France could adapt its military operation as part of the U.S.-led coalition in Syria if it deems it useful to achieve its objectives in the fight against Daesh (ISIS), a French presidential source said Friday. "If the president felt that, in order to achieve our goals against [Daesh],...

Phelim McDermott’s whimsical take on Mozart’s bittersweet comedy “Cosi fan tutte” is set in a boardwalk amusement park much like a 1950s version of New York’s Coney Island. That means the story of two pairs of young lovers whose loyalties are tested plays out not in the eighteenth-century...

With warm nostalgia for Beatrix Potter’s classic children’s tale, “Peter Rabbit” director, producer and co-writer Will Gluck channels the author’s earnestness into a sweet film sure to delight young fans. Adults, on the other hand, may find the plot predictable and the pacing a bit wanting, but...

The daily hordes of tourists have exhausted the Thai beach made famous by the Leonardo DiCaprio movie. Maya Bay, on Phi Phi Leh island in the Andaman Sea, will be closed to all visitors for four months annually starting this June to allow for the recovery of the damaged coral reefs and sea...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

Alexandre Bissonnette admitted Wednesday he is gunman who shot and killed six men during prayer at a Quebec City mosque last year. Bissonnette, 28, had pleaded not guilty Monday in front of Judge Francois Huot to the 12 charges – six of first-degree murder and six of attempted murder....

The Kremlin said Wednesday that President Vladimir Putin was still ready to hold a summit with U.S. counterpart Donald Trump despite the mass Western expulsions of Russian diplomats in a spy row. "This depends on the American side, but the Russian side remains open," Putin's spokesman...

A lawyer for adult film star Stormy Daniels has requested in federal court to take deposition from President Donald Trump in a legal battle over an agreement to keep her quiet about an intimate relationship she says they had, according to court documents seen Wednesday. Her lawyer,...

Former House Speaker Win Myint was elected Myanmar president on Wednesday following the resignation of Htin Kyaw. Win Myint, 66, had stepped down the powerful speaker position at the Lower House to become vice president soon after Htin Kyaw -- the first civilian president in more than...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has pledged to denuclearise the Korean Peninsula during his first meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, according to China's state news agency. Xinhua on Wednesday quoted Kim saying that the issue could be resolved if South Korea and the...

 A train believed to be carrying a senior North Korean delegation, which some reports said included the country’s leader Kim Jong Un, left the Chinese capital Tuesday following a dramatic whirlwind visit. The conservative South Korea Chosun Ilbo newspaper, citing an unidentified...

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced on Tuesday that the alliance had expelled seven Russian staffers at Russia’s Mission to the NATO in response to the poisoning of a former Russian spy in the United Kingdom. “I have withdrawn the...