forced to flee the country's civil war, as part of the World...

VILNIUS, LITHUANIA, Marielle Vitureau- Local philanthropists are teaming up with a world-renowned architect to hand Lithuania's capital Vilnius its first modern art museum, with doors due to open in...

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- Kate Winslet tipped her "Titanic" co-star Leonardo DiCaprio to win this year's best actor Oscar, though he lost out at the British film critics' awards on Sunday. Winslet, 40,...

PARIS, FRANCE- A woman has been arrested for indecent exposure after lying down naked in Paris's Musee d'Orsay in front of Edouard Manet's similarly nude painting of the prostitute Olympia, her...

WROCLAW, POLAND, Michel Viatteau- Long a symbol of Polish-German reconciliation, Poland's western city of Wroclaw will become a European culture capital this year highlighting its history at the...

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, Edouard Guihaire- Some left flowers, others a few heartfelt words. Fans of the Harry Potter saga paid tribute Friday to the late actor Alan Rickman at the mythical platform 9...

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- David Bowie dominated the weekly British charts out Friday, commanding a quarter of the top 40 albums as mourning fans rushed to buy his music. The Londoner, who died from...

THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS- A Dutch museum said Tuesday it wants to extend a major retrospective of David Bowie's life as bereaved fans rush to snap up tickets to visit the show following the British...

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, Mariano Andrade- Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena won the prestigious 2016 Pritzker Prize Wednesday, earning praise for "powerful" designs that address key social and...