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Hollywood star George Clooney is visiting the Armenian capital Yerevan to present a US$1 million humanitarian award. The Aurora Prize honours…

A work by famous Egyptain sculptor Mahmoud Mokhtar has sold for £725,000 at Sotheby's Auction House in London, far exceeding…

Spain marks the fourth centenary of the death of its most famous author Miguel de Cervantes this week with hundreds…

Prince, the innovative pop superstar whose songwriting and eccentric stage presence electrified fans around the world with hits including "Purple…

A plaque was unveiled in central London on Thursday marking the place where William Shakespeare lodged in the city, in…

Pioneering Malian photographer Malick Sidibe, whose powerful black-and-white images of local life won him global fame and top awards, has…

A collection of Marilyn Monroe film costumes valued in the millions of dollars goes under the hammer later this year,…

Heart surgeon turned satirist Bassem Youssef, who was known as the “Egyptian Jon Stewart”, has the cameras turned on him…

A painting found in the attic of a house in southwest France two years ago was attributed to the Italian…

Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday Germany wanted to find a solution to the migrant crisis but this was separate…