Marilyn Monroe famously invoked a Hollywood “where they’ll pay you $1,000 for a kiss and 50 cents for your soul” – but these days it’s as likely to be the other way around. Religion is reclaiming cinema for sacred purposes at a rate never seen in history, with faith-based movies exploding from...
A new racism scandal has rocked Russian football in the run-up to the World Cup – and anxious Moscow authorities are taking it seriously. The idea of fans targeting black players with monkey chants has been haunting Russian football chiefs heading into the June 14 to July 15...
Reaction after deposed Australian captain Steve Smith and opening batsman Cameron Bancroft held news conferences in Australia to apologize for their roles in last week’s ball-tampering scandal in Cape Town: Matt Prior, former England wicketkeeper “Fair play Bancroft and Steve...
Turkey will take steps to ease the establishment of investment banks in the country, Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek said late Thursday. "Now, we will take a further step and make the establishment of investment banks in Turkey easier," Simsek said at an award ceremony in Istanbul....
Turkey welcomed 3 million foreign visitors in the first two months of 2018, the Culture and Tourism Ministry said on Friday. Three million foreign nationals visited Turkey in January and February, up 35 percent from same months in 2017, the ministry said in a statement. Iran...
The Mayor of the Libyan capital, Abdul-Raouf Beit al-Mal, was released on Friday after he was abducted by unknown perpetrators, according to the city’s municipality. Sharing the information on their official Facebook page, the city council did not give details about the mayor’s state of...
More than half of French people believe the government could do more to stop terror attacks, according to a poll published on Thursday, six days after fresh bloodshed in the country. Fifty-eight percent of respondents said that French President Emmanuel Macron and his administration...
Robert Lewandowski's summer departure from Bayern Munich now appears to be a matter of 'where to' and 'on what terms', despite the Bundesliga giants' chief executive, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, recently declaring his confidence that the Poland striker will "100%" remain at the Allianz Arena next...
With multi-colored skin and a distinctive song, the Hyloscirtus japreria was discovered during expeditions over the past decade living in rivers and cascades at altitudes above 1,000 meters (3,280 feet). It was named in honor of the Japreria, a disappearing indigenous ethnic group in...
Belgian judges will hand down their verdict in April in the trial of Salah Abdeslam, the last surviving suspect in the Paris Islamist attacks, over a shootout in Brussels that led to his capture. The court in Brussels announced that it will deliver the judgement on April 23, two months...
Basra (Iraq) (AFP) - Cats in Iraq's southern city of Basra are purring with delight as the country's first feline hotel opens for guests. In a part of the country where many struggle to make ends meet, a prime venue for cat naps may seem like a luxury. But Mehdi Fadel, owner of...
More than 100,000 visitors are expected in Windsor, west of London, for the wedding of Prince Harry and U.S. actress Meghan Markle on May 19, police said Thursday. "The policing operation will be amongst the largest in Thames Valley Police's history," the force said in a statement....
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will face trial over charges he misused his influence to secure leaked details of an inquiry into alleged irregularities in his 2007 election campaign, a source close to the investigation said on Thursday. Sarkozy's lawyers said he would appeal...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Michael Avenatti wants to be clear: He does not bluff. A year ago, the attorney was in the closing days of a jury trial, facing off against a company he had accused of making faulty surgical gowns. When the other side questioned his plans to bring a plant manager in...
Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai on Thursday returned to Pakistan for the first time since being shot by Taliban militants in her hometown Swat in 2012. Accompanied by her parents and other officials of Malala Fund, the 20-year-old human rights activist arrived at Shaheed...
South and North Korea will hold the third-ever meeting of their leaders on April 27, as both sides confirmed plans for the summit during high-level talks at their closely guarded border Thursday. The meeting between the North's ruler Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in,...
Rioting and a fire in a police station in northern Venezuela on Wednesday night left at least 68 people dead, the country’s chief prosecutor said early Thursday. Venezuela Attorney General Tarek William Saab said on his official Twitter account that preliminary inquiries found out that...
Six men were sentenced to death by a court in southern Thailand for the massacre of eight members of one family, including three children, over a land and loan dispute. The Krabi provincial court on Wednesday found them guilty of conspiracy to murder and related charges for the killings...
Croatia has accepted Israel's offer to supply a dozen F-16 fighter jets for its air force, the government confirmed on Thursday. The deal to buy 12 jets that have been in use by the Israeli air force had been recommended by Croatia's national defense council earlier in the week....
China commended on Thursday efforts to improve ties by North and South Korea and said it hopes positive momentum can be sustained, after a date was set for the first summit between the two countries in more than a decade. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang made the comments at a...
