The 2000s ushered in a movie era shaped by CGI, 9-11, superheroes, remakes, reboots, and 3D. Unfortunately, many of these ...

Jacob Bethell is set to miss next week’s Champions Trophy after the left-handed batsman sat out the second one-day ...

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The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) has announced that final preparations are underway for the launch of MBZ-SAT, the UAE’s most advanced Earth observation satellite. The satellite is ...

Umm Kulthum's father, an imam, recognised her talent early on, but fearing the ire of early 20th-century Egyptian society, disguised her as a boy so she could ...

Drums thundered and priests chanted as sumo's newest grand champion strode onto the public stage Friday in a ceremony to mark his promotion to the ancient Japanese sport's highest rank. Mongolian-born ...

Nearly 40 bodies were yesterday taken to a hospital morgue after a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern India, three ...

The monarch joined other dignitaries at a commemoration event at the concentration camp to mark 80 years since its liberation. Holocaust Memorial Day takes place on January 27 each year to honour the ...

Royals and world leaders mark 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz as survivors warn of rising antisemitism and hatred in the world today ...

Some 40 survivors of the Nazi camps agreed to talk to AFP in the run up to the anniversary. In 15 countries, from Israel to Poland, Russia to Argentina, Canada to South Africa they sat in front of ...

Dotted among the crowd were water tankers, ambulances, donkey carts, TV crews and their vehicles, and dozens of tents in ...

Clutching Hamas-branded gift bags and wearing military fatigues, the four Israeli hostages handed over by Hamas on Saturday to the Red Cross waved and gave thumbs up as they were paraded on stage ...