DURBAN - A South African girls' boarding school outside Durban has closed down a dormitory after accusing 27 residents of being lesbians, local media reported Friday.
Two girls were caught kissing...
LONDON- Children in Britain are being exposed to too much sexual imagery through the Internet, music videos, computer games and magazines, a report commissioned by the Home Office said Friday.
The...
YANQING, Francois Bougon - China's ever-growing taste for luxury goods is extending into the culinary world -- and that's good news for Jean-Marie Vallier, who runs a duck farm and foie gras factory...
WASHINGTON - Amnesty International on Wednesday urged Malaysia to end a caning "epidemic," saying that authorities have meted out the punishment to thousands of men in addition to the high-profile...
JEDDAH, Paul Handley - When Hillary Clinton addresses students at Dar al-Hekma college in Jeddah on Tuesday, it will be a bit like going back to her own alma mater, Wellesley College in...
PARIS- France's culture minister called Saturday on the country's top art college to hang a work by a Chinese artist back on its facade, after she complained it had been censored for political...
LONDON - A ticketholder in Britain has won 56 million pounds (64.6 million euros, 87.9 million dollars) on the EuroMillions lottery, easily becoming Britain's biggest ever lottery win.
The winning...
LONDON - The head chef of a Michelin starred British restaurant has walked out after the owner demanded he change his menu from haute cuisine to burger and chips.
Ryan Simpson told Tuesday how he...
ANKARA - Turkey's highest administrative court on Monday ruled against a government-backed move to make it easier for students from religious training colleges to go to university, Anatolia news...
RIO DE JANEIRO- A row has erupted in Brazil over the choice of a young girl to be "queen" of a top samba school during Rio de Janeiro's famous Carnival -- a role usually handed to sensuous women....