DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES- Prominent Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab was returned to prison from hospital despite his health "getting worse," one of his lawyers said Wednesday. The...
LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES- A California woman who defaced some of America's most iconic landmarks in the name of art pleaded guilty Monday and was sentenced to two years' probation and 200 hours of...
LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES, Jocelyne Zablit- A high-profile sex assault case in California reverberating across the globe has prompted soul searching in America and reignited a debate about rape...
TOKYO, JAPAN- Is your life lacking a mini-submarine for your goldfish tank? Or do you really need some musical cats to brighten your day? Never fear, Japan has just the thing. The Tokyo Toy Show...
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA- More than 45 million men, women and children globally are trapped in modern slavery, far more than previously thought, with two-thirds in the Asia-Pacific, a study showed Tuesday....
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has confirmed that he is the illegitimate son of a one-time private secretary to Winston Churchill, after a newspaper reported the...
LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES, Frankie Taggart- Fifteen years after Harry Potter's first big screen adventure, Universal is enchanting a new generation of Muggles with its most spectacular conjuring...
DAMMAM, SAUDI ARABIA, Ian Timberlake- Officially it's not called "filmmaking" because public cinemas are banned in Saudi Arabia. But making movies is exactly what about 150 students -- all of them...
NEW YORK, UNITED STATES- New York's World Trade Center was lit Tuesday in solidarity with Belgium after around 35 people were killed in bombings in Brussels. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo posted a...
LES EPESSES, FRANCE, Hervé Lionnet- A ring thought to belong to France's most famous historical martyr, Joan of Arc, was unveiled on Sunday at a theme park, even as historians remained sceptical...