BAYREUTH- Frank Castorf, the controversial German theatre director who staged Richard Wagner's "Twilight of the Gods" at this year's Bayreuth Festival, poked fun at audience for booing the premiere...

BAYREUTH- Frank Castorf's new production of "Siegfried", the third part of Richard Wagner's monumental "Ring" cycle, drew deafening boos at its premiere late Monday for featuring copulating...

DAMASCUS- The Syrian regime said on Monday its troops recaptured a rebel district of Homs, a key symbol of the country's revolt, after a relentless month-long offensive. In the north, jihadists...

NEW YORK CITY- British theatre impresario Cameron Mackintosh is famed for rarely putting a foot wrong in New York. But the billionaire producer made an expensive mistake when he brought in his...

DAMASCUS- Government forces bolstered by Lebanese Shiite militiamen were poised on Sunday to retake the largest rebel-held district of Syria's third city Homs, a watchdog and state media said. The...

PARIS- Earthquakes can rip open sub-sea pockets of methane, a highly potent greenhouse gas, according to a study by German and Swiss scientists published on Sunday. Quake-caused methane should be...

DAMASCUS- At least 29 people, mostly children, died in a regime missile strike on the Syrian city of Aleppo, a watchdog said Saturday, as Hezbollah-backed regime forces advanced in flashpoint Homs....

CAIRO, Samer al-Atrush- At least 65 people were killed during clashes in Cairo on Saturday, Egypt's health ministry said, after violence erupted at a demonstration in support of ousted president...

FORT MEADE, Dan De Luce- US soldier Bradley Manning betrayed his country by passing secret files to "information anarchists" at WikiLeaks and knew Al-Qaeda would see the documents online, a...