BAGHDAD: Iraq on Friday celebrated the UNESCO World Heritage Committee's decision to name the historic city of Babylon a World Heritage Site in...
BAGHDAD: Iraq on Friday celebrated the UNESCO World Heritage Committee's decision to name the historic city of Babylon a World Heritage Site in...
ATHENS: When he set up his own business washing boats and cars on the Greek island of Skyros nearly a decade ago, 42-year...
London: A 3,000-year-old quartzite head of Egyptian "Boy King" Tutankhamun was auctioned off for $6 million Thursday in London despite a fierce outcry...
A gown worn to the 1974 Academy Awards and more than 1,200 other items from the life of late actress Elizabeth Taylor will...
TALLINN: A lot of Europe has felt like a sauna this month, which makes Willem Maesalu's weird car seem even weirder: the bright...
Los Angeles: There have been many ingenious prison escapes over the years, but a would-be convict has contrived to get himself into jail...
GLASTONBURY, England: A Union Jack emblazoned stab-proof vest worn by British rapper Stormzy for his history-making headline performance at the Glastonbury Music Festival...
Havana: Looking into a mirror, Delia Barrios applies blush and lipstick -- she wants to look her best for her 102nd birthday celebration,...
NEW YORK: "Each man shall make an opening statement of approximately eight minutes' duration," CBS-TV moderator Howard K. Smith intoned as John F....
Lagos: The Sarkin Fulani of Lagos sinks into his white upholstered throne, lays a hand on the sculpted golden cow head that forms...
Washington: Slowly, a slight figure steps onstage. The audience goes wild, but Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the matriarch of the United States Supreme Court,...
Singapore, France's Mirazur restaurant -- whose Argentine chef Mauro Colagreco draws inspiration from the sea, the mountains, and his own garden -- was...
Toulouse: A painting thought to be a "lost masterpiece" by Italian painter Caravaggio has been bought two days before it was due to...
Paris: Top French university Sciences Po is to scrap its famous entrance exam in a bid to attract students from lower income backgrounds,...
WASHINGTON - Let's say you decide to call the White House and weigh in on the issues of the day. Chances are you...
Paris: Paris authorities will begin the delicate task of removing scaffolding from the collapsed spire of Notre-Dame cathedral in coming weeks after a...
Madrid: A 16th century sculpture of Saint George in Spain whose amateur restoration left it looking like what many said was a cartoon...
New York: Siblings from a famed circus family - the Flying Wallendas - walked a wire strung 25 stories over New York's Times...
