NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, Brigitte Dusseau- They set up chairs, tables and beds on the sidewalk and engage New Yorkers in chat: French performance artists have spent three weeks living and sleeping on...

BERLIN, GERMANY, Ryland James- The German Football Museum opens its doors to the public this weekend, offering some light relief from a cash-for-votes scandal over the 2006 World Cup. At a cost of 36...

MILAN, ITALY- Hip-hop duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis were the surprise winners Sunday for Best Video at the MTV Europe Music Awards in a show dominated by Justin Bieber. In a field that included...

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES- After signing off as host of "The Daily Show," comedian Jon Stewart has revealed a new vocation -- starting a sanctuary for abused farm animals. Stewart, who ended his...

SHANGHAI, CHINA- A Magna Carta exhibition scheduled for a Shanghai museum has been switched to the British Consulate -- the second time the historic declaration of rights has been moved from a public...

ASHGABAT, TURKMENISTAN- The leader of isolated Turkmenistan has grabbed the headlines in the ex-Soviet state by publishing his first poem, a brief ode singing the praises of his energy-rich homeland....

CAIRO, EGYPT- Renowned Egyptian novelist and journalist Gamal El-Ghitani died Sunday at a hospital in Cairo where he had been in a coma for more than three months, his wife said. Ghitani, 70, was...

BAGHDAD, IRAQ, Ammar Karim and Jean-Marc Mojon- Haneen, who has spent most of her life in orphanages, says she used to stay weeks locked up in herself, aimlessly eating, watching TV and sleeping...

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, Shaun Tandon- When Jean-Michel Jarre helped create electronic music in the 1970s, the sound came off as revolutionary. With the genre now increasingly mainstream, Jarre is...