Philadelphia: In 1910, the Mexican people overthrew the corrupt and sclerotic dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz, who had ruled the country for decades with...
Philadelphia: In 1910, the Mexican people overthrew the corrupt and sclerotic dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz, who had ruled the country for decades with...
ABIDJAN: Top cocoa producer Ivory Coast will launch an operation to expel thousands of illegal farmers from the Goin-Debe forest reserve, the West...
NEW YORK: A painting of Christ by the Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci sold for a record $450 million (380 million euros) at...
Tianjin, China: A futuristic Chinese library has wowed book lovers around the world with its white, undulating shelves rising from floor to ceiling,...
Geneva: An extremely rare 37.3-carat pink diamond goes under the hammer Wednesday as the top offer at Sotheby's jewel sale, after rival auction...
New Delhi: India's art market has emerged from a blue period with a flourish, as prices rise and the world starts to take...
NEW YORK: The maker of Barbie has announced it will sell a doll modeled after Ibtihaj Muhammad, an American fencer who competed in...
Mumbai: Indian fishermen unload their morning catch as sari-clad women carrying buckets on their heads walk past street art that has transformed one...
Chefchaouen, Morocco: Huddling against a hillside in northern Morocco is a tourist town famed for the striking blue of its buildings, and now...
Paris: Fancy hitting the town in the latest Dior dress with an outrageously expensive Louis Vuitton bag on your arm -- but haven't...
Maybe it’s not surprising that there aren’t many museums devoted to the Baroque, the artistic and architectural style that’s been described as “clumsy...
Jakarta: An Indonesian museum that allowed visitors to take selfies with a life-size wax sculpture of Hitler against a backdrop of Auschwitz concentration...
BERLIN: Three upended buses, a reminder of a barricade erected in Aleppo in 2015 at the height of the Syrian civil war, appeared...
LONDON: Four-month-old Syrian baby Faris Ali froze to death in a tent in Turkey, five-year-old Afghan Sajida Ali’s body washed ashore after a...
Paris: Flamboyant fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier is to tell the story of his colourful life in a racy new stage musical. The French...
New York: Should graffiti be protected by federal law? That is the question a New York jury is deciding after an extraordinary three-week...
Istanbul: One of Germany's best known theatre companies has scrapped at the last minute an eagerly-awaited visit to the Istanbul Theatre Festival this...
SYDNEY: A 17th century map of Australia, predating British settlement, has gone on display for the first time after suffering extensive damage while...
