Paris: From Mali to Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq, Islamist fighters have targeted priceless cultural heritage sites for destruction after denouncing them as un-Islamic....
Paris: From Mali to Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq, Islamist fighters have targeted priceless cultural heritage sites for destruction after denouncing them as un-Islamic....
Guillaume Cuiry By Ahmed Salem Guillaume Cuiry is an art expert and a connoisseur of 20th century designs. His flair for collecting art...
Raw cashew nuts are checked at a warehouse on May 12, 2016 in Abidjan. AFP / ISSOUF SANOGO By Magdalena Mis and Isaiah...
Representative image. Reuters file photo By Kizito Makoye YAEDA AMPA, Tanzania: Katrina Hhaynihhi and her husband Simon could not be more proud of...
Zimbabwe's anti-riot policemen look on as a protester hold flowers during a peaceful demonstration which later turned violent after police dispersed about 100...
While FGM is legal in Sierra Leone, a government ban on the practice enforced during the Ebola outbreak - introduced as part of...
Afro-Napoli United players train at their training ground in Naples, Italy, August 2016, Credit: Afro-Napoli United By Umberto Bacchi LONDON: Record numbers of...
Reporters Darryl Smith (L) and Gavin Sherriff work on their final pieces in their office on Fleet Street, central London, where the Dundee-based...
Standup comic returned to stage weeks after heart attack Was heckled off stage and rushed back in hospital Will return to theme of...
Picture of red grapes used for representation only Tokyo: A bunch of grapes in Japan sold for $10,900 Thursday, a record price for...
Artist Sam Gilliam in June; he has been commissioned to do a multi-paneled art work piece for the lobby of the Smithsonian Museum...
Alvin Toffler died late Monday in his sleep at his home in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles, said Yvonne Merkel, a...
The ruins of the house of Sufi mystic and poet Rumi in the Khowaja Gholak district of northern Balkh province. AFP / FARSHAD...
School teacher Shi Junguang during a class at the Sanjiazi Manchu school in Sanjiazi village, Heilongjiang. AFP / NICOLAS ASFOURI By Tom Hancock...
Fishermen use a fire to attract fish on a traditional “sulfuric fire fishing" boat in New Taipei City, Taiwan June 19, 2016. REUTERS/Tyrone...
A primitive rock painting, one of a galaxy of colourful animal and human sketches to adorn the caves in the rocky hills in...
A snippet of David Bowie's blond hair is displayed at Heritage Auctions in California, on June 22, 2016. AFP Photo/Tommaso Boddi Los Angeles:...
Sudanese men prepare food before an Iftar dinner by the side of the Khartoum highway in the village of al-Nuba on June 23,...
