China’s Zhang says Bale to star in Nanjing project
By Gillian Wong/ AP Christian Bale will star in Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou's new project about 13 young prostitutes who help save compatriots from Japanese troops rampaging Nanjing, the latest film…
Danish camera enters heart of Afghan combat
By Herve Asquin and Bronwen Roberts/ AFP Afghan war film "Armadillo" follows young Danish soldiers deploying against the Taliban for the first time, intimately recording their confrontation with a complicated conflict,…
Saudi king leaves US hospital after surgery
RIYADH: Saudi King Abdullah has left a New York hospital to convalesce, the royal court announced on Wednesday, one month after his departure for back surgery sparked speculation about the…
Israel complains to UN over Gaza rockets
JERUSALEM: Israel has called on the Security Council to issue a "clear and resolute" message against rockets fired into its territory from the Gaza Strip, in a letter to the…
Iraq PM eyes security, services as new government meets
BAGHDAD: Iraq's new cabinet held its first meeting on Wednesday, a day after a parliamentary vote ended months of political deadlock, but now must address the public's real concerns —…
Saudi pro-democracy group denied protest permit
RIYADH: A Saudi pro-democracy group said Wednesday it had cancelled a planned sit-in for political reform after the interior ministry denied them a permit for the protest. The small but…
In poverty-struck Yemen, Al-Qaeda a low priority
By Sarah El-Deeb/ AP SANAA: A doctor would have recognized the signs of chronic malnutrition immediately in the 7-month-old girl — the swollen stomach, the constant cough. Her mother, though, had…
Sunni group threatens to kill Iran atomic worker
DUBAI: Jundallah has threatened to execute a kidnapped Iranian nuclear plant worker and denied the 11 men hanged in Iran this week were members of the Sunni group, its spokesman…
US poised to ratify nuclear treaty with Russia
WASHINGTON: A landmark treaty on nuclear arms that will bind the United States and Russia is set for ratification Wednesday after an arduous Senate battle, handing President Barack Obama a…