Most people think stand-up comics spend decades polishing their act to get good at telling jokes. But for the past 23 years, Steph Tolev has used every ounce of stage…

Nikos Papanikolaou & Tiffany Wertheimer BBC News REUTERS/Konstantinos Anagnostou Firefighters from Athens and Thessaloniki were deployed to the island on Monday A state of emergency has been declared on the…

Sabrina Claudio is not the same person she was a year ago — much less eight years ago, when she first introduced herself with a shimmering neo-soul EP, titled “Confidently…

Footage has emerged online showing the aftermath of Israeli strikes across Tehran and the nearby city of Karaj, west of the Iranian capital. The Israeli army said it targeted the…

Tyler Perry is facing legal backlash to the tune of $260 million from an actor who appeared in his BET drama “The Oval” and is accusing the media mogul of…

The wreckage of the Bayesian superyacht is now on dry land in Sicily after being lifted from the seabed and carried on a slow final journey from the spot where…

Ed Intagliata leaned his body against the cash register as he greeted customers with a warm goodbye hug. After nearly 78 years of business, his beloved music shop is closing…

As news broke of Israel bombing the notorious Evin prison in Tehran, its economy minister, Nir Barkat, was speaking to the BBC at his office in Jerusalem. Mr Barkat told…

The latest round of California’s film and television tax credit program will provide government incentives to 48 upcoming projects, according to the California Film Commission. The slate, which includes both…

The US and the UK have told their citizens in Qatar to shelter in place “until further notice”. The US embassy in Qatar suggested in a notice online that Americans…