Egyptian masseur plays with fire to ease muscle pain
An Egyptian masseur plays with fire to relieve his clients’ muscle pain at his spa in the Nile Delta governorate of Gharbeya....
Prince’s protegee Liv Warfield talks about going solo and her first single
The late superstar and Warfield toured and wrote songs together, he helped her gain more confidence in herself. Now she’s releasing her new single “Mantra”....
Mugabe’s family say burial to be private, place still unknown
Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe will be buried next week at a private ceremony at an as-yet-undisclosed location, his family said on Thursday, rejecting plans...
Christian evangelicals harvest land in settlements Israel hopes to annex
It’s harvest time in vineyards atop the hills of Shilo settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. But it’s not Jewish settlers picking the grapes, it’s...
Bosnia protects Una river to try to block Croatian nuclear waste plan
One of Bosnia’s two regional governments on Thursday designated the Una river a nature park, seeking to head off plans being considered by Croatia to...
Elderly couple killed as torrential rains sweep away cars in Spain
An elderly couple died on Thursday when floodwaters caused by torrential rain dragged their car and flipped it over in eastern Spain, local emergency services...
Brexit? What Brexit? Champagne-makers promise corks will keep popping
Champagne makers say Britain’s three-century love affair with champagne will not end with Brexit, shrugging off fears that a chaotic departure – possibly in a...
Gay ‘chemsex’ is fuelling urban HIV epidemics, AIDS experts warn
A surge in “chemsex” parties, where people spend days getting high on drugs and having sex with scores of partners, is re-fuelling epidemics of HIV...
French court finds Saudi princess complicit in beating up workman
A French court on Thursday found the daughter of the King of Saudi Arabia complicit in violence with the threat of a weapon and complicit...
Portman, Hamm launch psychodrama “Lucy in the Sky” at TIFF
The actors play astronauts, with Natalie Portman as crew member Lucy Cole who suffers a meltdown and throws her professional and personal life into disarray....