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A young man wounded in Tunisia’s 2011 revolution has burned himself alive after the government failed to provide any compensation, his family told AFP Monday.

To mark their 10th anniversary season this year, Berney and the Nexus orchestra decided to use artificial intelligence to create a four-minute extract which they have dubbed BeethovANN Symphony 10.1

Russian second seed Daniil Medvedev marched into the US Open quarter-finals Sunday, where a shock Dutch qualifier will try to deny him a third straight trip to the New York … Read More

Militants armed with machetes, sticks and clubs killed at least 30 villagers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, officials and a witness said.

‘The archives are now under the control of the Taliban,’ said director Sahraa Karimi. ‘The work of directors vanished in a few hours. Some were able to leave with their … Read More

Ahmed al-Yafei watched fishermen unloading boxes of catfish from small boats docked in the bustling port of Aden in south Yemen, keen to buy some for his hungry family – … Read More

From actors with fragile egos and petty rivalries, to directors who use unconventional methods to prod their actors – like making them rehearse underneath a five-tonne rock to increase dramatic … Read More

A Saudi man was executed in Dammam on Monday on charges of terrorism and weapons smuggling, the interior ministry said.

France’s highest court will on Tuesday rule on whether cement giant Lafarge should remain charged with complicity in crimes against humanity over alleged payments made to Islamist militants in Syria … Read More

Pope Francis has moved to allay Jewish concerns over comments he made about their books of sacred law, following a demand for clarification from Israel’s top rabbis, Vatican and Jewish … Read More