From a Syrian actress whose role became part of the region’s television memory, to a Lebanese composer whose protest songs outlived their moment and an Iraqi folk singer whose voice carried across generations, the Arab cultural scene has already suffered notable losses this year. Spanning music, television, film and literature, these figures helped shape creative

On a Saturday evening in late April, the ballroom of the Washington Hilton will feature the annual tradition of reporters dressing up in tuxedos and gowns to mingle, network, and celebrate their profession. But this year, when Donald Trump looks out into the crowd, he might spot some of those attending the White House Correspondents’

Satellite view of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical chokepoint for global energy supply, connecting the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman. Gallo Images | Getty Images Oil prices rose on Sunday with U.S. crude topping $114 per barrel, after President Donald Trump gave Iran until Tuesday to open the Strait of Hormuz or

Patriarch Kirill said at an April 4 service in Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Savior that President Vladimir Putin had personally ordered the transfer of the Vladimir and Donskaya icons of the Mother of God to the Russian Orthodox Church. The church had “repeatedly raised the question of returning these sacred objects,” Kirill said, but representatives of the cultural sphere had obstructed this “in every way,”

Christopher Columbus is back. At least, a statue of him is back, reinstalled by US President Donald Trump on the White House grounds in late March – part of the president’s stated mission to cancel “cancel culture”. The resurrection of Columbus made good on Trump’s 2025 executive order, “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History”.

In July 2025, Rihanna declared her love for Dior’s Dracula Book Tote, creative director Jonathan Anderson‘s striking reimagining of the fashion house’s classic design. As it turns out, the “Work” singer has more than one variation of the bright yellow Dior release, and she just took the Saddle Bag version to dinner in Paris. On

Donald Trump issued an expletive-laden warning on Sunday that Tehran had until Tuesday night to reopen the strait of Hormuz or the US would obliterate Iran’s power plants and bridges. Iran’s parliament speaker responded with a warning that the US president’s “reckless moves” would mean “our whole region is going to burn”. The latest threat

Some US politicians have reacted with alarm and questioned the US president’s mental state after Donald Trump issued an abusive, expletive-laden threat to Iran in which he called on the regime to “open the fuckin’ strait [of Hormuz], you crazy bastards”, as he threatened to further attack the country’s energy and transport infrastructure. The US

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday made new, expletive-laden threats to escalate strikes on Iran and its infrastructure if it doesn’t open the Strait of Hormuz by his deadline, after American forces rescued an aviator whose Iran-downed plane fell behind enemy lines. A defiant Iran showed no sign of backing down, striking infrastructure targets in neighboring Gulf Arab

JERUSALEM (AP) — President Donald Trump announced early Sunday that the U.S. had rescued an aviator nearly two days after he was shot down over Iran. The extraction came after a frantic search in what appears to be a remote, mountainous region of Iran. A second crew member had been rescued Friday, soon after the

Fresh off the daring nighttime rescue early Sunday of the U.S. airman shot down in Iran on Friday, President Donald Trump warned Iran, “Open the F—-n’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH!” Just before 8 a.m. on Sunday, the president praised the crew member who was rescued and

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump’s effort to investigate race-based admissions at U.S. colleges was temporarily blocked Friday by a federal judge in Boston. U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV granted a preliminary injunction Friday, temporarily barring the Trump administration from forcing public colleges in 17 Democrat-led states to

J, a Venezuelan immigrant with his daughter, doesn’t feel safe leaving home after his wife was taken by federal agents while driving near their home in St Croix county in February. The Mexican restaurant where multiple workers were taken in February still sits dark, across the road from a travel plaza where people were also

First published by Deník N. One day in the mid‑1990s, Russian president Boris Yeltsin got drunk, and journalists based in Moscow understood they had to start preparing for someone new. It would still take a few more years before Boris Nikolayevich’s heart finally gave out. Enter Vladimir Putin. In the film The Wizard of the Kremlin,

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