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Lincoln Center Heads Urge Trump To Keep Funding Arts

Executives at New York's Lincoln Center made a joint appeal Tuesday for the United States to preserve arts funding,...

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Russian Vetoes of UN Resolutions On Syria

Russia has now blocked seven UN resolutions regarding Syria since unrest erupted there in 2011, almost always with...

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FIFA Ban Nigeria’s Adamu For Two Years

Nigeria's former football official Amos Adamu was on Tuesday banned for two years by world governing body FIFA for...

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Lawsuit In US Says Automakers Knew of Takata Flaws

Leading auto manufacturers, including BMW and Nissan, equipped their cars with Takata airbags despite knowing they were...

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Paris Auction of Moroccan ‘Nessie’ Makes Waves

Geologists in Morocco on Tuesday denounced the planned auction of a 66-million-year-old marine dinosaur skeleton in...

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Saint-Andre To Help Coach Cameroon In Africa Rugby Cup

Former France coach Philippe Saint-Andre will help train Cameroon on a voluntary basis in the African Cup in May....

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US White Couple Get Prison For Harassing Blacks

A white couple have been handed heavy prison sentences in Georgia for shouting slurs and death threats at guests at a...

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Russia, China Veto UN Resolution On Syria Sanctions

Russia and China on Tuesday vetoed a UN resolution backed by Western powers that would have imposed sanctions on Syria...

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Trump Looks To Reboot In First Address To Congress

President Donald Trump gives his maiden speech to Congress Tuesday, trying to boost low approval ratings and flesh out...

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Colon Cancer Rates Rise Among Gen X, Millennials

Rates of colon and rectal cancer are rising sharply among young and middle-aged adults in the United States but doctors...

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Family, Friends Mourn Indian Killed In Kansas Bar

Grieving family and friends mourned an Indian engineer Tuesday whose killing at a Kansas bar has shocked the country...

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No Ibrahim Prize Awarded For African Leadership

The Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership -- the world's biggest individual prize -- drew a blank once...

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Crowdfunding Drive For Singaporean Woman Deported From UK

A crowdfunding campaign for legal fees to help a Singaporean grandmother deported from Britain for breaching...

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Three Wounded By Gunfire As Iraq Forces Disperse Demo

Three people were wounded by gunfire as Iraqi forces dispersed a demonstration Tuesday by students who threw stones at...

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Hulk Strikes As Aussies Take AFC Hammering

Brazilian forward Hulk was amongst the scorers as Australian sides were put to the sword in the Asian Champions League...

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Murder Mystery Probe Grips France After Family of Four Vanishes

A murder mystery probe has gripped France after a family of four including a 'psychologically disturbed' son vanished...

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One Dead As Clashes Rock Palestinian Camp In Lebanon

One civilian was killed and four wounded on Tuesday in fierce clashes that rocked Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee...

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US Consumer Confidence Rises In February

US consumer confidence rebounded in February to return to a 15-year high, the Conference Board announced Tuesday. After...

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OneWeb, Intelsat Merge To Advance Satellite Internet

Satellite telecom firms OneWeb and Intelsat announced plans Tuesday to merge, and a fresh $1.7 billion investment from...