Nightlife now rules in Iraq's former IS bastion

Mosul, Iraq — If they had tried to do this a few years ago, the group of Iraqi women enjoying a night out in Mosul would probably have risked severe punishment

Brazilian dog plays footvolley by passing, driving ball with his snout

rio de janeiro — Rio de Janeiro's main beaches bustle with commotion on sunny weekends

Muralists paint over traces of violence in Salvadoran neighborhood

MEJICANOS, El Salvador — From the window of her tin-sided shop outside El Salvador's capital, San Salvador, Esmeralda Quintanilla watches artists get to work in her neighborhood on walls still pockmarked by bullet holes from the country's civil war a[..]

Chainsaw art - turning tree stumps into masterpieces

What is Art? It’s an age-old question: is it paint on canvas, ceramics or sculpture? The fun part is -- art can be anything – and can even be created with a chainsaw

'Groundbreaking' realism key to ‘Shogun’ success

Tokyo — The samurai in Shogun don't swing their arms as they walk -- just one of many authentic historical details that have helped make the hit television drama this year's top Emmys contender

Brazil officially welcomes return of sacred Indigenous cloak from Denmark

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil formally received on Thursday the return from Denmark of an Indigenous cloak made with 4,000 red feathers of the scarlet ibis bird, a sacred mantle that was taken by Europeans during the 17th century colonial era

James Earl Jones, actor, voice of Darth Vader, dies at 93

NEW YORK — James Earl Jones, who overcame racial prejudice and a severe stutter to become a celebrated icon of stage and screen — eventually lending his deep, commanding voice to CNN, The Lion King and Darth Vader — has died

Family keeps up Beirut dessert tradition

Beirut — At a shop nestled in a busy, crowded Beirut district, Hasan El-Makary is weighing out containers of warm, fragrant mufataka, a traditional sweet in the Lebanese capital that is rarely found in stores

Almodovar's 'The Room Next Door' triumphs at Venice Festival

VENICE, ITALY — Spanish director Pedro Almodovar's first English-language movie The Room Next Door, which tackles the hefty themes of euthanasia and climate change, won the prestigious Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday

Belarusian Sabalenka defeats America’s Pegula to win US Open women's title

NEW YORK — Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka beat American sixth seed Jessica Pegula 7-5, 7-5 in the U

In the US, music cassette tapes are making a comeback 

Music cassette tapes are making a comeback in the U

From jobs to food, Houston is most diverse large city in the US

When people think about the US state of Texas, they often think of cowboys in big hats and pointy-toed boots

Palestinian TikTok star dies in Israeli airstrike

CAIRO — It was another day of war in Gaza, another day of what 19-year-old Palestinian TikTok star Medo Halimy called his Tent Life

China's summer movie ticket sales nearly halved amid sluggish economy

WASHINGTON — Movie ticket sales in China have generated more than $1

Venice will surge with star power, from Lady Gaga to Pitt to Clooney 

rome — Stars from Angelina Jolie to George Clooney will gather this week at the Venice Film Festival, bringing a high dose of Hollywood pizzazz back to the watery city's sandy Lido