BAGHDAD, Salam Faraj- Ramadan may be best known for the daily dawn-to-dusk Muslim fast, but for some in Iraq the holy month is a time to enjoy a decades-old game that men play in courtyards across...

At midday, order had been restored and normal road traffic had resumed, with police patrolling on horseback or in vehicles. At least 130 people had been detained, according to a midday police toll...

But the mystery was solved in May when police found her bones several miles from the family home in Surif, northwest of the city of Hebron -- and triggered an unprecedented public outcry. Within...

ROSES, Daniel Silva- elBulli, the beachside Spanish restaurant repeatedly crowned the world's best, closed Saturday after pushing the boundaries of cuisine for over two decades under acclaimed chef...

CHIANG KHONG, Janesara Fugal- The 15-year-old aspiring "ladyboy" delicately applied a puff of talcum powder to his nose -- an act of rebellion at the Thai Buddhist temple where he is learning to "be...

SYDNEY- British actress Googie Withers, best known for her role in Alfred Hitchcock's 1938 film "The Lady Vanishes", has died in Sydney aged 94, friend and theatre producer John Frost said Sunday....

BERLIN- Germans should take a lunchtime nap at work to help reduce stress and recharge their batteries, a top trade union official says, in what would be a revolution in a country that espouses a...

LOS ANGELES- The gay, lesbian and transgender community's contributions to US history will be integrated into future California public school curriculum, in line with a law signed Thursday by...

NEW YORK, Mariano Andrade- There is cuisine which aims to excite the palate, and cuisine to please the eye. Argentine neurologist-turned-chef Miguel Sanchez Romera, however, has another...