Juventus settled for a narrow 2-1 victory over Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of their Champions League last 16 tie on Tuesday to leave it all to play for in the return fixture in Germany.
Carlos Tevez fired Juventus ahead in the 13th minute but (...)
Around 100,000 workers marched in Brussels on Thursday in the first mass protests against the new government's austerity measures. Belgian riot police fired tear gas and water cannon during clashes with (...)
Clooney, the world's most famous bachelor, broke a vow to remain single on Saturday and married human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin during a weekend of lavish celebrations in Venice.
The Italian city of gondolas and palazzi looked like Hollywood on (...)
Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei could not be at Blenheim Palace for the opening of an exhibition of his work on Friday, but his message came through loud and clear.
Earlier this week a massive show including Ai's depictions in Lego of 176 (...)
Holders Real Madrid chased away some of their early-season blues when Gareth Bale scored the pick of the goals in a 5-1 rout of FC Basel in their Champions League Group B opener on Tuesday.
After a deflected Nacho effort put Real 1-0 ahead in the (...)
A court in Minya has passed death sentences on 683 supporters of former president Mohamed Morsi, including leading members of the Muslim Brotherhood.
The Islamist group's Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie was among the defendants found guilty of attacking (...)
After weathering a sea of controversy, "Noah" arrived in first place at the weekend box office.
Paramount's biblical epic starring Russell Crowe in the titular role opened with $44 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The imaginative take (...)
Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat trick as a dominant Real Madrid started its Champions League campaign by crushing Galatasaray 6-1 on Tuesday.
Gareth Bale, the world's most expensive footballer, made his Champions League debut for Madrid in the second (...)
French President Francois Hollande decided to increase France's military aid to the Syrian opposition.
While Speaking Tuesday at a conference with France's ambassadors, Hollande said France is prepared to take action against those responsible for (...)
Shakespeare's Globe theater is about to take the Bard's words literally — "All the world's a stage."
The London theater announced Tuesday that it plans to tour a production of "Hamlet to every country in the world, some 205 nations and territories (...)
Serena Williams proves an irresistible force once more, powering past Maria Sharapova 6-4 6-4 to win the French Open for the second time on Saturday - 11 years after her first triumph(All Photos by Reuters and (...)
Egyptian officials say a travel ban on seven Americans employed by pro-democracy US groups has been lifted.
The decision Wednesday appeared to signal the end of the worst crisis in relations between Egypt and the US in 30 years.
The officials spoke (...)
JERUSALEM — A lawyer of a hunger striking Palestinian prisoner says he's filed an appeal against his sentence in Israel's Supreme Court.
Lawyer Mahmoud Hassan said Saturday that the court hasn't yet set a date to hear the appeal. The appeal was (...)
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, fighting 10 months of pro-democracy protests, greeted thousands of rapturous supporters in a Damascus square on Wednesday, only a day after breaking a six-month public silence.
The crowd shouted "Shabiha forever, (...)
Syria has slammed the Arab League's ultimatum to agree by Friday to allow an observer mission into the country or face sanctions.
Syria's state-run SANA news agency said Friday that the Arab League "has become a tool for foreign interference." It (...)
Hosni Mubarak's lawyer, Farid El-Deeb, says ousted president has suffered a stroke, is in a coma.
However, a medical official at the hospital where Mubarak has been held under arrest denied the report and said his condition is stable.
El-Deeb (...)
Prime Minister George Papandreou has called for a fall referendum on "changes to the political system," including to the country's constitution.
Opening a three-day parliamentary debate that will culminate in a confidence vote late Tuesday, (...)
AMMAN - Thousands of Syrians demanded the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad at a funeral on Monday for at least eight protesters shot dead by security forces in the city of Homs, a witness said.
"From alleyway to alleway, from house to house, (...)
Sidney Lumet, an American film director known for inspiring top-notch performances from actors in a stream of classic films including 12 Angry Men, Dog Day Afternoon, Network and Fail-Safe, died on Saturday at age 86, his Hollywood talent agency (...)
PARIS/BENGHAZI (Update 2) - French reconnaissance planes flew over Libya on Saturday, in the first sign that international air strikes may be imminent while Muammar Gaddafi's forces tried to push into the rebel-held city of Benghazi.
"There are (...)
MANAMA, Bahrain (Update 3) — A convoy of Kuwaiti doctors and medical equipment was en route Saturday to Bahrain as Gulf neighbors pour more troops and aid into the violence-torn island kingdom that has become an arena for regional tensions. Bahrain (...)
A British court has agreed to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to Sweden where he is accused of sex crimes, dismissing claims such a move would breach his human rights.
Swedish prosecutors want to question Assange about allegations of (...)
British Prime Minister David Cameron arrived in Cairo on Monday, a British embassy official said.
Cameron's visit makes him the first foreign leader to visit the Egypt since the downfall of former president Hosni Mubarak.
Cameron will speak to (...)
An Al-Qaeda linked group in Gaza was behind the New Year's Eve suicide bombing that killed at least 21 and wounded about a hundred outside a church in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria, the country's interior minister announced Sunday in his (...)
Sharm el-Sheikh--The Arab League chief said on Monday Arab states should consider the lesson of Tunisia after protests over prices and repression toppled its president.
Arab states have made little or no comment about events in Tunisia that rattled (...)