Turkey could be a bridge between the West and the East. With policies focused on "hard" military power, Turkey's behavior tends to be "Neo-Ottoman".

Britain, France and Germany will back Danish PM Anders Fogh Rasmussen to succeed Jaap de Hoop Scheffer as secretary-general of NATO, a German newspaper reported. Scheffer is due to step down in ...

The newest United Nations messenger of peace, actress Charlize Theron, made her name in hard-hitting movies about abused women but she says audiences don’t want to see that kind of film. The ...

David's lawyer Stanton Stein released a statement yesterday (28.08.08) in which the actor said: "I have voluntarily entered a facility for the treatment of sex addiction. I ask for respect and ...

John Travolta has asked police to investigate extortion threats made against his family. The actor – whose 16-year-old son Jett died on January 2 after suffering a seizure while on holiday with ...

Actress Natalie Portman will appear in a new boyfriend Devendra Banhart's music video as a Bollywood princess.

Scarlett Johansson preferred kissing Penelope Cruz to Jonathan Rhys Meyers. The blonde beauty - who announced her engagement to Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds earlier this year - admits the highly ...

Transparency seems to be the word of the day in a wide array of policy domains. But is greater transparency always good?

Angela Merkel faces a difficult choice in electing the person to run the New Museum in Berlin when it opens this year. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk was to meet with the Christian Democratic ...

The Real IRA, a splinter paramilitary group of the Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland, will carry out armed attacks in mainland Britain as part of its campaign for a united Ireland, its ...

John Travolta’s close friend has denied any involvement in the plot to extort money from the actor. The former Bahamian Minister of Tourism Obie Wilchcombe was one of three people detained by ...

Russia has suspended plans to retaliate against a proposed U.S. missile shield by stationing its own missiles near Europe’s borders, a Russian news agency said. The suspension of plans to deploy ...